People have always carried out experiments, but sometimes it seems that someday they will cross the border of what is permissible and conduct an experiment that will entail the death of the planet. We offer an overview of the most terrifying experiments in the history of mankind.
10. Project Stormfury
The United States is one of those countries in the world that loves to experiment in science and technology. One such experiment was conducted in the 1940s. Dr. Irwin Langmuir suggested using dry ice to artificially induce cyclones, in which case they, in his opinion, will be less dangerous, and people will be able to save their lives and property. During the experiment, ice crystals were dropped into one of the cyclones from the plane, but the consequences were dire. The cyclone changed its direction and headed towards the coastal town of Savannah, Georgia, killing many people and destroying their homes.
9. The elephant and the LSD drug 25
The elephant who was pumped with a high dose of LSD 25 drug was called Truko. The amount of the drug was 3,000 times more than the usual human dose. The experiment was carried out to study the behavior of the animal. After the injection of LSD 25, the scientists wanted to track the duration of the effect of the substance on the psyche of the elephant and the manifestation of insanity. After the injection, the elephant died after 45-50 minutes. This is not only a terrible experiment, but also a cruel one.
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8. Pierced heart
The perpetrator can drive a knife or other sharp object into another person's heart. But there are those who are able to do the same to themselves. Werner Theodor Otto Forsmann was a German intern surgeon. Once he injected himself with local anesthesia, and inserted a catheter into one of the veins in his arm leading to the heart. Slowly the catheter advanced through the vein, the experimenter could die at any second as a result of improper actions. But he was lucky, and thanks to this experiment, it became possible to use catheters during cardiac surgery. In 1956, the doctor received the Nobel Prize.
7. Nazi experiments
Not a single list of the worst experiments is complete without the experiments carried out by the Nazis in concentration camps. Everyone knows the horrors and atrocities that took place during the reign of Hitler in Germany. People are what the Nazis experimented on. Among such experiments, it is necessary to remember about freezing, amputation and experiments with poisons, resulting in thousands of deaths or madness.
6. Well experiment
Let's talk about a well 12 km deep. The project began on May 24, 1970 with the use of various types of equipment. The goal of the experiment was to reach the Earth's mantle. It is the deepest well in the world today. She became the object of study by many geophysicists. At the middle levels, the high anisotropy suggested the tectonic activity of the layers. In 2008, the facility was abandoned, the equipment was dismantled, the destruction of the building began, but the legend of a "well to hell" appeared.
5. Hadron Collider
This is the most powerful unit on Earth. It is located underground in Switzerland. They use a collider to collide protons, electrons and subatomic particles at high speeds. It was built to study particles and sources of enormous energies. The experiment is being watched by 10,000 scientists from all over the world. Many people believe that the collider will be able to recreate a black hole and destroy the planet.
4. Starfish Prime project
The USA is always conducting a variety of experiments. On July 9, 1962, they conducted an experiment with a nuclear weapon outside the Earth's magnetic field, with an explosion producing 1.45 megatons. As a result of electromagnetic pulses, satellites and electrical devices were disabled in some places on Earth, in particular in the Hawaiian Islands. If it were not for the Earth's magnetic field, then radiation would have led to irreparable consequences.
3. Revitalization
There are those who tried to revive the deceased, for example, Dr. Robert E. Cornish. He tried to resurrect a deceased person using blood circulation, anticoagulants and adrenaline. His experiment failed, but he managed to revive two dogs, but they later died in a state of clinical death.
2. Control over mind
The idea of mind control is very seductive in itself. This is not science fiction, but reality. Jose Delgado, a Spanish professor, developed mind control techniques. He created an electrostimulator and a repeater that is implanted into the brain. This device is controlled by the remote control. As a result, the scientist could evoke motor reflexes in the experimental animal.
1. An experiment with nuclear weapons
Many people are even afraid to think that it is possible to experiment on humans with nuclear weapons. On July 16, 1945, the United States conducted a nuclear test in the desert. The explosion was 20 kilotons. This experiment can be considered the most dangerous in the history of mankind, since its consequences can be fatal for the planet.