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 ...

Inside a secure research facility, the U.S. Navy operates one of the world’s most advanced indoor oceans - an enormous wave tank designed to test warship performance long before they reach open water.

Researchers have developed a method for using remote-controlled, internet-connected microscopes to enable students anywhere in the world to participate in designing and carrying out biology ...

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, ...

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 ...

Families of patients in a Cold War-era mind-control experiment in Montreal are pressing forward after a recent setback in their class-action lawsuit. By Vjosa Isai The C.I.A. headquarters in Langley, ...