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So you had a near-death experience. Now what?

In new UChicago Divinity course, students read accounts of the briefly deceased through the lens of anthropology and Islamic thought

How shoes change our bones—and what that tells us about the evolution of walking

Around UChicago

Arts & Humanities Day returns to reconsider familiar stories and America’s legacy at 250

The way Earth’s ‘thermostat’ works may have changed during Pangea era, UChicago scientists suggest

The psychology of why we overpay for used cars

New study abroad program takes student across Sydney to observe Australia’s multilayered history

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New study abroad program takes student across Sydney to observe Australia’s multilayered history

Three-week course explored how relationships among people, land and human health changed as the port city became a global player

Mourning in Colombia, delivery routes in Chengdu: UChicagoans recount discoveries abroad

Dispatches span research on human evolution, gig labor economics and ethnography of state violence

Distrust in the media and courts can cause democratic backsliding, UChicago study suggests

Citizens are less likely to hold politicians accountable when they doubt the intentions of third-party watchdogs

What are data centers, and why do they need so much power? An expert explains

UChicago computer science Prof. Andrew A. Chien, former vice president of research at Intel, answers questions about AI, sustainability and water

Honors

Michael Woodford, UChicago alum and former faculty member, shares Nobel Prize

Pioneering macroeconomist, AB’77, created models that helped stabilize fluctuations in our economy

Big Brains podcast

Exploring the groundbreaking research and discoveries transforming our world

Episode 188

Neutrino hunters: Searching for ghostly particles in Antarctic ice, with Abby Vieregg

Astrophysicist leads launch of NASA balloon to detect high-energy particles from the cosmos

Episode 187

Recreating a sense of touch, using our minds, with Nicholas Hatsopoulos

Scientist decodes mind-body connection to study how brain-machine interfaces could help paralyzed patients

Episode 186

Why the key to treating cancer may be in your gut, with Thomas Gajewski

Doctor explains how cancer immunotherapy uses microbiome to create ‘on-off’ switch for tumors

Episode 185

How to raise kids in the age of AI, with Dana Suskind

Doctor explains how technology should enhance, not replace parenting during children’s formative years

Episode 184

What our trash problem says about our culture, with Sarah Newman

Anthropologist’s history of waste shows how society evolved into a disposable society

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Class Visits

With real artifacts, students piece together the ancient past

Course at UChicago’s ISAC Museum teaches how to think like an archaeologist with hands-on approach

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In ‘Gaming the Gods,’ UChicago undergrads use video games as primary texts to understand religious symbolism and ritual practice

Stevie Wonder is beloved. But can anyone explain his legacy?

In the “Wonder Lab," a UChicago course brought together students and community members to examine the critical influence of an icon

Harnessing the history of Chicago through its archives

A new College course sends students to uncover the ‘hidden stories of the Second City’ in special collections from the Stockyard Institute to Harold Washington Library

The cosmic microwave background, explained

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Dark energy, explained

Coined by University of Chicago astrophysicist Michael Turner in 1998, dark energy—the force causing the universe to expand faster over time—remains one of the great mysteries of physics.

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Inside the Lab

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Conservation Lab: Preserving the world’s oldest objects

Travel inside ISAC's Conservation Lab and meet the conservators who use science and steady hands to care for artifacts from some of the world's most ancient cultures.

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