The origin of life on Earth, explained - University of Chicago News
Sep 19, 2022 · The origin of life on Earth stands as one of the great mysteries of science. To find out if we are alone in the galaxy, we will need to better understand what geochemical conditions nurtured the first life forms. Several seminal experiments in this topic have been conducted at the University of Chicago, including the Miller-Urey experiment that suggested how the …
What is Carbon Dating? | University of Chicago News
Prominent archaeologist Frederick Johnson said that carbon-14 dating had the impact of an “atomic bomb” on archaeology. In 1997, anthropologist R.E. Taylor said that “14C data made a world prehistory possible by contributing a time scale that transcends local, regional and continental boundaries.”. Carbon-14 dating has, for example, helped established how the modern calendar relates to ...
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How does sleep affect health? | University of Chicago News
Why do we sleep? Sleep is literally critical to our survival. We know this thanks to the groundbreaking work of UChicago Prof. Allan Rechtschaffen, a sleep research pioneer and longtime director of the UChicago Sleep Laboratory. Rechtschaffen was driven by a desire to understand why we sleep. All mammals, birds and reptiles sleep in some form or another, and nearly all animals exhibit some ...
Doomsday Clock remains at a minute and a half to midnight in …
Jan 23, 2024 · The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was created by a group of concerned Manhattan Project scientists, many based at the University of Chicago, shortly after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1947, artist and Bulletin member Martyl Langsdorf created the iconic Doomsday Clock to signal how close humanity was to self-destruction.. Today, the Doomsday Clock is located at the ...
Startup to build massive quantum campus on Chicago’s South Side
Jul 25, 2024 · Palo Alto-based startup PsiQuantum is coming to Chicago to build and operate quantum computers—bringing as many as 150 jobs in the next five years and anchoring a massive quantum campus to be built at the former U.S. Steel South Works plant on Chicago’s South Side, the company announced July 25.. PsiQuantum is aiming to build the first U.S.-based, utility-scale, fault-tolerant quantum ...
COVID 2025: How the pandemic is changing our world
In this episode of “COVID 2025: Our World in the Next 5 Years,” Baicker discusses how the pandemic has shown the interconnectedness of the U.S. population—and that old dividing lines between the insured and uninsured no longer make sense.
U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new …
Jun 16, 2022 · Incarcerated workers generate billions of dollars worth of goods and services annually but are paid pennies per hour without proper training or opportunity to build skills for careers after release, according to a comprehensive nationwide report released by the University of Chicago Law School’s Global Human Rights Clinic and the American Civil Liberties Union.
How do parents’ decisions impact a child’s development?
May 20, 2024 · Ten years ago, Profs. Ariel Kalil and Susan Mayer co-founded the Behavioral Insights and Parenting (BIP) Lab at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy to better understand the science of decision-making among parents.. Over the past decade, the BIP Lab has conducted pathbreaking research that has strengthened families and improved children’s lives, while building ...
Why Countries Choose War Over Peace, with Chris Blattman (Ep. 93)
May 26, 2022 · Show Notes. War is costly, deadly and destructive. So, why do we do it? In his new book Why We Fight: The Roots of War and The Paths to Peace, Prof. Chris Blattman of the University of Chicago lays out the five main reasons why countries go to war—and why building peace is actually a lot easier than we may think.. Blattman is an economist and political scientist who studies global conflict ...