Kindergartners who started school scoring in the bottom 20% had only a 1 in 10 chance of reading proficiency by 3rd grade.

In an age where nearly everyone wants to measure and optimize their health, wearable devices have become a part of everyday life. Many people now use fitness trackers to count their steps, ...

A week after OpenAI made headlines with an A.I.-generated proof, a new “declaration” by 16 experts raises concerns that the technology threatens math as a discipline. By Siobhan Roberts Recently there ...

Micro-fluctuations in the time between heartbeats are proving a helpful indicator of mental health, stress levels and exercise capacity. They could even provide insight into how well you are ageing.

With a Whoop health tracker strapped to my wrist for the past year, I’ve had an unusually detailed window into my biology – sleep, blood oxygen, steps and, most intriguingly, heart rate variability, ...

No one is good at everything. Or bad at everything, for the most part. The majority of us are just about average. But neuropsychologists, specialists who test brain function for a living, expect a ...

Your heart rate is the number of heartbeats you have in a minute. Your heart rate depends on what you're doing at the time. So, if you're resting or relaxed, your heart beats slower, and if you're ...

These days, it may seem like there’s a million different data points that you’re supposed to keep track of—hello, steps, sleep, and recovery scores!—and it’s difficult to know which ones are worth ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

Did you know there’s a number that might let you know how stressed you are, whether you have a cold coming on and how to get into the zone if you’re about to present at a big meeting? You can find ...