and batty experiments, and many of their stories actually outdo their fictitious counterparts. This week, Newton Blog tells the tales of some of the past century's most loopy scientists, and recounts ...

Vladimir Akimov/RIA Novosti Vladimir Demikhov ruffled many feathers in his pursuit of medical breakthroughs, but he kept working. Some of his experiments were shocking but he eventually persuaded the ...

After the release of the single "The Leader is Dead and Everyone is Grieving," post-hardcore/noise band Demikhov has released its new album "The Chemical Bath." Continuing the artistic quest ...

In a stark Soviet laboratory in the 1950s, a photograph captured a scene that still unsettles viewers today. A large dog stood while the head and forelimbs of a smaller dog had been surgically grafted ...

In the Soviet Ogonek, Georgi Blok describes a sensational exhibit at a recent meeting of the Moscow Surgical Society. On the platform close to the guests of honor stood a large white dog, wagging its ...

Demikhov's work sits at a particularly stark end of that spectrum, which is probably why the photographs retain their power. What you are looking at in that 1954 image is not a monster's hobby. You ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Russian scientist Vladimir Demikhov, who is widely considered to be a pioneer in the world of transplants, created around 20 of the dual-brained beasts A REAL-life doctor Frankenstein created ...

According to recently unearthed—and completely fake—scientific papers posted in Russian forum Stepashka, the Soviets took over where the Nazis and Dr. Frankenstein left it: During the 1950s, a team of ...

Russian scientist Vladimir Demikhov, who is widely considered to be a pioneer in the world of transplants, created around 20 of the dual-brained beasts A REAL-life doctor Frankenstein created ...