eBaumsWorld: Funny Videos, Pictures, Soundboards and Jokes
Spicy Funny Galleries Funny Videos Games Time Wasters Internet Classics
eBaumsWorld: Funny Videos, Pictures, Soundboards and Jokes
  • Spicy
  • Funny Galleries
  • Funny Videos
  • Games
  • Time Wasters
  • Internet Classics
SpicyFunny GalleriesFunny VideosGamesTime WastersInternet Classics
  • 1 - 10
  • 11 - 20
  • 21 - 25

The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

Here's an open secret: there is a fine line between "science" and "mad science." But do you know when someone has crossed the line? Here are...

By PocketEpiphany

Published 3 years ago in Facepalm

Here's an open secret: there is a fine line between "science" and "mad science." But do you know when someone has crossed the line?

Here are the most insane things ever developed in a lab. You judge which scientists were geniuses and which were crazies!
  • 1

    The plasma globe was invented accidentally by an MIT undergrad, who was working in a lab to create electrical rocket engines. Right after inventing it, he naturally brought it to his girlfriend's house party.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 2

    The Rockefeller University lab developed an experimental mutant variety of mosquitoes called orco that causes the mosquitoes to no longer be repelled by the smell of DEET.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 3

    A research team has shown that a lab-made molecule that mimics an antibody from our immune system may have more protective power than anything the body produces, keeping four monkeys free of HIV infection despite injection of large doses of the virus.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 4

    Many artificial sweeteners were discovered by accident in a lab

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 5

    An infant's circumcised foreskin can produce four acres of grafting skin in a lab.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 6

    Scientists created a hormone in a lab in the 1930s that was first prescribed to treat breast cancer but later found to actually cause breast cancer.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 7

    Miniature human brains have been grown in a lab.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 8

    In 2006 a Penis was grown in a Lab and Successfully Transplanted onto a Rabbit

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 9

    There is only a 13% chance that "molly" has any traces of MDMA in it. The majority of "molly" pills are untested synthetic chemicals made in a lab in China.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 10

    A true Human-Pig Hybrid (Chimera) was Created in a Lab in California

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 11

    Researchers at Japan’s Kyoto University created and sold cheesecake made from ape feces. Researchers cultivated the feces’ bacteria in a lab before using it to make a dairy product, which was then used to make the cheesecake. According to reports, it has a ‘distinct flavor’.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 12

    Computer viruses were first theorized in the early 1950's. The first virus was actually written in a lab by a researcher in 1971. The first virus ever discovered in the wild was written in 1982 by a 15-year-old.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 13

    Diamonds are no longer regarded as the hardest substance on earth. There are multiple harder substances out there most of which were synthesized in a lab. Some are naturally occurring but super rare in nature.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 14

    Spider Silk is 5 times stronger than steel and ultra-light the possibilities in uses are vast. There exists a spider goat born by gene splicing in labs that has spider genes and can produce silk in its milk.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 15

    4 teens with vaginal aplasia (born with no vagina) received vagina implants grown in a lab using their own vulva tissue biopsies & pelvic scans. Later, all reported normal arousal, lubrication, intercourse, orgasm; 2 women were able to have the vagina connected to the uterus for reproduction.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 16

    Male platypus venom contains a hormone that promotes insulin release, called GLP-1; it's found in humans but degrades quickly. Platypuses make a long-lasting form of it, paving the way to new diabetes treatment; the platypus GLP-1 can be made in the lab so no platypuses will be needed for it.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 17

    Researchers evolved a multicellular yeast in the lab in 2 months

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 18

    The cloud chamber, a device that made particle physics possible, was invented by accident by Charles Wilson when he tried to re-create a rare form of rainbow in the lab

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 19

    Scientists have found liquid water as cold as -40 °F (-40 °C) in clouds and even cooled water down to -42 °F (-41.11 °C) in the lab.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 20

    Saccharin was accidentally discovered by a Russian chemist who forgot to wash his hands after working in the lab and noticed his food tasted quite sweet, and after ruling out the possibility of the food being made that way, he concluded that it was due to the chemicals coating his hands.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 21

    Genetically engineered pigs and organs grown from scratch in labs are solutions to improve the shortage of organ donors.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 22

    Immortal cancer cells taken from a dying woman (Henrietta Lacks) in 1951 have reproduced billions of times and can now be found in labs all over the world.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 23

    Scientists created chicken embryos with dinosaur snouts in lab

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 24

    Taurine, a common ingredient in energy drinks, was first isolated from the bile of an ox, but now is synthesized in labs. Cat food is required by law to contain taurine, since cats without a taurine-rich diet will go blind, and lose their hair and teeth.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

  • 25

    Bruce Alexander, an experimental psychologist, studied addiction in lab rats, and created Rat Park -- A Rat Utopian World in which rats almost always refused drugs (morphine), while rats in solitary confinement overdosed on a regular basis.

    The 25 Most Insane Things Ever Developed In a Lab

Categories:

Facepalm Wtf Animals & Nature Science & Technology

Tags:

science mad the cloud yeast venom artificial plasma globe diamonds wow wtf science
Scroll Down For More


Most Popular

The Best Hawk Tuah Memes to Spit on That Thang

The Best Hawk Tuah Memes to Spit on That Thang

29 Banger Tweets to Cap the Week

29 Banger Tweets to Cap the Week

25 Technically True Pics and Memes That Are Hard to Argue With

25 Technically True Pics and Memes That Are Hard to Argue With


  • About Us
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • DMCA
  • Contact

If you are the original creator of material featured on this website and want it removed, please contact the webmaster

Copyright© 1998-2025 Literally Media