What makes people change their minds or their behavior? Social scientists spend a lot of time thinking about this question, ...

When the countdown hit zero on September 23, 1992, the desert surface puffed up into the air, as if a giant balloon had inflated it from below. It wasn’t a balloon. Scientists had exploded a nuclear ...

The brain is a mere piece of furniture in the vastness of the cosmos, subject to the same physical laws as asteroids, electrons or photons. On the surface, its three pounds of neural tissue seem to ...

Raphael Gomes recreates science fair-style experiments using everyday edible ingredients from the kitchen.

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 ...

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This experiment continues the journey of turning ordinary rocks into marble-like objects to see if any real transformation is possible. The update reveals the process, reactions, and outcome in a fun ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FDA Commissioner Martin Makary on Thursday announced a move away from animal-based drug testing in favor of human-based methods ...