What’s next for JWST, something rocking in Denmark, history of kissing

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May 18, 2023

Astronomy JWST Will Hunt for Dead Solar Systems--and Much More--in Its Second Year of Science White dwarfs, Earth-sized exoplanets, early galaxies and even Saturn’s moon Enceladus are on the agenda for JWST’s second year in space, but exomoons and others miss out By Jonathan O'Callaghan

Geology Strange Tremors Rattle Danish Island--But it Wasn't an Earthquake Dozens of people reported tremors, but seismologists say there was no earthquake By Meghan Bartels

Artificial Intelligence Police Facial Recognition Technology Can't Tell Black People Apart AI powered facial recognition will lead to increased racial profiling By Thaddeus L. Johnson,Natasha N. Johnson

Climate Change Yet Another Massive Heat Wave Was All But Impossible without Human-Caused Warming New research says climate change was responsible for yet another withering heat wave, which baked South Asia in April By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Anthropology The First Kiss in Recorded History Dates Back Nearly 5,000 Years Kissing probably predates Homo sapiens as a species, but the first texts documenting the beso go back to the early Bronze Age By Stephanie Pappas

Space Exploration China's Mysterious Spaceplane Returns to Earth Specialists speculate that it might be similar to a U.S. spaceplane, and it could have research or military uses By Yvaine Ye,Nature magazine

Animals Mapping Arctic Foxes' Spectacular Solo Journeys Researchers show how tiny Arctic foxes travel thousands of kilometers for space—revealing potential disease pathways By Rebecca Dzombak

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 6

FROM THE ARCHIVE This Report Could Make or Break the Next 30 Years of U.S. Astronomy A battle for the future of American stargazing is about to begin—and the stakes are sky high By Lee Billings | August 2021

WHAT WE'RE READING The Inside Story of How ChatGPT was Built From the People Who Made It Exclusive conversations that take us behind the scenes of a cultural phenomenon. By Will Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review | March 3, 2023

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