25 Strangest Science Experiments That Actually Happened

every day across the world science experiments are conducted posing ifs with thens and waiting for the outcomes it could be trying one more variation of that Gene or wondering what kind of code would best fit a given problem ultimately this striving questioning spirit is at the root of our ability to discover anything at all however sometimes the experiments our scientists come up with can be well downright bizarre we've chosen a select a batch of these strange science experiments to showcase our species at its inquiring weirdest best whether elegant or crude the outcomes of these special experiments ultimately delivered insights that well didn't exist before I'm Mike with list25 and here are 25 such strange Endeavors that could one day be hailed as the strangest science experiments of all time but before we begin don't forget to like share comment subscribe experiment with that notification bell too so you don't miss out on any new content like our shorts uh check out all our social medias follow us follow me um oh and you still need to add my threads dang it I gotta do that I'm on it I joined threads just thread it's threads it's threads so yeah check out all our social medias like I said and with that all out of the way let's go foreign we're kicking off today's list with an experiment conducted on unsuspecting spiders because why not in 1955 scientists made an attempt to come up with a unique technique to detect schizophrenia they fed a concentration of 15 schizophrenics urine to spiders and compared the resultant webs they spun to those made by spiders who had made fed the researchers urine instead no systematic differences could be observed however the researchers did discover one thing concentrated urine tastes exceptionally horrible after only one sip the spiders expressed an intense aversion to any further interaction with the concentrated solution so now we know that all right spiders don't like concentrated urine check experimented success 24. trust me I'm a doctor in 1970 a supposed expert named Dr Myron L Fox gave a talk on mathematical Game Theory as applied to physician education to a bunch of psychologists and psychiatrists the speaker however was an actor who had absolutely zero knowledge of the subject the lecture's goal was to investigate educational seduction Dr Fox used his acting skills to connect with the audience during the experiment even though the content was completely nonsensical and had a lot of gibberish surprisingly the lecture was judged as captivating and informative by the audience the phenomenon was dubbed the Dr Fox effect the study highlighted how a charismatic speaker can fool intelligent people into believing worthless information one reporter later commented if an actor can be a better teacher they can also be a better Congressman or even the president funnily enough 10 years later Ronald Reagan was elected president of the U.S 23. a year in bed and then some in January 1986 11 guys went to bed in Moscow and didn't get up for the following 370 days they were bathed lying down they ate red watch TV and wrote letters all while lying down the study was conducted to simulate the consequences of weightlessness on Earth while similar studies had been done before the 370-day time frame was the longest attempt ever and it had several unforeseen complications in addition to the medical outcomes some marriages fail due to stress and one of the men fell in love with the scientists involved in the project as a reward for their efforts each member was offered a car a hot commodity in the Soviet era 22. why Brazil nuts go to the top of the bag scientists finally figured out the answer to a question that has kept Housewives and nut connoisseurs up since time immemorial why do Brazil nuts always end up at the top of the back after wasting several hours mixing nuts and shaking the bags they discovered the answer doing x-rays after each Shake turns out that Brazil nuts move into vertical positions when being shaken and they get pushed upwards with every shake the scientists hope their earth-shattering findings will Aid engineers in developing better methods to minimize size segregation in other mixes which while critical for bags of nuts could also have crucial uses in medicine and construction 21. human cow hybrids we know that a human cow hybrid may sound like something from a terrible science fiction novel still the Dutch biotech firm May introduce this phenomenon to your table faster than you imagine scientists genetically modified cows to ensure that the milk they produce includes the human protein lactoferrin which can be found in human breast milk the protein prevents a wide range of diseases and is an excellent immune system booster scientists are hoping to make dairy products with comparable health benefits and nutrition using the protein-packed milk sorry I didn't get any spider urine just have the milk contains milk nailed it really yeah no I guess reduced fat milk vitamin A palmitate and vitamin D3 nice [Music] yeah I didn't grab a glass this will have to do I'm the only one who's gonna drink this don't judge me 20. human Mouse hybrids while we're on the subject of human hybrids in 2005 human embryonic stem cells were implanted into the brains of fetal mice while they were still in the womb scientists then discovered that human brain cells formed alongside the mouse brain cells after the mice were born demonstrating that human stem cells can turn into human brain cells in other living animals scientists hope this technique will increase scientific studies on human brain disorders and improve our testing of experimental drugs and specific medical trials 19. bug mind control have you seen the movie Eye in the Sky the Army makes use of fascinating bugs to help them take out their targets if you did it was actually a great movie and wondered where the idea came from well Wonder no more DARPA funded scientists at the University of California implanted electrodes in enormous flower beetles in 2009 allowing them to wirelessly instruct the Beetles to turn take off or hover in mid-flight the Pentagon can deploy these technological Terrors to Aid them with search and rescue missions and they also come with the added benefit of covert surveillance and monitoring that gives a whole new meaning to bugged 18. teaching cuttlefish to wear glasses coven really messed with our minds in 2020 scientists put 3D glasses on a cuttlefish to observe how they attacked their prey the University of Minnesota scientists showed the mollusks images of tasty looking shrimp to understand how they evaluate distance before attacking the scientists admitted that convincing the Cuttlefish to wear the glasses was the most challenging part of the experiment yeah the team worried they would pull them off or Splash ink into their aquariums as such they devised a unique strategy that included careful handling diversion and bribery with a significant amount of shrimp cuttlefish have some really weird eyes even by the standards of Aquatic Life the wavy looking slits move independently of one another providing the mollusks with a 360 degree field of vision following their ridiculously strange experiment the scientists determined that cuttlefish use stereopsis to triangulate distance 17. the 28-hour day Once Upon a Time scientists were really perplexed by the 24-hour day patterns we lived by and wondered if the sleep wake pattern of 24 hours was simply a habit that could be changed at any time or whether people had an intrinsic hardwired biological clock Nathaniel kleichmann a sleep researcher searched for a location where there existed no distinction between day and night he found it in a 20 meter wide and eight meter High Rock chamber in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave has been there not to that chamber though well maybe I don't know where he and a student named Bruce Richardson decide to play around with a 28-hour day they would work for 10 hours sleep for 9 and have Leisure Time for 9 hours every day the two stayed in the cave for a total of 32 days Richardson the younger the two adapted within less than a week whereas kleitman failed to adapt showing that we should all try new things while we're still young 16. the real underdogs does anyone remember the movie Underdog I mean I remember the show was there a movie for underdog huh I remember the show do you remember the show great show he was a shoe Shiner always bit the coin anyway our next entry is a strange experiment that straddles the line between awesome and terrifying canines with double their usual muscle mass in 2015 geneticists at Nanjing University in China discovered a way to remove the myostatin Gene from dog embryos the gene reduces animal muscle growth Hercules and chiangao the resulting power pups became the first dogs with these specific genetic modifications scientists hope that the trial will eventually contribute to the discovery of a treatment for human ailments such as muscular dystrophy 15. RFID implants for humans for years we have placed radio frequency identification or RFID chips into our pets to assist in identifying and returning them if they get lost we didn't foresee that the technology would eventually be used to follow and track US in 2004 the FDA approved human implantation which meant that jails hospitals and businesses all decided to utilize the chip to track people's locations and medical history and give or restrict access to rooms and documents if you thought it was still a far-off idea well I'm here to correct that notion many State Correctional Facilities today already use the technology to track convicts movements and locations and few corporations have already jumped on board 14. psychological prejudices are natural defense mechanisms [Music] whether you like it or not you judge people based on their appearance so do I so do the rest of us however it's not by choice in fact according to recent research from psychologists at the University of Melbourne prejudice against people we find ugly is a natural defense mechanism we utilize to keep ourselves healthy although ugliness is subjective everyone considers specific characteristics such as bodily fluids and skin disorders unattractive hey feeling personally attacked here oh no unconscious bias against people with less than flattering appearances is a worldwide issue that has significant repercussions in people's lives ugly people are less employable less successful and more likely to be heavily sentenced if they find themselves accused in court 13. an exercise in mind control in the 1960s Jose Delgado a Spanish neurologist at Yale University was not only confident that electrical stimulation of the nervous system was vital to understanding the biological roots of social behavior but he was also willing to prove his case in a very unusual way on a spring evening in 1964 he met Lucero a 250 kilogram fighting bull that belonged to a landowner by the name of Ramon Sanchez who had agreed to let Delgado use a tiny exercise ring on his estate in Cordoba for the experiment Delgado implanted radio-controlled electrodes into lucero's brain several days before the experiment the results surprised everyone Lucero charged towards him and Delgado pressed the remote control button I literally have a remote control button I could have pressed it this instantly subdued the animal's rage and Lucero slid to a halt and trotted away elgato's experiment was significant enough to feature on the front page of the New York Times 12. proving a common cold has nothing to do with cold temperatures in 1946 being a guinea pig for the British government's common cold unit was extremely popular among students they saw it as an inexpensive holiday with free lodging and huge Flats fully furnished with Games books radio and telephone they were even paid three Shillings every day I'm gonna go convert that I'll be right back according to my quick research one shilling was worth 24 cents so three of them is going to be 72 cents so 72 cents in 1946 is 11 20 11.27 today or 8.6 pounds sterling the unpleasant aspect of the experiment began when the participants forced to spend 30 minutes in a windy cold Corridor after taking a hot bath were forced to wear wet socks for the remainder of the day and were infected with nasal mucus from a cold sufferer uh gross oh God the experiments did prove however that the common cold had nothing whatsoever to do with cold weather 11. Paving the way for a Planet of the Apes by using human gene scientists were recently able to significantly increase the size of a monkey's brain the air hgap-11b Gene was given to 101 day old marmoset fetuses by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for molecular cell biology and genetics the gene has been demonstrated to increase the formation of stem cells in the brain in fact scientists believe it played an essential part in the history of human evolution the marmosets quickly reacted to the foreign Gene the neocortex portion of their brains which is responsible for reasoning in language was found to be significantly enlarged by The Mad scientists Planet of the Apes anyone 10. pig guts regrowing new limbs scientists have discovered that pig bladder tissue may be processed into a powder dubbed extracellular Matrix and used it to regrow human fingers unlike typical mammals which repair injuries by producing scar tissue that blocks future cell regrowth the cells that reside in the lining of a pig's bladder carry a protein that induces entire tissue regrowth similar to how lizards regrow their tails so far the procedure has been used to reattach severed fingers grow new fingertips and have even assisted in regenerating one injured Iraq War veterans muscles 9. mice and milkshakes to help scientists understand autism scientists at Australia's the Flory Institute unveiled a rodent-based experiment in 2020 claiming it gave them fresh insights into neurodivergent Behavior it's difficult to assess a mouse's attention span many scientists have tried but the mouse usually loses interest and starts squirming and wandering about they were placed in a testing box to keep the mice from escaping and held in place using laser beams the mice were then rewarded with a strawberry milkshake if they could probe it with their noses as a stimulus flashed on a screen it may sound quaint to feed mice milkshakes in exchange for poking their noses onto a screen but scientists believe it might Advance their knowledge of neurodivergent behavior furthermore it opens up new avenues for future studies into the effects of medications and genetics on autism and other comparable disorders eight the release of the stomach bursting parasites science can be stupid ilkahanski a Finnish biologist placed the Glanville fertilary butterfly on the lonely island of satunga decades ago to study how a population of one species could live inside a hostile habitat he had no idea that the butterflies harbored a stomach bursting parasitic wasp and that those wasps in fact came with their own smaller stomach bursting hyperparasite the Wasps exploded when the butterflies were released on satunga spreading throughout the island with their hosts this experiment presented later scientists with not only an interesting ecological study but also an urgent reminder that before moving endangered species into unexplored regions we must first understand the physiological webs that thrive around them seven the quest to stop masturbation in the past scientists feverishly tried to stop the flow of blood below the belt masturbation was blamed for anything from insane violence to rounder shoulders some tried prayer others diet which is how an early form of graham crackers was produced While others understood that medical remedies were the only option they discovered that when exposed to potassium bromine participants masturbated less the drug was heralded as a specific cure until doctors found that people basically did everything less while under the influence of potassium bromide masturbation was promptly rebranded as something that drives the great majority of internet traffic while the substance was promptly rebranded as nothing more than a sedative 6. Winthrop Kellogg's ape experiment Winthrop Kellogg had an unhealthy interest in the concept of feral children a comparative psychologist Winthrop and his wife obtained a baby champ named Gua in early 1930s and raised her alongside their young son Donald Gua originally outperformed Donald in tests including memory reflexes handwriting strength agility climbing language comprehensions problem solving and other skills but she soon reached a plateau and Donald instead of speaking English started to mimic the vocalizations of his sister Gua shortly after the Kellogg's abruptly halted the experiment without much explanation while Gua showed no signs of learning anything else the couple received more than they hoped for when their son Donald became more ape than man 5. creating Daddy's short leg spiders in 2021 scientists decided to mess around with spiders yet again by creating a daddy short leg spider they achieved this not so amazing feat by turning off essential genes in the Daddy Long Legs after the gene modification the limbs of the crippled daddy short legs changed not only in size but also in morphology morphing into short food manipulating appendages known as petapalps this provided the scientists a peek into the types of organisms from which daddy long legs might have developed from 400 million years ago and this isn't the final mutant arachnid the scientists want to make they also want to alter spider fangs to learn more about that lovely part of spider Revolution 4. finding out where fear lives everyone is familiar with feeling fear but where does it originate in 2011 researchers attempted to find the answer by experimenting with a human subject identified only as SM who could not feel fear SM had lesions on her amygdala a portion of the brain previously known to be important in our Fear Experience SM was subjected to snakes spiders a haunted mansion oh hopefully the one at Disney death threats robberies and terrifying movies oh God yet she felt no fear as such the researchers concluded that fear indeed originates from the amygdala then in 2013 the same researchers tested SM again because why not this time they made her inhale CO2 which gave her the sensation of suffocating this time to everyone's surprise SM did not remain calm instead she experienced a panic attack much like the other individuals in the experiment who had also suffered from amygdala damage the findings demonstrated that the amygdala is not the only area of the brain that processes fear and that the research should probably continue that is not what I'm signing up for I hate horror movies just nope nope three South Korea's artificial sun k-star scientists announced a new world record for a high temperature artificial sun in December 2020. the imitating star achieved in eye-watering 100 million degrees Celsius and held that temperature for 20 seconds more than tripling the previous record k-star which stands for Korea superconducting to Comic Advanced research uses magnetic fields to create plasma A peculiar form of matter the plasma is then heated to enormous temperatures comparable to the sun's researchers plan to employ this method to create power through nuclear fusion one day however a lot of work remains to be done before they can achieve their goals staff at k-star would like to be able to maintain 100 million degrees for up to five minutes by 2025. two the testicle transplants the following experiment definitely borders on Insanity in one of the most disturbing experiments on our list today Leo Stanley the medical director at California's San Quentin prison surgically transplanted the testicles of executed felons into living inmates between 1910 and the early 1950s 40 years of this Dear God Stanley believed that males who committed crimes all had low testosterone levels and that increasing these levels would reduce crime race really okay more than ten thousand prisoners oh my God we're subjected to Stanley's Theory and when human testicles became scarce he began injecting liquefied animal testicles into the prisoners how'd that go for you Stanley did it work [Music] spoiler alert no one the Earth cloaking lasers one of our most important unsolved questions is whether or not humans are alone in the universe though that remains to be answered it hasn't stopped our brightest scientists from figuring out what to do in case some of those little green men eventually turn out to be hostile to approach the problem Columbia University astronomers examine how we observe the cosmos to find other planets when we identify a star anywhere in the universe we check for minor dimmings in its brightness that can suggest the presence of a planet around it leaving the astronomers with the conclusion that we could hide ourselves from anyone looking for us by utilizing lasers to counteract the dimness of our own Sun not only could we potentially do it we were already equipped with the technology to pull it off so what are some other crazy experiments we may have missed what's the craziest one you've ever heard of let us know in the comments but would you sign up for any of these [Music] uh let us know in the comments below and like I said don't forget to like share comment subscribe click the notification Bell follow us on show social media do all that stuff thank you guys so much I love you and as always I'll see you next time [Music] foreign [Music]

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Published: Mon Jul 24 2023