Showing posts with label tests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tests. Show all posts

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Blue Origin successfully crash tests space-tourism capsule

Blue Origin successfully crash tests space-tourism capsule


Blue Origin has now reused the same rocket four times after another successful suborbital test flight on Sunday.


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Sunday, June 12, 2016

Mets" Collins Taken for Tests, Misses Sunday"s Brewers Game

Mets’ Collins Taken for Tests, Misses Sunday’s Brewers Game


Mets manager Terry Collins was being taken to a hospital on Sunday for precautionary tests after not feeling well before New York’s series finale against Milwaukee.


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Friday, June 3, 2016

North Korea’s Missile Tests Timed to Bolster Standing With China, Analysts Say

North Korea’s Missile Tests Timed to Bolster Standing With China, Analysts Say


The country has conducted a series of unsuccessful launches, said to reflect a frantic drive by the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, ahead of talks with Beijing.


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Friday, May 27, 2016

Olympics 2016: 23 possible Rio Olympians fail London drug tests

Olympics 2016: 23 possible Rio Olympians fail London drug tests





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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Leaked Questions Rekindle Fierce Debate Over Common Core Tests

Leaked Questions Rekindle Fierce Debate Over Common Core Tests


A company is scrambling to purge the Internet of questions used in the exams, but some critics say public debate is the best way to make better tests.


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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Suzuki Reports Improper Fuel Economy Tests, but Denies Cheating

Suzuki Reports Improper Fuel Economy Tests, but Denies Cheating


The Japanese automaker said its methods did not exaggerate results. Also Wednesday, the chief of Mitsubishi said he would resign after a fuel-test scandal there.


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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Rafael Nadal wants all his drug tests made public

Rafael Nadal wants all his drug tests made public



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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Japan"s Mitsubishi Motors Finds Falsified Fuel Mileage Tests

Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors Finds Falsified Fuel Mileage Tests


Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the Japanese automaker tarnished by a massive recall-cover-up 15 years ago, owned up to another scandal Wednesday, saying employees had intentionally falsified fuel mileage test data for several vehicle models.


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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

ACT and SAT Find a Profitable Market as Common Core Tests

ACT and SAT Find a Profitable Market as Common Core Tests


Both testing companies have pushed into the market for federally required tests in public schools, offering them even to students who do not plan to go to college.


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Monday, April 4, 2016

Standardized tests: How do you measure progress without them?

Standardized tests: How do you measure progress without them?













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Thursday, March 31, 2016

The Promise of Gene Tests

The Promise of Gene Tests


A doctor writes, “Research finds that genetic testing actually has the potential to be profoundly valuable.”


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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Study of Theranos Medical Tests Finds Irregular Results

Study of Theranos Medical Tests Finds Irregular Results


A report published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation compared blood test results from Theranos with some from two large laboratories.










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Thursday, March 24, 2016

North Korea Tests New Rocket Engine, State Media Says

North Korea Tests New Rocket Engine, State Media Says


The test of the design, a solid-fuel rocket engine, would decrease the time needed to prepare the launch of a missile, defense officials said.










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North Korea Tests New Rocket Engine, State Media Says

North Korea Tests New Rocket Engine, State Media Says


The test of the design, a solid-fuel rocket engine, would decrease the time needed to prepare the launch of a missile, defense officials said.


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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Repugnant Religious Litmus Tests

Repugnant Religious Litmus Tests


Offering refuge to some faiths while denying it to others is unacceptable.


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Thursday, November 5, 2015

European Regulators Provide Details on Next Bank Stress Tests

European Regulators Provide Details on Next Bank Stress Tests


The assessments will examine the financial strength of 53 of the region’s largest lenders, including 39 that are supervised by the European Central Bank.


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Monday, October 26, 2015

DealBook: China Reinsurance Group I.P.O. Tests Volatile Equity Climate

DealBook: China Reinsurance Group I.P.O. Tests Volatile Equity Climate


The mainland China group said the offering was oversubscribed, so more shares were made available to individual investors.


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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Cozy Relations Complicate Europe’s Bid for New Car Tests

Cozy Relations Complicate Europe’s Bid for New Car Tests


TÜV Nord, the company at the forefront of finding a new testing regimen for European automakers, is also the company that signed off on Volkswagen’s emissions tests.










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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Trial in Wisconsin Tests Gun Store’s Judgment on Illegal Sales

Trial in Wisconsin Tests Gun Store’s Judgment on Illegal Sales


A case in the Milwaukee area is part of a wave of lawsuits against weapons sellers that accuse them of knowingly permitting illegal sales or of being grossly negligent.










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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Review: ‘Believers,’ a Couple’s Extreme Tests of Faith

Review: ‘Believers,’ a Couple’s Extreme Tests of Faith


Ken Jaworowski’s play at the WorkShop Theater depicts a dispiriting devolution in a marriage, with two sets of actors portraying a couple over two decades.


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