Modern-day replications of one of history's most disturbing social psychology experiments reveal what makes ordinary people ...

Light exhibits some of the strangest properties in our cosmos. It manifests as both a wave and a particle, and its speed in a vacuum is invariant. While physicists now fully grasp the way light ...

Thomas Mulligan delves into the controversial history and ethical violations of the 1920 Little Albert experiment that demonstrated how human emotional responses can be conditioned. Coffee linked to ...

On Aug. 2, 1971, United States astronaut David Scott ran one of the most famous experiments ever carried out in the lunar atmosphere. He dropped a geologic hammer and a feather from the same height at ...

A team of mathematicians used whimsical "silly sprinklers" to solve a physics mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. Their experiments showed that the rotation of both normal and reverse ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Christian churches traditionally refer to God as three in one: the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. A psychologist at Michigan State University conducted a now-famous ...

A famous mouse experiment and H.G. Wells' classic novel reveal why a life without struggle may be the worst retirement plan. Purpose matters more than comfort. Secret Service No. 2 resigns amid rising ...

The researchers built a circular arena about 10 centimeters (4 inches) in diameter and 3.2 centimeters (1.3 inches) tall, in which bumblebees could walk but not fly. In the center, the team placed an ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

Scientists have directly watched angular momentum move through a crystal for the very first time — and discovered a bizarre twist along the way. Using ultra-powerful terahertz laser pulses, ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through science decades later. Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist and founder of ...