The infamous “six degrees of separation” is shrinking apparently. Researchers have determined that the average number of people who separate any two individuals in the world is actually 4.74.

Virtual reality is giving scientists the ability to ask tough questions about human behaviors that were previously thought not possible or unethical.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "I was just following orders." From Abu Ghraib to Nazi Germany, this Nuremberg Defense has been heard throughout history. It also sparked the curiosity of psychologist Dr. Stanley Milgram, which led to his Obedience to Authority experiment.

Replicating a controversial experiment from some 50 years ago, a U.S. psychologist found people are just as willing to administer painful electric shocks. Jerry M.

Scientists said on Friday they had replicated the notorious Stanley Milgram experiment from the 60’s in which people obediently delivered painful shocks to others if encouraged to do so by authority figures.