People predicting the end of world generally make those predictions without scientific evidence to support them. So when an animal-behavior researcher ran experiments in the 1960s that described ...

Daily briefing: Why the man behind a ‘mouse utopia’ disappeared from the scientific literature We learn that our friends, and our friends’ friends, have an influence on our gut microbiome and revisit ...

In the 1960s, a mad scientist designed a perfect mouse utopia filled with unlimited food and sexy pleasures. But when the experiment spiraled into chaos, the fallout reshaped both mouse and human ...

What would happen if we human animals were given lifelong shelter, food and comfort or our entire lives without concern for work, the normal challenges of life, or any physical needs? What would be ...

Editor’s Note: As InvestorPlace Digest writer Jeff Remsburg details in a recent piece, renowned behavioral researcher John B. Calhoun conducted a series of experiments that, by creating a “utopia” for ...