Search Results for: assessments

Open the calendar Use the arrow keys to select a date

Can’t find what you’re looking for? Visit our FAQ page.

3,585 results

3,585 results for: assessments

  1. Health & Medicine

    The Beef about UTIs

    Antibiotic-resistant infections that affect some women may have been contracted from infected meat.

    By Christen Brownlee
  2. Health & Medicine

    Fowl News—Food Additive’s Extra Benefit

    Turkeys and people may both reap unusual benefits from diets supplemented with a preservative originally used to keep foods from going stale.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Health & Medicine

    Bread and Chocolate, No Longer D-Minimus

    Heavy fortification of foods with vitamin D offers one way to overcome chronic deficiencies of the nutrient among many people and can even help build bone.

    By Janet Raloff
  4. Health & Medicine

    To Fight Cataracts, It’s Fish Yea, Mayo Nay

    Which fats predominate in a person's diet may influence that individual's susceptibility to cataracts.

    By Janet Raloff
  5. Health & Medicine

    Caffeinated Liver Defense

    Caffeinated beverages appear to protect beleaguered livers.

    By Janet Raloff
  6. Health & Medicine

    Born to Love Salt

    A growing body of research hints that some type of biological programming may occur in the womb to foster a preference for salty foods.

    By Janet Raloff
  7. Math

    To make science better, watch out for statistical flaws

    Study denying that most medical research papers are wrong may turn out to be wrong.

    By Tom Siegfried
  8. Math

    There’s something suspicious about using statistics to test statistics

    The use of statistics to validate medical studies suffers from flaws of faulty assumptions.

    By Tom Siegfried
  9. Astronomy

    China’s lunar rover fails to connect with controllers (updated)

    Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, could not be restored to full function, Chinese media report.

    By Ashley Yeager
  10. Climate

    Federal report details climate change in U.S.

    The latest National Climate Assessment was released by federal officials May 6.

    By Ashley Yeager
  11. Psychology

    Why every face you draw looks a little Neandertal

    Just about everyone draws faces with the eyes too high and a low Neandertal forehead, maybe because of the way we perceive the shape of the head.

    By Erika Engelhaupt
  12. Math

    If the world is a computer, life is an algorithm

    Cellular automata may offer the algorithmic power to mimic the laws of physics and the evolution of life.

    By Tom Siegfried