Astronomy
A Galaxy Is Unmasked as a Pulsar—The Brightest outside the Milky Way
Using a technique to block certain wavelengths of light, researchers hope to discover many more hidden pulsars
Nature
Artificial Intelligence
How Language-Generation AIs Could Transform Science
An expert in emerging technologies warns that software designed to summarize, translate and write like humans might exacerbate distrust in science
Astronomy
Costly SOFIA Telescope Faces Termination after Years of Problems
NASA and the German space agency ground the telescope on a plane, citing the astronomy community’s concerns over cost and productivity
Epidemiology
Climate Change Will Boost Viral Outbreaks
A modeling study is the first to project how global warming will increase animal encounters and virus swapping between species
Neuroscience
Brain-Reading Devices Help Paralyzed People Move, Talk and Touch
Implants are becoming more sophisticated—and are attracting commercial interest
Planetary Science
Next Stop, Uranus? Icy Planet Tops Priority List for Next Big NASA Mission
An influential panel’s recommendation makes the ice giant a likely destination for a flagship space mission
Epidemiology
Are New Omicron Subvariants a Threat? How Scientists are Keeping Watch
In South Africa, a network of researchers are studying whether new lineages BA.4 and BA.5 escape immunity from COVID-19 vaccines and prior infections
Climate Change
Record-Breaking Simulation Hints at How Climate Shaped Human Migration
The model suggests that a shift in weather patterns in southern Africa might have contributed to the rise of Homo sapiens
Mental Health
The Pandemic Generation
Child development researchers are investigating whether the pandemic is shaping early brain development and behavior
Astronomy
China Is Hatching a Plan to Find Earth 2.0
A satellite will scour the Milky Way for exoplanets orbiting stars just like the sun
