For 27 years, the Southwest has been gripped by a historic drought. Scientists think it might be here to stay.By Nikk Ogasa
Reflect Orbital satellites could make the darkest skies look like nighttime in the suburbs. By Lisa Grossman
New methods could help vulnerable people acclimate to higher temperatures. By Katarina Zimmer
The object’s deep red colour suggests it existed when the Universe was less than 700 million years old.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has seen what is probably a quasar from the early Universe1.
The Scopus, Dimensions and Web of Science databases are introducing conversational AI search.
The conversational AI-powered chatbots that have come to Internet search engines, such as Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s Bing, look increasingly set to change scientific search, too. On 1 August, Dutch publishing giant Elsevier released a ChatGPT-like artificial-intelligence (AI) interface for some users of its Scopus database, and British firm Digital Science announced a closed trial of an AI large language model (LLM) assistant for its Dimensions database. Meanwhile, US firm Clarivate says it’s working on bringing LLMs to its Web of Science database.
Two extremely cool examples of ‘failed stars’ called brown dwarfs are found orbiting each other.
Our annual look at 10 Breakthrough Technologies—including CRISPR for high cholesterol, battery recycling, AI that makes images, and the James Webb Space Telescope—that will have a profound effect on our lives. Plus care robots, 3-D printing pioneers, and chasing bugs on the blockchain.
No one knew how popular OpenAI’s DALL-E would be in 2022, and no one knows where its rise will leave us.
The technology is making it easier to monitor underwater archaeological sites.
Science News looks back at some of the most stunning images from the James Webb telescope’s first year in space.
A new space telescope makes a spectacular debut after a troubled gestation
Seen with JWST’s midinfrared instrument, the newborn stars of the Tarantula nebula fade into the background while clouds of dust and gas take center stage, including hydrocarbons that will later form planets.NASA; ESA; CSA; STSCI; WEBB ERO PRODUCTION TEAM
The James Webb Space Telescope has sparked a new era in astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images of the distant universe shocked astronomers. Is the discovery of unimaginably distant galaxies a mirage or a revolution?
Deep-field images of “empty” regions of the sky from JWST and other space telescopes are revealing more of the universe than we ever thought possible
The James Webb Space Telescope can peer into alien skies like never before. With six potentially habitable planets within its sights, astronomers are entering a new era in the search for biology beyond our solar system
The age at which you are considered an adult differs around the world, but emerging research into the developing brain suggests we may have got the concept of adulthood all wrong. When do we really become a grown-up?
Death’s-head moths correct course based on an internal “compass,” a new study finds, revealing insights into how insects traverse such long distances during seasonal migrations.
Logistical and ethical challenges are complicating the design of efficacy studies
U.S. Title IX law update requiring mandatory reporting of sexual misconduct would cause harm, they say
Long magnetic lull mimics Maunder Minimum, when sunspots largely disappeared 400 years ago
University of Delaware finding vindicates whistleblowers
Star formation after the big bang appears much faster than models had forecast
Read that research and more this week in Science. https://fcld.ly/zebukkw
Excitingly, scientists say that alternative universes are allowed by physics. We find out about the leading multiverse theories, and establish whether they could harbour an alternate version of you.
