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

From 18 May: How to build a wormhole in just 3 (nearly impossible) steps - EnlargeAurich Lawson Getty Images You’ve got yourself a fancy new spaceship a... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/how-to-build-a-wormhole-in-just-3-nearly-impossible-steps/ #features #science

From 27 Apr: Why Do Oreos Never Come Apart Evenly?: MIT Researchers Build an “Oreometer” to Find the Answer - Despite having been around for well over a century, the Oreo cookie has managed to retain ce... https://www.openculture.com/2022/04/why-do-oreos-never-come-apart-evenly-mit-researchers-build-an-oreometer-to-find-the-answer.html #food-&-drink #science

From 16 May: Omicron caused spike in breathing condition in babies and toddlers, study finds - Enlarge / Parents look after their son, age 5, who is being treated for croup and asthma i... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/omicron-caused-spike-in-breathing-condition-in-babies-and-toddlers-study-finds/ #babies #covid-19 #croup #infants #kids #omicron #sars-cov-2 #science #toddlers #upper-respiratory

From 08 May: Corals convert sunscreen chemical into a toxin that kills them - EnlargeJustin Lewis Medical authorities have spent years convincing people to u... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/corals-convert-sunscreen-chemical-into-a-toxin-that-kills-them/ #biochemistry #biology #chemistry #corals #science #sunscreen

From 05 May: 50 years on, the lessons of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study still reverberate - Enlarge / Dr. Walter Edmondson of PHS draws a blood sample from a Tuskegee study particip... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/what-we-can-learn-from-the-tuskegee-syphilis-study-50-years-later/ #bioethics #ethics #features #gaming-&-culture #informed-consent #institutional-racism #medicine #science #syphilis #tuskegee-study

From 02 May: Listen to the X-ray echoes of a black hole as it devours a companion star - The sound of a binary black hole’s echoes, courtesy of MIT’s Erin Kara and Kyle Keane. Animation co... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/listen-to-the-x-ray-echoes-of-a-black-hole-as-it-devours-a-companion-star/ #black-holes #science

From 01 May: Scientists blast out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens - The Large Magellanic Cloud, the largest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Accurate estima... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/scientists-blast-out-earths-location-with-the-hope-of-reaching-aliens/ #alien-life #science

From 28 Apr: Genetics goes to the dogs, finds there’s not much to breed behavior - Enlarge / In the case of the samoyed, selection for physical characteristics produced a do... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/genetics-goes-to-the-dogs-finds-theres-not-much-to-breed-behavior/ #biology #dogs #evolution #genetics #science

From 22 Mar: You Can’t Just Measure When Things Are Going Wrong - Measuring things quietly in the background can have a huge impact in your productivity and quality of life. https://ideatrash.net/2022/03/you-cant-just-measure-when-things-are-going-wrong.html #business #health #science #measurements #productivity #testing

From 21 Mar: “Evolution can occur really, really rapidly” - Enlarge / Don’t bother me, I’m busy evolving.Indrek Lainjärv / EyeEm When we th... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/evolution-can-occur-really-really-rapidly/ #adaptation #biology #evolution #flies #fruit-flies #insects #science

From 18 Mar: Some types of brain studies need thousands of participants to be reliable - Deanna Barch One of the unfortunate realities of science is that small data set... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/some-types-of-brain-studies-need-thousands-of-participants-to-be-reliable/ #behavioral-science #biology #brain #meta-research #neurobiology #science

From 16 Mar: Absolutely bonkers experiment measures antiproton orbiting helium ion - Enlarge / The hardware that slows down antiprotons so they can be used in these sorts of e... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/absolutely-bonkers-experiment-measures-antiproton-orbiting-helium-ion/ #antimatter #particle-physics #physics #science

From 15 Mar: Florida health official put on 2-month leave after urging staff to get vaccine - Enlarge / Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference before newly appointe... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/florida-health-official-put-on-2-month-leave-after-urging-staff-to-get-vaccine/ #administrative-leave #covid-19 #florida #ladapo #orlando #public-health #science #vaccine

From 01 Mar: 43% of Americans—140 million—have had COVID, CDC estimates - Enlarge / Blood samples for COVID-19 antibody testing.Getty Bloomberg An est... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/cdc-estimates-140-million-americans-have-had-covid-about-double-case-reports/ #antibodies #cdc #covid-19 #infection #sars-cov-2 #science #seroprevalence #vaccination

From 23 Feb: An asteroid killed dinosaurs in spring—which might explain why mammals survived - An international team of scientists used synchrotron radiation to image and analyze fossilized fish... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/fish-fossils-show-asteroid-that-wiped-out-the-dinosaurs-struck-in-the-spring/ #asteroids #chicxulub #cretaceous #dinosaurs #fossils #k-pg-mass-extinction #mesozoic #science #stable-carbon-isotopes #synchrotron-radiation

From 21 Feb: Ivermectin fails another COVID trial as study links use to GOP politics - Enlarge / Tablets of ivermectin.Getty Nurphoto The antiparasitic drug ivermec... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/ivermectin-fails-another-covid-trial-as-study-links-use-to-gop-politics/ #clinical-trial #covid-19 #infectious-disease #ivermectin #partisan #politics #public-health #republican #science

From 21 Feb: Study finds 90 percent of medieval chivalric and heroic manuscripts have been lost - An ecological model has been applied to estimate the number of lost medieval manuscripts in Europe.... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/study-finds-90-percent-of-medieval-chivalric-and-heroic-manuscripts-have-been-lost/ #arthurian-legend #ecological-models #gaming-&-culture #history #literary-history #medieval-literature #science

From 15 Feb: With relief, researchers find an explanation for dark-matter-poor galaxies - Enlarge / The slightly hazy light patch in the middle of the image is the DF2 galaxy, so d... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/with-relief-researchers-find-an-explanation-for-dark-matter-poor-galaxies/ #astronomy #astrophysics #computer-models #cosmology #dark-matter #science

From 11 Feb: This Ancient Roman ceramic pot was probably a portable toilet, study finds - Enlarge / Rim fragments of a chamber pot being excavated at a Roman villa site in Sicily.R... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/this-ancient-roman-ceramic-pot-was-probably-a-portable-toilet-study-finds/ #ancient-parasites #ancient-rome #archaeology #fecal-matters #gaming-&-culture #paleoparasitology #roman-chamber-pots #science

From 11 Feb: COVID causes “substantial” longterm cardiovascular risks, huge study finds - Enlarge / X-ray technicians take a chest X-ray of an unvaccinated COVID-19 patient on the ... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/covid-raised-heart-risks-63-for-a-year-after-infection-in-study-of-11m-people/ #arrhythmia #atrial-fibrillation #cardiovascular #covid-19 #heart #heart-attack #infectious-disease #long-covid #myocarditis #public-health #science #stroke