Hannah Docter-Loeb

effective altruism

Effective Altruists Want to Engineer People to Sleep Less So They Can Work More

"Consider the value of 1 extra waking hour per day, times 365 days per year. Imagine that 100 million people ended up taking the drug; if we say each hour is worth at least $1 (a lowball), then that's $36 billion per year."
Hannah Docter-Loeb
5.3.23
tech-science

Worms Get the Munchies, Scientists Discover In Cannabis Experiment

A stoned worm with the munchies? Sounds familiar.
Hannah Docter-Loeb
4.20.23
tech-science

Scientists: Stonehenge Is Not a Calendar, It's Something More Mysterious

A researcher recently claimed to have solved the mystery of Stonehenge's purpose, but new work claims to debunk the explanation that it's a calendar.
Hannah Docter-Loeb
3.29.23
tech-science

Here's a Database of Media Scientifically Verified to Give You the Chills

A team of scientists scoured the internet and tested hundreds of people to come up with a list of stuff that will make you shiver (in a good way).
Hannah Docter-Loeb
3.24.23
tech-science

Scientists Scanned People on DMT Inside fMRI Machines. This Is What They Found.

"By altering these [brain] systems we may be able to construct novel worlds of experience, resonating with the DMT experience."
Hannah Docter-Loeb
3.21.23
Tech news

Big Oil Plans to Artificially Freeze the Melting Arctic to Drill More Oil

The Biden Administration approved ConocoPhillips' Willow Project this week, which will use "thermosyphons" to freeze melting permafrost.
Hannah Docter-Loeb
3.17.23
tech-science

This Affordable Device Will Let Anyone Connect Their Brain to a Computer

PiEEG aims to let people control robots and computers with their minds, using a Raspberry Pi.
Hannah Docter-Loeb
3.17.23
tech-science

Archaeologists Discover Worship of Unknown Gods at Ancient Desert Monument

Mustatils, huge stone monuments concentrated in northern Saudi Arabia, were the site of rituals and early pilgrimages according to new research.
Hannah Docter-Loeb
3.15.23
tech-science

A 3 Million-Year-Old Discovery May Rewrite the History of Intelligent Life on Earth

A set of ancient stone tools may have been made by a species unrelated to modern humans, a new finding suggests.
Hannah Docter-Loeb
3.9.23
tech-science

Scientists Now Want to Create AI Using Real Human Brain Cells

Move over artificial intelligence, say hello to "organoid intelligence" (OI).
Hannah Docter-Loeb
2.28.23
tech-science

Earth's Core May Be Causing Strange 'Anomalies', Study Suggests

Deep inside the Earth, something strange is happening that scientists are trying to explain.
Hannah Docter-Loeb
2.15.23
Tech news

EPA Says Ohio Toxic Train Derailment Air Quality Is Safe, Expert Urges 'Caution'

East Palestine residents reported animal deaths after the incident, but the environmental agency says test are now showing safe levels of pollution.
Hannah Docter-Loeb
2.14.23
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