Sometimes science can be painfully slow. Data comes in dribs and drabs, truth trickles, and veracity proves viscous. The ...

Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ...

Running for nearly a century, this quiet experiment proves a “solid” can flow, drop by drop, while generations of scientists ...

A t the University of Queensland, there is a display containing the longest-running laboratory experiment in the world. It's ...

An experiment started in 1927 by Thomas Parnell aimed to prove pitch is a super-viscous fluid. Over 96 years, only nine drops ...

A bullet-speed experiment reveals that the Earth's inner core may be softer and more dynamic than previously thought.

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 ...