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Brian D. Bradley: From Metal to Life Threatening

March 22, 2019

As an irresponsible 17-year-old, Brian D. Bradley volunteers to spend two days living at the bottom of the ocean for a research study.

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In Marine Biology, Social Sciences Tags Brian D. Bradley, Season 9, ocean, study participant, adolescense, social science

Ralph Bouquet: Fear That Stays with Me

February 1, 2019

Ralph Bouquet goes off script during a psychology research study with uncomfortable and revealing consequences.

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In Social Sciences, Psychology Tags Ralph Bouquet, police, psychology, police shootings, Black lives matter, Black in STEM, study participant, Season 9, race

Gail Thomas: Patient Number 13

December 1, 2017

Actor Gail Thomas is invited to take part in a study testing mushrooms as treatment for depression in cancer survivors.

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In Health and Medicine, Psychology Tags Gail Thomas, cancer, drugs, mental health, depression, study participant, Psilocybin

Lawrence David: An extreme self-study

December 9, 2012

Having lost his ambition to be a scientist, Lawrence David embarks on one more research project -- to collect and study his poop. Every day. For a year.

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Tags Lawrence David, season 2, research, study participant

Dave Ritz: The easiest 20 bucks

March 20, 2011

Dave Ritz finds volunteering for a study on jury selection easy, but the part after the study is another matter.

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Tags Dave Ritz, Season 1, study participant, social science

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