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AI generates harsher punishments for people who use Black dialect

A quantum computer corrected its own errors, improving its calculations

The first face transplant to include an eye shows no rejection a year later

How earthquakes build beefy gold nuggets

When pain really is in your head

Readers discuss black holes’ trippy effects on time, banned swimsuits

Bumblebees lose most of their sense of smell after heat waves

50 years ago, some of plastic’s toxic hazards were exposed

A new drug shows promise for hot flashes due to menopause

A next-gen pain drug shows promise, but chronic sufferers need more options

In an epic cosmology clash, rival scientists begin to find common ground

A nuclear clock prototype hints at ultraprecise timekeeping

Fiddler crabs are migrating north to cooler waters

Despite new clues, this ancient fish has stumped scientists for centuries

A new book tackles AI hype – and how to spot it

Scientists piece together clues in a shark ‘murder mystery’

Summer-like heat is scorching the Southern Hemisphere — in winter

Mayo is weirdly great for understanding nuclear fusion experiments

What is ‘Stage 0’ breast cancer and how is it treated?

2 spacecraft caught the waves that might heat and accelerate the solar wind

Here’s how an arthropod pulls off the world’s fastest backflip

A fluffy, orange fungus could transform food waste into tasty dishes

In a first, these bats were found to have toes that glow

Remote seamounts in the southeast Pacific may be home to 20 new species

People with food and other allergies have a new way to treat severe reactions

The Webb telescope’s peek into a stellar nursery finds baby planets too

The possibilities for dark matter have just shrunk — by a lot

Mantle waves buoy continents upward and bedeck them with diamonds

Extreme heat and rain are fueling rising cases of mosquito-borne diseases

Readers discuss hypothetical ‘tauonium’ atoms

A long-awaited cancer treatment reaches patients

More than 100 bacteria species can flourish in microwave ovens

National Geographic’s ‘OceanXplorers’ dives into the ocean’s mysteries

50 years ago, antibiotic resistant bacteria became a problem outside hospitals

New COVID-19 booster shots have been approved. When should you get one?

A newly approved ‘living drug’ could save more cancer patients’ lives

Can scientists make fruits and veggies resilient to climate change?

Zapping sand to create rock could help curb coastal erosion

Expanding antibiotic treatment in sub-Saharan Africa could save kids’ lives

The world’s fastest microscope makes its debut

‘Turning to Stone’ paints rocks as storytellers and mentors

The historic ‘Wow!’ signal may finally have a source. Sorry, it’s not aliens

The nearest midsized black hole might instead be a horde of lightweights

This spider makes its home in the burrows of extinct giant ground sloths

This spider uses trapped fireflies to lure in more prey

The world’s record-breaking hot streak has lasted 14 months. When will it end?

Old books can have unsafe levels of chromium, but readers’ risk is low

This spiky fossil shows what early mollusks looked like

A distant quasar may be zapping all galaxies around itself

The asteroid that may have killed the dinosaurs came from beyond Jupiter