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Everyone is creative: we can all innovate given time, freedom, autonomy, experience to draw on, perhaps a role model to emulate and the motivation to get on with it.

But there are times when even the most creative person gets bored, starts going…

1. Nicolas Minovicis Hanging Studies (1905)
In order to find out what happens when somebody is hanged Roumanian forensic scientist Nicolas Minovici advised an assistant to hang him and some of his collaborators - 12 times.

Minovici was well aware…

Many students are asking to study unconventional topics. There are strategies for working with these students that increase their critical aptitude and analytical reasoning without disenchanting them with science and traditional disciplines.

As a…

00:20-- Are we to assume that he is not concerned with vanity by not using a mirror to groom himself? I'm not sure myself, as he does take the time to do it in the first place. Because he is the first person introduced to us in a video in an exam…

Cavities, gingivitis, plaque and gum disease aren't the only things you need to fear if you've got dentophobia (fear of the dentist). A recent study in Taiwan found that people who had their teeth cleaned by a dentist at least twice a year reduced…

A small subset of suicide attempts may be linked to an infection that starts in the litter box. A new study suggests an association between Toxoplasma gondii and suicide attempts among women.

Interesting finding, to be sure, but how does one even…

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1. Faster Walking

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Today we’re walking 10% faster than 1994. It’s unclear why this is so important, but Richard Wiseman has compared results from study about the speed of walking from 1994. People from 35 cities were…

Psychologists are skilled at inventing unusual tests of human thought and behaviour, but some research is pretty weird. Over the past few months I've been examining some of the weirdest studies around. There's research into psychic dogs, invasions…

Want to win a worldwide competition, but aren’t too good at any of the things that might get you in the Olympics or other major sporting events? Well then, perhaps you could try your hand at one of these odd specialty competitions.


Rock,…