I’m a Fitness Trainer. Here’s How We Can Make a Presidential Fitness Test Works for Kids.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, the Trump Administration announced the reinstatement of The Presidential Physical Fitness Test, the long-running program that assessed youth health and fitness from 1966 to 2013.
Wired

How CRISPR is helping scientists create a better coronavirus test

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The New York Times

When A.I. Passes This Test, Look Out

The creators of a new test called “Humanity’s Last Exam” argue we may soon lose the ability to create tests hard enough for A.I. models. Credit...Rune Fisker Supported by By Kevin Roose Reporting from ...
Inverse

The rise and fall of an “open-source” Covid-19 test

Recall, if you dare, life in December 2020. America had just approved Covid-19 vaccines for use, but most of us wouldn’t get a shot for months. Instead, amid the second surge of coronavirus cases, ...

OpenAI's Sam Altman and the father of quantum computing just agreed on a Turing Test 2.0

Forget the Turing test. In Sam Altman's world, the only verdict that matters comes from physicist David Deutsch.
The Conversation

Coronavirus: how we’re creating a rapid test that could help halt the pandemic

Jonas Graversen works for University of Southern Denmark. Testing has become central to the discussion about how to best tackle the current coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Organization is ...
Science Daily

Scientists create a DNA test that identifies Lyme disease in horses

A Rutgers scientist aiming to help heal a sick horse created an ultra-sensitive DNA test that could have applications for difficult-to-detect illnesses in humans such as Lyme disease. A Rutgers ...