UChicago paleontologists investigate how life entered and adapted to the deep sea
Clams, mussels show different patterns of evolution as they delved deeper
U.S. weather and climate disasters could top $1 trillion by 2030
Analyzing NOAA's billion-dollar weather disaster database, a UChicago-led study projects sharply rising costs driven by climate change and expanding development
Scientists pair AI and human knowledge to tackle notoriously difficult physics question
New approach may help shed light on turbulence, other stubborn natural mysteries
What decades of data reveal about climate disaster deaths
UChicago-led study analyses 2,000 deadly events worldwide since 1988
Moon may have formed through Earth’s collision with close neighbor, study finds
Meteorites, lunar samples help scientists unravel the 4.5-billion-year-old mystery of ‘Theia’
Scientists unite to explore origins of life
The Origins Federation Conference gathered researchers across disciplines in the search for how life emerged and evolved
Levitating disks could open a new window into the Earth’s upper atmosphere
Devices can levitate powered only by sunlight, could explore little-known areas
Was Mars doomed to be a desert? Study proposes new explanation
UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most of recent past
For these students, a South Side beach is a geoscience laboratory
UChicago undergrads learn to ‘read’ the shoreline as they study coastal resilience