What is the point of science experiments anyway?In school science classes, 'experiments' have always held a special status.

Modern science classrooms shift away from passive learning methods toward active student engagement. Learners absorb ...

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 ...

IntroductionWhen you think of research, you might imagine doing experiments every day.Certainly, in chemical research, ...

Duane G. Watson is professor of cognitive science and of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Samuel A. Mehr is a senior lecturer in psychology at the ...

Most experiments are designed to produce a result within the working life of the person running them. This one was not, though its creator does not appear to have realized that at the time. In 1927, ...

In the fast-paced world of laboratory science, the demand for analytical methods that are not only accurate but also robust and efficient has never been greater. The traditional approach to method ...

Have you ever imagined the solution to a logic problem instead of calculating it? Such “thought experiments” are carried out using one’s imagination rather than doing actual research. Typically ...

The most beautiful experiment in physics, according to a poll of Physics World readers, is the interference of single electrons in a Young’s double slit. Robert P Crease reports Simply beautiful – the ...

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 ...