No. Scotophobin is a peptide that Georges Ungar, a physiologist working at Baylor University, claimed to code for fear of the dark in rats. This work, published in the early 1970s, touched off a storm of controversy. The critics prevailed.
John Forrest did not make any noteworthy discoveries, but his explorations were still important. In 1869, Forrest led the search for Ludwig Leichhardt's expedition which had gone missing while...