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May 19, 2023

Astronomy Saturn's Youthful Rings and Newfound Moons Put It in Stargazing Spotlight Saturn’s surprisingly young rings and record-breaking bounty of moons make the planet a ripe target for springtime skywatchers By Phil Plait

Geology Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruptions Were Even More Explosive Than We Knew The last caldera-forming eruption at Yellowstone “was much more complex than previously thought,” according to the annual report about activity at the supervolcano By Hannah Osborne,LiveScience

Politics Anti-Trans Moral Panics Endanger All Young People Moral panics aimed against trans people are both attacks on that community and part of a broader strategy to control youth across the U.S. By Chris Pepin-Neff

Economics ChatGPT on Wall Street Could Be Disastrous, Financial History Shows Using artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to trade stocks and other financial instruments could have benefits—and perils By Pawan Jain,The Conversation US

Culture An Inclusive Research Environment Starts at the Top For academic research to be truly equitable, leadership, not just the scientists from underrepresented groups, must advocate for it By Kaitlin Rasmussen

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

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 6

FROM THE ARCHIVE Cassini at Saturn: A Retrospective A historic exploration of the ringed planet, unprecedented in magnitude and spectacle, comes to an end By Carolyn Porco | October 2017

WHAT WE'RE READING Firearms Classes Taught Me, and America, a Very Dangerous Lesson   By Harel Shapira | The New York Times | May 16, 2023

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