David Caldwell’s brother is apparently killed in an explosion that destroys the Western Institute of Physics. When a strange man gives him a calling card at the funeral he begins a quest to locate a ...

Nearly 400 years ago Galileo performed the first recorded laboratory experiment, timing balls as they rolled down an inclined plane to test his theory of acceleration. Since that time, laboratory ...

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 ...