You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes testimony in the Karen Read trial for Monday, May 5. For the latest updates on the Karen Read retrial, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Tuesday, May 6. A firefighter ...

When was the last time you read a book? According to a new NPR/Ipsos poll, reading is something a majority of Americans enjoy, and want to get better at. But it's nowhere near a top priority. The ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. CSV, or Comma Separated Values, are files used for all kinds of things, from managing large datasets to exporting data ...

The new interpreter will run Python programs as much as 5% faster, with no changes to existing code required. A beta of Python 3.14 is due in May. March 10 update ...

College students skirting around doing assigned readings is not necessarily a new phenomenon, but lately, that problem has evolved into a more prominent roadblock. Students now seem increasingly ...

A known Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Mustang Panda is the likely culprit behind a sophisticated, ongoing cyber-espionage campaign. It starts with a malicious email, and ...

Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress. In response, many schools are rethinking ...