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There's no shortage of strange historical experiments, and this one belongs on that list, showing scientists what starvation can do to the psyche.

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To discover why so many Germans participated in atrocities during WWII, a Yale scientist looked close to home, and found ...

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It's hard to argue that there's a good way to die, but there's no question that death by lethal injection might be one of the ...

Back in 2018, an array of telescopes spotted something extraordinary in the night sky, a still-unexplained explosion larger ...

The history of medicine is riddled with bizarre conditions and questionable medical treatments, many of which have been ...

Maybe you heard that if you don't consume sugary food or drinks that you're immune to cavities, but along with some other ...