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September 6—This week, we conducted the first live-stream interview with an astronaut in the cupola of the International Space Station. Plus, earthquakes may forge gold nuggets and AI "surveillance pricing" is under federal investigation. All that and more below. —Andrea Gawrylewski, Chief Newsletter Editor

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Can a Telescope See Astronauts' Boot Prints on the Moon? Even Earth's mightiest telescopes aren't up to the task of imaging Apollo lunar landing sites. A lack of resolution is the biggest reason why Phil Plait

Watch the First-Ever Interview from the ISS Cupola NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick speaks with Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman about how he captures jaw-dropping images from space Rachel Feltman; Kelso Harper; Fonda Mwangi

Earthquakes May Forge Large Gold Nuggets Scientists propose that large chunks of gold could form from earthquakes' pressure Kate Graham-Shaw

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Scientists Make 'Cyborg Worms' with a Brain Guided by AI AI and tiny worms team up to get to treats Matthew Hutson

Black Hole Detectors Fulfill Moore's Law A famous prediction that microchips improve exponentially over time can be applicable in unrelated developments, such as the technology used to discover colliding black holes Imre Bartos; Szabolcs Márka

The Olympics Breaking Fiasco Undermined Serious Hip-Hop Artists and Scholars The "Raygun" Olympics fiasco points to how hip-hop scholarship is at risk of being colonized and undermined in academia A.D. Carson, expert writer

Buy Experiences instead of Possessions to Build Social Connection Shared experiences, more than material things, bring people together Amit Kumar

Do Cats Really Hate Water? Not all cats are hydrophobic Meghan Bartels

How Testosterone Changes the Immune System in Trans Men A small study of transgender men taking testosterone revealed changes in immune pathways involved in responding to viruses and inflammation Tanya Lewis

AI 'Surveillance Pricing' Could Use Data to Make People Pay More The Federal Trade Commission is studying how companies use consumer data to charge different prices for the same product Webb Wright

The Earliest Known Animal Sex Chromosome is 480 Million Years Old The octopus sex chromosome appears to have been maintained over hundreds of millions of years, making it the most ancient of such chromosomes in animals Viviane Callier

Navigating the Struggles and Joys of Caring for Aging Loved Ones Personal stories and research reveal the challenges of family caregiving. Rachel Feltman; Tanya Lewis; Lauren J. Young; Madison Goldberg, contract writer; Fonda Mwangi

Cutbacks to U.S. Antarctic Science Risk Geopolitical Shifts at the South Pole Reductions to American research at the South Pole could affect the politics of the southernmost continent Sarah Scoles

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