From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend. By Maggie Astor Any reader knows the unique delight of ...

Data journalism has evolved beyond merely working with verified statistics; it now encompasses the integration of data with emotion, ethics, and aesthetics to foster greater transparency, fairness, ...

New York City students are showing early signs of progress in reading after the Adams administration overhauled how the subject is taught in public schools, according to new data released Wednesday.

The Alabama State Department of Education released data for Spring 2025 third-grade reading scores. Although, on the surface, the data showed a decrease statewide in students achieving a certain score ...

The prosecution in Karen Read’s trial looked to cement its narrative surrounding the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe by turning to a crash expert’s data placing Read at the crime scene ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes testimony in the Karen Read trial for Tuesday, May 27. For the latest updates on the Karen Read retrial, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Wednesday, May 28. An expert ...

Inspired by how DNA can pack massive quantities of information into tiny amounts of material, chemists have been working for years on ways to use molecules for data storage. They’ve investigated ...

Edwards Deming famously said, “In God we trust; all others bring data.” As we’ve evolved from analytics to data science to AI, the world has never been more data driven. And as a leader, you are ...

Karen Read disputed data collected from her SUV the night John O’Keefe was killed after testimony from forensic scientists during Day 19 of witness testimony in her second murder trial. Read, 45, of ...

BOSTON — A digital forensics expert at Karen Read’s second murder trial on Monday said data was missed from an initial investigation of the vehicle she was driving that can be used to more clearly ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes testimony in the Karen Read trial for Monday, May 19. For the latest updates on the Karen Read retrial, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Tuesday, May 20. Every second ...

This month MySQL turns 30. Once the bedrock of web development, MySQL remains immensely popular. But as MySQL enters its fourth decade, it ironically has sown the seeds of its own decline, especially ...