Hacker News with Generative AI: Experiments

Firefox nightly is running an experiment featuring a Fakespot feed on newtab (mozilla.org)
Experimental address bar deduplication, better auto-open Picture-in-Picture, and more – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 170

Firefox, Web Browsers, Experiments, User Interface, Features

58 points by nalinidash 1 day ago | 55 comments

Revisting the Stanford Prison Experiment 50 years later (arstechnica.com)
In 1971, Stanford University psychologist Philip Zimbardo conducted a notorious experiment in which he randomly divided college students into two groups, guards and prisoners, and set them loose in a simulated prison environment for six days, documenting the guards' descent into brutality.

Psychology, Social Science, Experiments, Ethics

7 points by pseudolus 8 days ago | 0 comments

Bribery is largely subject to circumstance: study (elpais.com)
A year-long experiment was conducted at the self-service checkouts of a supermarket chain in Modena and Ferrara in Italy to test whether there was any link between corruption scandals and how honest consumers were with their shopping.

Ethics, Social Science, Italy, Consumer Behavior, Experiments

74 points by cainxinth 9 days ago | 138 comments

The Pitch Drop Experiment (thetenthwatch.com)
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Science, Experiments, Time-Lapse

4 points by varjag 12 days ago | 0 comments

It might be possible to detect gravitons after all (quantamagazine.org)
A new experimental proposal suggests detecting a particle of gravity is far easier than anyone imagined. Now physicists are debating what it would really prove.

Physics, Gravitational Waves, Science, Experiments

259 points by elsewhen 21 days ago | 158 comments

Scientists predict and witness evolution in a 30-year marine snail experiment (phys.org)
Snails on a tiny rocky islet evolved before scientists' eyes. The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom wiped them out from the skerry. While the researchers intentionally brought in a distinct population of the same snail species, these evolved to strikingly resemble the population lost over 30 years prior.

Science, Evolution, Biology, Marine Biology, Experiments

42 points by gmays 30 days ago | 107 comments

Task-Switching Experiment (2015) (psytoolkit.org)
The reality is that you can argue that people always multi-task in some way. After all, we always monitor our environment to some degree, no matter what. For example, no matter how deeply you concentrate on doing a task, if you hear someone shout "fire", you will process that information and act on it.

Psychology, Experiments, Human Behavior

54 points by dang 47 days ago | 15 comments

Greenwich: an experiment in collaborative links (readpolymathematics.substack.com)
A secret city, hidden in the internet, begins construction

Internet, Collaborative Projects, Experiments, Web Development

164 points by onlyfootnotes 55 days ago | 98 comments

Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency (1892) (pbs.org)
I cannot find words to express how deeply I feel the honor of addressing some of the foremost thinkers of the present time, and so many able scientific men, engineers and electricians, of the country greatest in scientific achievements.

Electricity, Science, History, Experiments

7 points by joebig 59 days ago | 1 comments

What happens when you touch a pickle to an AM radio tower (jeffgeerling.com)
A few months ago, our [AM radio hot dog experiment](https://www.instagram.com/insights/media/3333127873529510767/) went mildly viral.

Electromagnetism, Experiments, Radio, Social Media

385 points by _Microft 76 days ago | 131 comments

'Dancing' raisins − a simple kitchen experiment (theconversation.com)

Science, Physics, Experiments

99 points by amichail 80 days ago | 24 comments

DUNE scientists observe first neutrinos with prototype detector at Fermilab (newscenter.lbl.gov)

Neutrinos, Physics, Experiments, Research

218 points by croes 100 days ago | 127 comments

Stern-Gerlach Experiment (libretexts.org)

Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Experiments

10 points by Bluestein 102 days ago | 7 comments

Experiments Prepare to Test Whether Consciousness Arises from Quantum Weirdness (scientificamerican.com)