For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that ...

Explore 25 science experiments that defied the laws of physics, revealing mind-bending phenomena that challenge intuition.

In March 2020, an experiment in science philanthropy was hatched in the span of a five-minute call. Patrick Collison, the now-34-year-old billionaire CEO of the online payments company Stripe, and ...

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Isenberg Elementary School students donned lab coats and goggles earlier this month and conducted unique experiments with the ...

Check one, two; check one, two; is this thing on? Over on The Public Domain Review [Lucas Thompson] takes us for a spin through sound, as it was in Britain around and through the 1800s. The article ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. A field experiment is a research method that uses ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Everyone knows it's cold it is outside. The entire Philadelphia region has remained below freezing for the seventh day in a row, with little relief in sight. But we are tapping ...

A new book covering the history of scientific inquiry invites us to marvel at the elegance of experimentation. Some philosophers have argued that “beauty” in science stands as a proxy for truth. Many ...