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A sealed Soviet chamber, sleepless prisoners, rising screams and sudden silence fuelled a chilling internet legend that still blurs fiction and fear decades later.

While participants made these choices, the research team applied transcranial alternating current stimulation to the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain. This non-invasive stimulation was designed ...

Thirty years ago the world's longest running evolution experiment began when scientist Richard Lenski seeded 12 identical flasks with E. coli bacteria. Every subsequent day someone in the lab has ...

Scientists are conducting a long-term experiment on evolution to investigate how single-celled organisms could evolve into multicellular lifeforms. After thousands of generations, their yeast grew ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. In 1971, a groundbreaking experiment was conducted in the basement ...

An editor discusses reactions to using AI in journalism, noting positive reader feedback, criticism from peers, and support from those embracing AI.

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Americans say the would prefer to buy U.S.-made products, but one experiment shows they won't pay a premium for them. We’ve all heard people say: "I’d gladly pay more for products made in America, if ...

IN A darkened auditorium in September 2008, I sat in the audience awaiting the start of a presentation entitled “The psychology of evil” by social psychologist Philip Zimbardo. Suddenly, the doors at ...