Boese’s kooky look at history’s most outlandish, provocative and downright ridiculous scientific endeavours (zombie kittens anyone?) will keep you smiling. Sunday Herald

Excellent accounts of some of the most important and interesting experiments in biology and psychology Simon Singh

Have you ever wondered if a severed head retains consciousness long enough to see what happened to it? Or whether your dog would run to fetch help, if you fell down a disused mineshaft? And what would happen if you were to give an elephant the largest ever single dose of LSD? The chances are that someone, somewhere has conducted a scientific experiment to find out…

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