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Explore the 25 craziest scientific experiments ever conducted, from shocking ethical failures like Tuskegee to mind control.

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The most beautiful experiment in physics, according to a poll of Physics World readers, is the interference of single electrons in a Young’s double slit. Robert P Crease reports Simply beautiful – the ...