Milgram’s electric shock experiment: The test that exposed dark side of human obedience to authority |

Stanley Milgram’s 1961–62 Yale University experiment tested obedience, where participants believed they delivered painful electric shocks to others under authority. In the early 1960s, a deceptively simple question took shape inside a laboratory at Yale University: how far would an ordinary person go if instructed by an authority figure to harm someone else? The answer,…

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Peaky Blinders: Uncovering the truth behind Tommy Shelby’s empire; what’s real and what’s fiction? |

Peaky Blinders portrays Tommy Shelby’s empire as a vast, sophisticated crime network, far beyond historical reality With Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man now streaming on Netflix and a new sequel series already in development for a likely 2027 release, Peaky Blinders has returned to the centre of attention. The film revisits Tommy Shelby in wartime…

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One of psychology’s darkest human experiments: ‘Little Albert’ terrified for science in infamous 1920 study |

The Little Albert experiment studied whether human fear responses could be learned through classical conditioning/ Image: Screengrab Youtube At a time when psychology was trying to establish itself as a rigorous science, researchers were increasingly drawn to experiments that could demonstrate clear, observable laws of behaviour. One of the most influential ideas came from Ivan…

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‘I’m not suicidal’: US congressman says UFO secrets he knows could keep Americans ‘up at night’ and ‘the country unglued’ | World News

During a recent Newsmax appearance, Rep. Tim Burchett said classified UFO secrets could keep Americans ‘up at night’ and ‘the country unglued’/ Image: Youtube NewsMax A sitting member of Congress has claimed that classified briefings on unidentified aerial phenomena contain information so unsettling that, if released, it would fundamentally shake public confidence. The remarks, made…

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Why Trump’s ‘God Squad’ decision to expand oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico is a vote for a whale’s extinction | World News

This photo provided by NOAA Fisheries shows a Rice’s whale at the surface in the Gulf of Mexico. (NOAA Fisheries (Permit #779-1633) via AP) A rarely used federal panel with the authority to override endangered species protections has approved a request from the Trump administration to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of…

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