What do you get when you combine Netflix’s “Black Mirror” and social psychologist Stanley Milgram’s controversial electric-shock experiments on free will versus obedience? No one can say for sure, but ...

A student experiment showed toilet water was cleaner than a fountain at school. June 19, 2007 — -- Thirteen-year-old Kyleray Katherman never imagined a simple school project would garner him ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — We have two holidays to celebrate this week - Saint Patrick’s Day and the start of spring. Today’s experiment ties in both of those holidays. The experiment, sometimes called "walking ...

Nudges are increasingly used to alter the behaviour of economic agents as an alternative to monetary incentives. However, little is known as to whether nudges can backfire, that is, how and when they ...

While the cold weather may deter many from going outside, others like to take advantage of the freezing temperatures and test out different science experiments. From blowing frozen bubbles to throwing ...

Supercooled water may be a two-for-one deal. A long-standing theory holds that liquid water at temperatures well below freezing is composed of two different arrangements of molecules, one with high ...