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The bizarre science experiments that revolutionized sex From 17th century corpse fondling to the tragic experiment that created modern gender theory—and all kinds of weirdness in between.
Stoned out students usually get all the credit for sexual revolutions, but a lot of progress in the field of recreational whoopie-making has actually come thanks to the efforts of your boring old scientist. We have compiled key scientific developments in how we understand sex – none of which would make a decent porno. Physical exertion and fear transformed into sexual desire AKA “science discovers one of the most potent dating tips of all time.” In the 1970s, Dr. Arthur Aron set up an unusual experiment involving an attractive woman and the Capilano Suspension Bridge dangling over the Capilano river in British Columbia. He had the woman ask men who…
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The devices that push battery life to the absolute limit The world is powered by aging battery technology. These are the devices that still manage to impress.
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Trust no one—not even yourself Ever wonder what happens to a cult when its doomsday prediction fails? Or why certain people fail upwards? And what's this got to do with you?
It is December 20th, 1954. There are 16 people sitting in a small house on the outskirts of Chicago. The majority of them are waiting for the clock to strike midnight, because that’s when they expect the arrival of Sananda, the alien from the planet Clarion coming to rescue them before a giant flood kills every living thing on the planet. Some of them are not expecting Sananda, however. Social psychologist Leon Festinger and two research assistants are in the crowd to study what happens when prophecy fails, and they’re logging the apocalyptic event into their notebooks on a minute to minute basis. Let’s read Festinger’s notes as we transition…
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Does Trump have a time machine? Tesla's stolen research, and some freaky coincidences. Here's my theory.
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The anatomy of a lie Everyone lies. Lie-spotting is a valuable skill. You should not, however, attempt to spot lies all the time.
Imagine that for twenty years you have known a well-respected member of your community. He’s a devoted husband and father, a doctor in a high position with the World Health Organization, and a trusted friend and neighbor. Now imagine one day you wake up to the news that he, over the course of the past several days, has calmly and systematically murdered his parents, his wife, and even his two children. Imagine that you then learn that almost everything you have believed about this man for the last twenty years has not been true. He has never had a job at the World Health Organization. He never graduated from medical…
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Smells like nostalgia: this is why smells trigger old memories You take a whiff and a flood of vivid memories from twenty years ago rush through you.
Why is it that as soon as you’re hit with the scent of a certain flower, a specific brand of perfume, your mom’s home cooking, or firewood burning somewhere in the distance, that a flood of memories and emotions come rushing through you so powerfully that it’s almost as if you took a trip back in time? The simple answer is that the sense of smell is the one sense that’s more closely tied to memory than sight, hearing, taste, or touch. Here’s how it works. Humans have around 400 types of scent receptors that are capable of identifying one trillion different smells. Although science hasn’t quite been able to…
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The 10 best ways technology can give you an orgasm In the 21st century, you don’t need to be in the same room as somebody to have sex. Hell, you don’t even need to be in the same state.
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The mad logic of fear We most fear the least likely dangers, and we’re often not afraid of the most lethal.
There’s a mad logic to fear. From one angle, fear makes sense. It warns us of possible harm or danger; that’s why fire is scary, and also bears, heights, and creepy strangers. But fear is also madness. That’s because the things we fear most are often the least likely to happen, and we’re often not afraid of things that are the most dangerous for us. Our number one fear is walking alone at night In a study conducted at Chapman University, 1,500 adults from all walks of life unveiled their greatest fears. Those polled placed their fears into four categories: personal fears, crime, natural disasters, and fear factors. According to…
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The lottery curse: 8 lottery winners who lost everything Explore the archetypal ways lottery winners end up down and out, through eight real stories.
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Bored of regular dreams? Here’s the science on consciously manipulating them with ‘lucid dreaming’ Becoming consciously aware of and able to control your dreams isn't a myth—it just takes some training.
Your white knuckles clutch onto a cold concrete ledge as you peer down at the ant-sized people scurrying about below you. You’re about to fall, but what if you knew it was all just a dream? Would you take a leap of faith, spread your arms wide, and soar over the city lights? What if it was possible to consciously experience wild adventures like that in the safety and comfort of your bed? Welcome to the world of lucid dreaming. A person with a typical lifespan will spend six years dreaming, and those six years will probably be the strangest in their life. Decreased activity in your brain’s prefrontal cortex—the…
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‘Doop Doop’ and other theories that explain music hits Computers may soon write our hits from scratch. One algorithm can predict with 60% accuracy whether a song will be a Top 5 hit.
We have all heard the line: “Pop music is so formulaic.” But what does that mean? What is that formula? What makes a pop hit a hit? And how can we write one so we can get the royalties from that next Katy Perry chart topper? It turns out that a lot of researchers have been asking the same question. The Hit Potential Equation In 2011, a team of researchers at the University of Bristol came up with a Hit Potential Equation, for the purpose of predicting the next UK hit. The Equation is based on musical features, such as tempo, beat-variation, loudness, time signature, “danceability,” and simplicity. The formula…
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The quest to put our sleeping brain to work New study suggesting we can do basic processing and, perhaps, even math in our sleep, is a big step forward.
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Cruel and unusual: history’s most disturbing medical treatments Let's be grateful for how far healthcare has come.
You probably don’t enjoy going to the doctor (who does?), but seeking medical treatment today is worlds better than it was in the past. Can you imagine setting up an appointment about a persistent headache and the doctor prescribing an ice pick to your eye socket? Of course, as ridiculous as some of these treatments sound, practitioners honestly believed that they were giving patients the best possible care. But that hardly changes the fact that many of these treatments did more harm than good. After reading about history’s most infamous and unusual medical treatments, you’ll be grateful for how far healthcare has come. Mercury Ancient Chinese and Indian people were…
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Meet the “Virtuous Pedophile” network protected by Twitter The "Minor-Attracted Persons" movement is led by a Canadian doctor who demands a "P" in "LGBT," and Twitter is accommodating them.
The bizarre science experiments that revolutionized sex From 17th century corpse fondling to the tragic experiment that created modern gender theory—and all kinds of weirdness in between.
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10 celebrated scientific breakthroughs that turned out to be hoaxes Come with us on a journey into scientific iniquity as we spotlight bogus science in near and far history.
It’s an exciting time to be alive, as the march of human progress is moving at seemingly impossible speeds. We’re curing diseases, connecting minds and reshaping the world we live in, and seemingly every day we hear about a new breakthrough that promises to change everything all over again. The thing is, though, not all of those breakthroughs are actually… well, real. For a number of reasons, scientists often over-promise and underdeliver and at the end of the day these massive discoveries turn out to be hoaxes or worse. Come with us on a journey into scientific iniquity as we spotlight ten bogus breakthroughs. The Tasaday Tribe Watch this video…
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The incredible technologies and inventions now lost to history Some may be nothing more than legends, while others are well documented or even surviving as unexplained curios to this day.
We tend to look back at ancient technologies with an air of superiority, but there are more than a few historical inventions and artifacts that reach beyond our understanding. Some may be nothing more than legends, while others are well documented or even surviving as unexplained curios to this day. Stradivarius violins Antonio Stradivari lived from 1644 to 1737. He was an Italian luthier and craftsman who we know as the most significant and greatest artisan in instrument-making history. Somewhere around 500 of his violins survive to this day and sell for tens of millions of dollars for their acoustic properties. The exact techniques and materials used to make his…
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Jamming with Elvis and toking with Dylan: what it was really like to tour with The Beatles Author and journalist Ivor Davis saw Beatlemania spread from coast to coast while on the road with The Fab Four in the mid 60s.
The first documented vampire stalked his widow and was impervious to crosses In 1672 Jure Grando became the first real person to ever be described in history as a true vampire.
