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Ten Unusual Experiments in the Name of Science – The Black Bag Experiment 0
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- June 1, 2012
Sometimes, in order to become listed as one of the weirdest scientific experiments of all time, conducting actual research isn’t even necessary. In the late sixties, one guy’s strange choice of clothing led to a national media circus and a publication in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. On February 27, 1967 the Associated
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Ten Unusual Experiments in the Name of Science – Getting Cat Vision 1
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- June 1, 2012
How do cats see the world? In 1999, neurobiologists Garett Stanley, Fei Li and Yang Dan were determined to find out. So they implanted a multi electrode array, which detects visual stimuli, in a cat’s brain. After that, the team used what they describe as a “linear decoding technique” to convert the signals from the stimulated cells
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Ten Unusual Experiments in the Name of Science – The LSD Elephant in the Room 0
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- June 1, 2012
Last month, Spain’s king Juan Carlos was roundly condemned when people found out his his so-called “vacation” in Botswana had in fact been a secret elephant-hunting trip. Back in the sixties, however, killing an elephant didn’t have to be such a covert operation – all you had to do was justify it in the name
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The Ovulating Lap Dancer 1
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- June 1, 2012
Ten Unusual Experiments in the Name of Science Whoever thinks this study is nothing more than two researchers finding the ultimate excuse to receive 5,300 lap dances in two months, will be disappointed: Research psychologists Geoffrey Miller and Brent Jordan gathered their data via a website, where strippers logged in anonymously to provide information about
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Ten Unusual Experiments in the Name of Science – Limbless Turkeys 1
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- June 1, 2012
Rather than being ethically questionable, this scientific experiment falls in the category ‘utterly useless’. Sure we agree that curiosity can take on strange forms sometimes, and that researchers should never be afraid to pursuit their scientific goals, but some studies just seem to be a waste of tax money. This particular study was sparked by
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Ten Unusual Experiments in the Name of Science – The Gay Necrophilian Duck 0
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- June 1, 2012
This one is a case study rather than an experiment, but is nevertheless too good to not include in this list celebrating the awkwardness of science. The article starts with what is probably the best abstract ever written: “On 5 June 1995 an adult male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) collided with the glass façade of the
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