Rethinking the Infamous Milgram Experiment in Authoritarian Times
It’s usually cited as showing that people will follow dubious orders under social pressure—but a more important lesson may be that some people will refuse
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3 Problems with High-Intensity Interval Training
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How a Flawed Experiment “Proved” That Free Will Doesn’t Exist
It did no such thing—but the result has become conventional wisdom nevertheless
Fishy Trick Lures Life Back to Coral Reefs
Playing the sounds of a healthy reef near damaged corals may help bring the fish community back. Christopher Intagliata reports.
