Author: Durezernab Berki

Exploring history means exploring the light, the dark and all in between. As unsettling as it may be, dark moments in history serve as reminders of how society has advanced. Executions by electrocution are one point in humanity’s dark history that has been explored from an ethical standpoint but as scientists, it’s our job to…

Two murders, six confessions, and mysteriously, the absence of any recollection of the crime in the minds of the accused (Cox, 2018). The Reykjavik Confessions, where solitary confinement was a constant for the accused during said period, serve as a prime example for extreme isolation and its effects. Despite there being no physical evidence, and…