A famous surgeon used to tell his students that a doctor needed two abilities: freedom from nausea and the power of observation. Then he would dip his finger into a bitterly foul liquid, lick it off ...

A University of Colorado at Boulder faculty member is one of two scientists who will use data gathered by a world-class telescope flying aboard a modified Boeing 747 to peer at a distant star-forming ...

Joy Hamm has taught 11 years in a variety of English-language settings, ranging from kindergarten to adult learners: One idea for making teacher observations a learning opportunity rather than a ...

NASA scientists have found strong evidence of a polar cyclone on Uranus for the first time. Researchers examined radio waves emitted from the ice giant and detected the phenomenon at its north pole.

This artist’s impression shows the locations of multiple radio observatories across the planet, which participated in a pilot experiment conducted by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called UChicago Class Visits, spotlighting transformative classroom experiences and unique learning opportunities offered at UChicago. At the top of a mountain ...

Many of science’s most important breakthroughs, from the discovery of microorganisms to the theory of evolution, have come about through observation. The scientist’s gaze is clearly a powerful tool ...