Science has always demanded a certain fearlessness — a willingness to venture beyond the known and test the limits of what’s possible. But throughout history, that fearlessness has sometimes crossed ...

Pretty much every behavioral science experiment ever conducted, whether on animals or humans carries with it a probability—not a certainty—that the results are valid. You will usually see, somewhere ...

To find out what would happen if the brain was cut off from all external stimuli, scientist John Lilly built the first sensory deprivation tank in 1954. Floating in warm water for hours in complete ...