What It’s Like to Smoke Salvia for Science
I was the final volunteer in the world’s first brain imaging study on salvia divinorum. Continue reading What It’s Like to Smoke Salvia for Science
Author Archives: Daniel Oberhaus
The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable?
A look at the complicated business of funding open source software development. Continue reading The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable?
Researchers Use AI to Discover Evidence of Unknown Human Ancestor In Our DNA
The research explains how a third ancient human ancestor bred with humans to produce the modern human genome. Continue reading Researchers Use AI to Discover Evidence of Unknown Human Ancestor In Our DNA
Researchers Developed a Technique to Turn Nearly a Quarter of Our Plastic Waste into Fuel
The process could help convert millions of tons of plastic we generate every year into an gasoline and diesel-like fuel. Continue reading Researchers Developed a Technique to Turn Nearly a Quarter of Our Plastic Waste into Fuel
This Hacker Showed How a Smart Lightbulb Could Leak Your Wi-Fi Password
The “moderate to severe” vulnerabilities discovered by the hacker LimitedResults have since been fixed, according to the smart bulb company LIFX. Continue reading This Hacker Showed How a Smart Lightbulb Could Leak Your Wi-Fi Password
Physicists Created Quantum Structures That May Have Birthed Dark Matter
Some cosmologists have predicted the existence of “walls bounded by strings” in the aftermath of the Big Bang, and now a team of physicists have created these quantum structures on Earth for the first time. Continue reading Physicists Created Quantum Structures That May Have Birthed Dark Matter
Leaving Facebook Makes You Happier and Less Informed, Study Finds
When researchers measured the welfare of hundreds of people who left Facebook for a month, they found they were happier, less politically informed, more active in IRL activities, and less likely to go back to Facebook. Continue reading Leaving Facebook Makes You Happier and Less Informed, Study Finds
New Supercomputer Simulations Show How Plasma Jets Escape Black Holes
Black holes swallow everything that comes in contact with them, so how do plasma jets manage to escape their intense gravity? Continue reading New Supercomputer Simulations Show How Plasma Jets Escape Black Holes
Scientists Identify Key Neural Mechanisms Behind an LSD Trip
LSD appears to cause information to disintegrate as it is passed through a neural circuit that determines how we process internal and external stimuli. Continue reading Scientists Identify Key Neural Mechanisms Behind an LSD Trip
I Stopped Using a Computer Mouse for a Week and It Was Amazing
Your life will be so much easier if you force yourself to learn keyboard shortcuts. Continue reading I Stopped Using a Computer Mouse for a Week and It Was Amazing