On January 17, 1803, a young man named George Forster was hanged for murder at Newgate prison in London. After his execution, as often happened, his body was carried ceremoniously across the city to ...

In 1862, French neurologist Guillaume Duchenne carried out an experiment. He stimulated people's facial muscles with small amounts of electricity to test which facial muscles we use for certain facial ...

A reptile of legend recently reared its head. The basilisk is a fabled serpent king who, according to European bestiaries, can cause death with a single glance. Its most recent incarnation, however, ...

It was the late 1960s and early 70s when behavioural researcher John B. Calhoun conducted an experiment called Universe 25, where he created a utopian environment for mice, some think serves as a ...

On Monday we heard about an experiment that Facebook conducted to try and manipulate peoples mood and their emotions, and the experiment was tested on over 600,000 Facebook users without their ...

The MIT Lab has an excitingly creepy way for you to celebrate Halloween, if parties or candy aren’t your speed. Next week, you’ll be able to work with other internet users to control one person’s ...

Kindergarten through third-grade students can put on their lab coats and join the Mad Scientists for an afternoon of creepy experiments. Experiments will be conducted in the lab at the Harmon Park ...

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