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Fundamentals of physics--cruise ship pool

RhesusMonk (http://science.videosift.com/member/RhesusMonk) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:41:06 -0700

(79 votes - 19 comments - 2471 views)
A cruise ship in high seas has to close its pool when, well, this happens.

Baby born twice--Another modern medicine miracle

RhesusMonk (http://science.videosift.com/member/RhesusMonk) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:47:19 -0700

(22 votes - 5 comments - 527 views)
Woman had her uterus removed, with fetus, to have life-saving surgery on her unborn child. After the surgery, the uterus and fetus were reimplanted in the mother, and the healthy baby girl was born 2.5 months later.

The Original Milgram Experiment (1961)

RhesusMonk (http://science.videosift.com/member/RhesusMonk) — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:51:55 -0700

(41 votes - 9 comments - 7959 views)
Saw that Derren Brown's recreation of this classic experiment was up, but that this wasn't. I guess I'm starting my own series of psych experiment videos. In 1961, on the heels of certain Nazi war crimes trials, a psychologist named Stanley Milgram conducted this experiment across a range of 40 individuals to test their response to authoritative pressure. The results shocked everyone. Only 1.2% of individuals were predicted to administer the highest voltage (450 volts); 26 of the 40 participants (65%)--some with clearly conflicted consciences--delivered the lethal shock. The only duress placed on the subjects was verbal cuing from a man in a white lab coat. More at the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment

RhesusMonk (http://science.videosift.com/member/RhesusMonk) — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:04:51 -0700

(31 votes - 7 comments - 879 views)
In 1971, 24 college students were selected to participate in an experiment that continues to shake the foundations not only of psychology, but also of experimental ethics. Twelve boys were arbitrarily appointed guards over twelve who were assigned to be contained at all costs. The last words of this clip pose a paradox to all of us: "If you were in that situation, what would you have done?" "I don't know."

The disturbing and unethical work of Vladimir Demikhov

RhesusMonk (http://science.videosift.com/member/RhesusMonk) — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:26:39 -0700

(19 votes - 8 comments - 947 views)
Schmawwy's recent post inspired this. I'm surprised it wasn't on here before. These experiments from the 1950s are critical to any discussion of the ethics of experimental science. While the results are a macabre set of clearly suffering individuals, the science of neurology may have taken some leaps from this research. Some say it was revolutionary; others ignore the research altogether on the grounds of its lack of ethical consideration for the animals. You decide.