Harvard University will extend for four years a policy begun soon after the coronavirus pandemic emerged that allows aspiring students to apply without SAT or ACT scores — a landmark development for a ...

A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in diagnoses at later stages of the disease. By Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata A ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. official on Tuesday revealed what he said were new details of an underground nuclear test blast that China allegedly conducted in June 2020. Assistant Secretary of State ...

A simple blood test might one day serve as a molecular ‘clock’ that predicts not only whether someone will develop Alzheimer’s disease — but when. Blood tests are now approved for Alzheimer’s: how ...

A blood test which looks for multiple types of cancer has failed to achieve its key objective in a major NHS trial, the company has announced. The Galleri blood test is being trialled on 142,000 NHS ...

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When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness - including one crucial benchmark: ...

The first day’s running is complete in the final week of F1 testing, with 21 of the 22 drivers having taken to the track in Bahrain. Charles Leclerc topped the morning session, before George Russell ...

US intelligence agencies believe that China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons and has conducted at least one covert explosive test in recent years as part of a broader push to ...

Credit discipline matters more than growth. Emerging-market volatility is real. If asset quality weakens, earnings volatility could challenge the premium multiple. 10 stocks we like better than Nu ...

George Russell was fastest for Mercedes on the first day of Formula 1's final 2026 testing event as Ferrari hit significant trouble for the first time in pre-season when Lewis Hamilton's running was ...