Dr. LEVINE: Yes, the labeled-release experiment, the principal investigator was Gil Levin, and Gil to this day thinks that his experiment gave evidence of microbial life on the surface of mars.

NPR: Revisiting the Viking Missions to Mars

When Wideman put together Briefs, a collection of what he calls "microstories, " he decided to experiment with a release on Lulu.com.

NPR: iPad Could Help Self-Publishers Kick Open Doors

Although Carolyn has no direct memory of the experiment, and the scientists would not release any information about the subjects, she strongly suspects that she was able to delay gratification.

NEWYORKER: Don��t!

While JDate doesn't publicly release its algorithms, at the time of my experiment I observed that the more popular profiles come up higher in search results, allowing one to get a quick-and-dirty ranking of who's hot (or not).

WSJ: Hacking the Hyperlinked Heart

"In the course of all the experiments, we release (the antihydrogen atoms) and look for their annihilation, " said Jeffrey Hangst, spokesperson for the experiment.

BBC: Antigravity gets first test at Cern's Alpha experiment