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May 23, 2023

Astrophysics Gravitational-Wave Search Resumes after Three Years and Lots of Headaches Researchers still hope to discover hundreds of new binary black hole mergers despite technical setbacks that have sidelined key detectors in Italy and Japan By Daniel Garisto

Climate Change Ozone Treaty Delayed Arctic Melting by 15 Years The Montreal Protocol was intended to save Earth’s ozone layer, but it also helped slow global warming and delayed the melting of Arctic sea ice By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Robotics Soft 'Electronic Skin' Mimics Our Sense of Touch A flexible, conductive membrane that can pass sensory information to the brain and muscles is a step towards artificial skin By Katharine Sanderson,Nature magazine

Planetary Science JWST Spots Biggest Water Plume Yet Spewing from a Moon of Saturn The huge watery cloud spurting from Enceladus could carry the ingredients for life farther into space than previously known By Alexandra Witze,Nature magazine

Sponsor Content Provided by University of Chicago How Technology Revealed Our Past Radiocarbon dating, also known as carbon-14 dating, revolutionized fields from archaeology to climate science – and changed our picture of human history. Learn how UChicago chemist Willard Libby’s breakthrough continues to shape how we understand ourselves.

Animals Gorillas' Resilience after Early-Life Trauma Holds Lessons for Humans A young mountain gorilla who is able to survive the tough early years may live as long or longer than peers who coasted through their youth without incident By Rachel Nuwer

Intelligence The Dunning-Kruger Effect Isn't What You Think It Is The least skilled people know how much they don't know, but everyone thinks they are better than average By Eric C. Gaze,The Conversation US

Mathematics These Are the Most Bizarre Numbers in the Universe Most real numbers are unknown—even to mathematicians By Manon Bischoff

Space Exploration Can NASA's Artemis Moon Missions Count on Using Lunar Water Ice? How realistic is it to expect to find enough ice on the moon to support human habitation? By Leonard David,SPACE.com

Extraterrestrial Life Is E.T. Eavesdropping on Our Phone Calls? Cell phone towers leak radio waves into space, but they’ll be tough for aliens to detect By Phil Plait

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 6

FROM THE ARCHIVE Gravitational Waves Discovered from Colliding Black Holes A daring set of experiments finally confirms Einstein's 1916 prediction of gravitational waves By Clara Moskowitz | December 2016

WHAT WE'RE READING The Illuminating Science Behind Fireflies A dedicated ornithologist with a passion for lightning bugs scours bogs and beaches to discover previously unknown species By Madeline Bodin | Smithsonian Magazine | June, 2023

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