In order to meet the rapidly increasing demand for item pools for large-scale assessments, automatic item generation (AIG) ...

The key to working at a place like Ars Technica is solid news judgment. I’m talking about the kind of news judgment that knows whether a pet peeve is merely a pet peeve or whether it is, instead, a ...

Pokémon is 30 years old, which means that it’s old enough to start having random bouts of back pain after bending down too far to pick up a Poké Ball. In that time it’s gone through a lot of phases — ...

Labeling a college applicant “first generation” has long been a way to identify students who may need extra support navigating college life. But new research from Common App suggests that binary first ...

While there are plenty of historical topics U.S. citizens agree on, the birth of the nation isn't one of them, according to a new report from Johns Hopkins SNF Agora Institute and a nonprofit called ...

Gen Z, this will smart. The generation born between 1997 and 2010 is the very first generation who did worse in school than the generation before them, according to a top neuroscientist. And ...

If you are leasing a car, what’s the point of paying thousands of dollars due at lease signing? My contract says tax, title, fees and licensing — but then wouldn’t I have to pay that again at the end ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

Filmmaker NB Mager and stars Molly Ringwald, Patrick Wilson, Margaret Cho, Alyssa Marvin, and Sophia Torres visited the IndieWire Studio, presented by Dropbox, to discuss turning tragedy into art. NB ...

Business Insider recently launched our Future of Capitalism series to examine shifting attitudes about capitalism, fairness, opportunity, hard work, and success in the US — everything from the federal ...

In this season of reflection, it's awe-inspiring to consider how so much is still beyond our scientific understanding — from the big questions of the origins of the universe and life, to the more ...

The kids are alright—or are they? Here's why every generation looks at the world, and each other, differently. I’m a late Gen Xer, and completely identify with that label. As teens, we listened to ...