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The seven creepiest science experiments
Science AAAS ^ | Oct 31, 2014 | Meghna Sachdev

Posted on 10/31/2014 10:45:40 PM PDT by jcon40

Science is amazing, but it can involve doing some pretty weird stuff. Just in time for Halloween, here are seven science experiments that are creepy, scary, or just plain gross!

1. Scientist lets insect live inside her

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sciencemag.org ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: creepyscience

1 posted on 10/31/2014 10:45:41 PM PDT by jcon40
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5. Of birds, aggression, and Dick Cheney

Science proves brain washing works or Dick's really a lovable guy after all

2 posted on 10/31/2014 10:51:49 PM PDT by jcon40
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There was a Russian sleep deprivation experiment a long time ago.

Don't look it up. The pictures will haunt you forever.

3 posted on 10/31/2014 11:01:29 PM PDT by wastedyears (I may be stupid, but at least I'm not Darwin Awards stupid.)
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To: jcon40

Dedication to science, or else a really perverted mind


4 posted on 10/31/2014 11:03:47 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: wastedyears

Yikes. I had to look.

Guess I’m staying up a while


5 posted on 10/31/2014 11:19:06 PM PDT by jcon40
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Told everybody not to look.


6 posted on 10/31/2014 11:53:38 PM PDT by wastedyears (I may be stupid, but at least I'm not Darwin Awards stupid.)
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To: wastedyears

Unfortunately, it’s not a real story. But a pretty good one, nonetheless. They should do a movie about it.


7 posted on 11/01/2014 12:05:11 AM PDT by Captainpaintball (Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation)
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To: wastedyears
Told everybody not to look

The Russian sleep deprivation experiment is an urban legend that never happened. Here is a genuine article on sleep deprivation. Pretty interesting stuff. Nobody knows why we have to sleep. They just know if you don't you will die.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/05/sleep/max-text

8 posted on 11/01/2014 12:05:55 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: wastedyears

> Told everybody not to look.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SchmuckBait


9 posted on 11/01/2014 12:25:48 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Clappin' the Blues (remix)" [slightly NSFW] - http://youtu.be/p9d2iHSfRmE)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Sleep is so important to brain regeneration. Did you know that when you sleep your brain processes all you have done during the day and then goes through it all again backwards? Filtering out what should be saved? What an incredible creation is this biological wonder. No one in their right mind could possible accept this as a product of chance. Maybe if you were sleep deprived.


10 posted on 11/01/2014 4:54:17 AM PDT by huldah1776
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#3. Pinpointing fear. I wonder if there are 2 kinds of fear. One being learned and able to be overcome thru facing it, and the other being a fear of death because of biological or natural causes. Not breathing is the fastest way to go, no? The body/brain should be able to decipher between the two.


11 posted on 11/01/2014 5:00:38 AM PDT by huldah1776
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"As it turns out, crows don’t forget a face..."

Long before I came into this world, my grandfather rescued and adopted a wounded crow. By all accounts (supported by some old 8mm home movies) the critter was as smart, well trained and loyal as any pet dog, and still remains something of a legend in the small PA coal town where he lived.

12 posted on 11/01/2014 5:06:04 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: huldah1776

Fear has been solved. All you have to do is locate the “Tingler” and it’s in your spine if I recall.


13 posted on 11/01/2014 6:46:20 AM PDT by Paco
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From the Crow Science Journal:

In the paper we prove that through positive and negative reinforcement techniques we can increase human preference to look like Dick Cheney.

14 posted on 11/01/2014 6:48:07 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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The seven creepiest science experiments

America, The Greatest Country on Earth, lets an incompetent, foreign would-be communist dictator sit in the white hut for eight LONG years! (Political SCIENCE)

15 posted on 11/01/2014 7:06:30 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Are we really going to allow a kenyan bastard to take down OUR great Country?)
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The young mouse old mouse experiment needs better explanation.

Instead of just a blood transfusion, the old mouse got the benefits of the young mouse’s immune system, liver, kidneys, stem cells, hormones, and more.

However, what the older mouse didn’t get were the things outside of the bloodstream, including digestive chemicals such as stomach acid and bile, the lymphatic system, “deposits” such as atherosclerosis, stones, plaques, and most especially the younger mouse’s microbiome, or intestinal flora, including viruses, bacteria, yeasts and fungus, protozoa, and parasites.


16 posted on 11/01/2014 8:11:27 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/05/young-blood-renews-old-mice

The original (expanded) article in the same magazine re the mice experiment. Looks like you may have already looked at it from the points you made

thx

17 posted on 11/01/2014 10:37:06 AM PDT by jcon40
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