social experiment

France

Supermarkets roll out 'chat-friendly' tills to battle COVID loneliness

The idea behind the move is to encourage conversation between shoppers and cashiers, amid concerns for people's welfare during the pandemic.

11/02/2022

Culture news

Swedish film festival experiments on audience members with hypnosis

Gothenburg Film Festival indulged in its famously avant-garde reputation for unconventional experiences by entrancing ticket holders for 20 minutes.

01/02/2022

Climate

Can talking about climate change help us to agree on solutions?

Despite our differences, it turns out that respectful discussion can help us to agree on climate action.

24/12/2021

Netherlands

Amsterdam clubbers hit the dancefloor for COVID-19 experiment

Those who attended had to present a negative coronavirus test 48 hours before the event, and they have been asked to take another coronavirus test five days after the event.

08/03/2021

Ecotech

This woman is trying to buy a house with just a hair clip

Eco-friendly TikTok star Demi Skipper is swapping her stuff with strangers, in the hope of getting a house.

19/02/2021

Denmark

Danish PM apologises to Greenland children over 1951 social experiment

22 Greenland children were involuntarily brought to Denmark as part of a social experiment for a "better life" but Prime Minister Frederiksen has acknowledged that they were deprived of a childhood.

08/12/2020