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

From 08 Oct: Unvaccinated patients are getting kicked off organ transplant waitlists - A growing number of medical facilities across the country are directing coveted organ donat... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/unvaccinated-patients-are-getting-kicked-off-organ-transplant-waitlists/ #covid-19 #covid-19-vaccination #organs #public-health #science #transplant #vaccines

From 08 Oct: There will soon be no more ads denying climate change on Google - Enlarge / A fire engine drives into air thick with smoke along Juniper Hills Road as the Bobcat F... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/there-will-soon-be-no-more-ads-denying-climate-change-on-google/ #advertising #climate-change #google #misinformation #policy #science

From 05 Oct: Brain implant relieves patient’s severe depression in “landmark” US study - US researchers have successfully relieved a patient’s severe, long-term depression w... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/brain-implant-relieves-patients-severe-depression-in-landmark-us-study/ #brain-stimulation #depression #electronic-implants #neuroelectronics #neuropsychiatry #science

From 03 Oct: The decreasing cost of renewables unlikely to plateau any time soon - Past projections of energy costs have consistently underestimated just how cheap renewable ... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/the-decreasing-cost-of-renewables-unlikely-to-plateau-anytime-soon/ #climate #economics #energy #forecasting #modelling #oil-and-gas #renewables #science #solar #wind

From 02 Sep: Cosmic indigestion: Swallowing a neutron star can cause a star to explode - Enlarge / A model of the supernova exploding inside a torus of gas ejected years earlier. One of t... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/cosmic-indigestion-swallowing-a-neutron-star-can-cause-star-to-explode/ #astronomy #astrophysics #black-hole #neutron-star #science #supernova

From 31 Aug: RNA vaccines seem to produce very different antibody levels - Enlarge / A phlebotomist draws blood meant for antibody testing. We’ve tended to treat the RN... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/rna-vaccines-seem-to-produce-very-different-antibody-levels/ #antibodies #biology #covid-19 #immunology #medicine #sars-cov-2 #science #vaccines

From 29 Aug: A bad solar storm could cause an “Internet apocalypse” - Enlarge / Even if the power comes back after the next big solar storm, the Internet may not. Scien... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/a-bad-solar-storm-could-cause-an-internet-apocalypse/ #biz-&-it #coronal-mass-ejections #internet #science #sun #sunspots #undersea-cables

From 18 Aug: What to know about the US COVID booster plan—and why WHO hates it - US officials on Wednesday formally announced plans to offer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to Ame... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/what-to-know-about-the-us-covid-booster-plan-and-why-who-hates-it/ #boosters #cdc #coronavirus #covid-19 #delta-variant #fda #infectious-disease #moderna #pandemic #pfizer #public-health #science #vaccine #who

From 24 Jul: Nuclear power’s reliability is dropping as extreme weather increases - Enlarge / Cooling water is only one factor that limits the productivity of nuclear power plants. W... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/climate-events-are-the-leading-cause-of-nuclear-power-outages/ #climate-change #energy #nuclear-power #science

From 13 Jul: Our brains “read” expressions of illusory faces in things just like real faces - Enlarge / This wall in an old town in Tuscany, Italy, illustrates the phenomenon of facial pareidol... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/our-brains-read-expressions-of-illusory-faces-in-things-just-like-real-faces/ #cognitive-psychology #face-pareidolia #pareidolia #psychology #science

From 05 Jul: Did lead poisoning cause downfall of Roman Empire? The jury is still out - Ancient Rome’s emperors did some pretty bizarre stuff—bursting into uncontrollable ... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/did-lead-poisoning-cause-downfall-of-roman-empire-the-jury-is-still-out/ #ancient-rome #archaeology #chemistry #gaming-&-culture #lead-poisoning #science

From 07 Jul: Cluster full of black holes may be spitting out stars - As we carefully map the stars of our Milky Way, we’re able to identify features that tell us... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/cluster-full-of-black-holes-may-be-spitting-out-stars/ #astronomy #black-holes #science

From 14 Jun: Wikipedia’s Surprising Power in Shaping Science: A New MIT Shows How Wikipedia Shapes Scientific Research - If you were in high school or college when Wikipedia emerged, you’ll remember how strenuousl... https://www.openculture.com/2021/06/wikipedias-surprising-power-in-shaping-science-a-new-mit-shows-how-wikipedia-shapes-scientific-research.html #science #wikipedia

From 01 Jul: How a 17th-century illustration is helping archaeologists find Viking ships - In 1650, a Danish physician and antiquarian named Ole Worm conducted the first survey of a Viking... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/how-a-17th-century-illustration-is-helping-archaeologists-find-viking-ships/ #archaeology #gaming-&-culture #science #the-kalvestene #viking-ships

From 26 Jun: All the major players spent time in the Denisovan cave - Enlarge / Neanderthals and Denisovans probably enjoyed the view from Denisova cave, too. At variou... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/denisovans-were-the-first-hominins-to-arrive-at-denisova-cave/ #ancient-dna #archaeology #denisova-cave #denisovans #homo-sapiens #human-ancestors #human-evolution #human-migration #mitochondrial-dna #neanderthals #paleoanthropology #paleolithic #science #stone-tools

From 24 Jun: The human family tree keeps getting more complicated - It’s long past time to stop thinking of humanity’s nearest relatives as forming a famil... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/the-human-family-tree-just-keeps-getting-more-complicated/ #biology #evolution #human-evolution #neanderthals #paleontology #science

From 05 Jun: Reducing poverty can actually lower energy demand, finds research - Ethiopians carrying jerrycans of water. As people around the world escape poverty, you might expec... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/reducing-poverty-can-actually-lower-energy-demand-finds-research/ #climate-change #science

From 31 May: Building a better edible - Enlarge / “Digital generated image of popsicles organized into rainbow colored pattern on pink... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/building-a-better-edible/ #edibles #science

From 19 Jun: The efforts to make text-based AI less racist and terrible - In July 2020, OpenAI launched GPT-3, an artificial intelligence language model that quickly stoke... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/the-efforts-to-make-text-based-ai-less-racist-and-terrible/ #gpt-3 #machine-learning #open-ai #policy #racism #science

From 10 Jun: Biggest health insurer plans to deny ER bills if it doubts you had an emergency - Enlarge / UnitedHealth Group Inc. headquarters stands in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S., on Wednesday,... https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/biggest-health-insurer-plans-to-deny-er-bills-if-it-doubts-you-had-an-emergency/ #acep #american-hospital-association #emergency-medical-care #health-insurance #hospitals #policy #science #unitedhealthcare