Today you’ll learn about how video calls can add to social anxiety, how new technology is able to discover the secrets of the Denali Fault, and what goes into designing a new spacesuit for astronauts! 

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/zoom-doom-denali-fault-modern-moon-suit

Zoom Doom

• “Alcohol and Zoom: A Recipe for Depression?” by Renee Engeln PhD. 2023.
  • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beauty-sick/202303/alcohol-and-zoom-a-recipe-for-depression
• “Where to Look? Alcohol, Affect, and Gaze Behavior During a Virtual Social Interaction.” by Talia Ariss, et al. 2022.
  • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026221096449
• “Self-focused attention and negative affect: a meta-analysis.” by Nilly Mor & Jennifer Winquist. 2002.
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12081086/

Denali Fault

• “Researchers uncover secrets of how Alaska’s Denali Fault formed.” N.A. 2023.
  • https://beta.nsf.gov/news/researchers-uncover-secrets-how-alaskas-denali
• “Collaborative Research: Understanding lithospheric structure and deformation in Alaska via integration of seismic imaging and geodynamic modeling.” By Karen M. Fischer, et al. 2022.
  • https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1829401&HistoricalAwards=false
• “Denali’s Fault.” N.A. 2003.
  • https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/denali

Modern Moon Suit

• “NASA unveils new spacesuit specially tailored for lunar wear.” By Steve Gorman. 2023.
  • https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/nasa-unveils-new-spacesuit-specially-tailored-lunar-wear-2023-03-15/
• “Why did we stop going to the Moon?” n.a. N.d.
  • https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/why-did-we-stop-going-moon

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