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 …Continue Reading
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 …Continue Reading
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 …Continue Reading
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 …Continue Reading
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 …Continue Reading
