Steven Saus [he/him] @StevenSaus@faithcollapsing.com

From 27 Jun: Doomscrolling is slowly eroding your mental health - It’s 11:37pm and the pattern shows no signs of shifting. At 1:12am, it’s m... https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/06/doomscrolling-is-slowly-eroding-your-mental-health/ #doomscrolling #gaming-&-culture #science

From 01 Jul: The Expanse Is the Best Science Fiction on TV - I’d rather be late to a great party than never go at all, and that’s how I feel about ... https://www.themarysue.com/the-expanse-is-the-best-science-fiction-television/ #amazon-prime-video #science-fiction #the-expanse #tv

From 22 Jun: The volcano that caused famines in ancient Rome? It was in Alaska - Enlarge / The 10km-wide caldera on Alaska’s Unmak Island formed during the 43 BCE Okmok II e... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/an-alaskan-volcano-may-have-hastened-the-fall-of-the-roman-republic/ #ancient-egypt #ancient-rome #archaeology #augustus-caesar #cleopatra #greenland #history #ice-cores #julius-caesar #ptolemaic-dynasty #roman-empire #science #volcanic-eruptions #volcano #volcanoes

From 12 Jun: Study: People who hoard toilet paper are just looking for a symbol of safety - Enlarge / People who felt more threatened by COVID-19 and ranked high on scales of emotionality a... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/study-people-who-hoard-toilet-paper-are-just-looking-for-a-symbol-of-safety/ #covid-19 #culture #human-behavior #pandemic #psychology #science #toilet-paper

From 10 Jun: The Thin Grey Line - If there’s a “thin line“ of people keeping our society safe, they wear labcoats. https://ideatrash.net/2020/06/the-thin-grey-line.html?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=the-thin-grey-line #science #society

From 28 May: New data indicates the Mississippi Delta is on borrowed time - Enlarge / The drowning of Louisiana’s wetlands is “inevitable.“ Since 1932, c... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/louisianas-coastal-wetlands-will-disappear-its-just-a-matter-of-when/ #climate-change #earth-science #geology #science

From 18 May: Footprints capture a lakeside stroll by a group of ancient hunter-gatherers - Near the end of the last glaciation, a group of people walked barefoot along the shores of ... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/footprints-record-a-snapshot-of-life-in-ancient-tanzania/ #ancient-africa #anthropology #archaeology #footprints #hunter-gatherers #ichnology #science

From 16 May: Humans are complicated—do we need behavioral science to get through this? - Enlarge / Obviously a very scientific brain. In mid-March, just before President Trump decla... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/humans-are-complicated-do-we-need-behavioral-science-to-get-through-this/ #features #science

From 13 May: Evidence Mounts for Gigantic Water Plumes on Jupiter’s Moon Europa - Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI InstituteWhile studying Europa’s... https://gizmodo.com/evidence-mounts-for-gigantic-water-plumes-on-jupiter-s-1843442204 #europa #jupiter #planetary-science #plumes #science

From 06 May: Dramatic Fossil Shows a Squid-Like Creature Crushing a Fish in Its Jaws - A segment of the fossil showing the captured fish (brownish colored scales) with the cephalopod&rsq... https://gizmodo.com/dramatic-fossil-shows-a-squid-like-creature-crushing-a-1843291684 #ancient-squids #fish #fossils #paleontology #predation #science #squid

From 06 May: Astronomers May Have Found the Closest Black Hole to Earth - Artist’s impression of the star system, with the black hole in red.Image: ESO/L. Calça... https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-may-have-found-the-closest-black-hole-to-ea-1843286382 #astronomy #black-holes #physics #science

From 01 May: Luminescent Zip-Tie Formations Are Shaped into Futuristic Organic Life by Artist Elisabeth Picard - “Ondulation” (2014), white zip-ties, RGB LED light, and painted plywood, 
36 x 36... https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/05/elisabeth-picard-zip-ties/ #art #installation #light #plastic #science-fiction #sculpture

From 16 Mar: Google and Verily clarify their roles in the US coronavirus response [UPDATED 3/15] - Enlarge / Dr. Deborah Birx points to a block labeled “Screening Website,“ showing its c... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/google-contradicts-trump-claims-its-not-working-on-a-coronavirus-portal/ #coronavirus #google #policy #science #trump #verily

From 13 Mar: Amazing Underwater Photographs Capture the World’s Only Known Pink Manta Ray - All images © Kristian Laine, shared with permission Australia-based photographer Kristian Lain... https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/03/kristian-laine-pink-manta-ray/ #fish #photography #science #underwater

From 14 Mar: Google contradicts Trump claims: it’s not working on a coronavirus portal - Enlarge / Dr. Deborah Birx points to a block labeled “Screening Website,“ showing its c... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/google-contradicts-trump-claims-its-not-working-on-a-coronavirus-portal/ #coronavirus #google #policy #science #trump #verily

From 10 Mar: A Wild, Six-Quark Particle Might Have Been Dark Matter All Along - A simulation of the cosmic web, whose scaffolding appears to be comprised of dark matterGraphic: V.... https://gizmodo.com/a-wild-six-quark-particle-might-have-been-dark-matter-1842163007 #cern #dark-matter #hexaquarks #particle-physics #science

From 09 Mar: Why Won’t the WHO Call This a Pandemic? - Medical staff on the Polish side of the Jedrzychowice border crossing between Poland and Germany on... https://gizmodo.com/why-wont-the-who-call-this-a-pandemic-1842213254 #coronavirus #covid-19 #pandemic #sars-cov-2 #science #world-health-organization

From 05 Mar: Dogs Are Surprisingly Stressed and Anxious, Study Finds - Image: Josh Plueger/U.S. Air ForceNearly three out of four dogs exhibit some kind of serious behavi... https://gizmodo.com/dogs-are-surprisingly-stressed-and-anxious-study-finds-1842120372 #animal-behavior #animal-welfare #dog-behavioral-problems #dogs #pets #science

From 05 Mar: I Heard It On The Internet - Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. https://ideatrash.net/2020/03/i-heard-it-on-the-internet.html?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=i-heard-it-on-the-internet #internet #science #social-justice #society #language #slang

From 17 Feb: Fight or flight: How horror movies manipulate our brains for peak excitement - Enlarge / There’s a demon behind you! Patrick Wilson starred in Director James Wan’s 20... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/watching-horror-movies-in-an-mri-can-shed-light-on-how-we-cope-with-fear/ #gaming-&-culture #horror #horror-films #mri #neurocinematics #neuroscience #science