Over the last few decades, there's been a heavy emphasis on techniques that fall under the concept of "proactive policing." These generally involve identifying the areas of a city that have the ...

YOU’RE PROBABLY TEMPTED TO TAKE YOUR PETS WITH YOU. BUT WITH RISING TEMPERATURES, IT’S ALWAYS CRUCIAL TO THINK TWICE BEFORE LEAVING THEM IN THE VEHICLE. THE NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY DEMONSTRATED THAT ...

In order to make smart decisions at work, we need data. Where that data comes from and how we analyze it depends on a lot of factors — for example, what we’re trying to do with the results, how ...

Researchers at a Chinese university last month allegedly handed over control of a satellite to an artificial intelligence (AI) program for 24 hours, showing how far the country will go to find ways to ...

This real covert operation took place during the 1950s and 1960s with some volunteers and quite a few unwilling participants who were subject to testing by the CIA. Several brainwashing techniques, ...

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 ...