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 ...

A student in an Advanced Placement biology class might dissect a fetal pig to study internal organs and the skeleton. But can a student get the same level of experience from a virtual dissection ...

Although science often advances through tried-and-tested methods, sometimes scientists have to find creative ways to test ...

In the laboratory course, students first learn important methods of food analysis in theory in a parallel lecture series and then prepare for the experimental lab work with different materials on ...

Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life in ...

Laboratory mice are deliberately making mistakes during experiments and annoying the scientists watching them. The humble lab mouse has been used in tests for hundreds of years, but it seems like the ...

Presenter 2: We will be looking at safety in the laboratory. It is important to keep yourself and everyone around you safe and free from injury. Always follow the lab rules.That means understanding ...

NETFLIX’S hit series Stranger Things, a sci-fi epic that chronicles the adventures of a group of teens who witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits, is actually based on an alleged ...