Science, Spoken

The tiny jellies, which arrived sometime after Henry David Thoreau, are an example of how a non-native species can coexist peacefully with its new environment. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In early experiments, a paralyzed man with implants in his premotor cortex typed 90 characters per minute—by envisioning he was writing by hand. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Due to a phenomenon called subsidence, the metropolis's landscape is compacting—and parts of the city are now dropping a foot and a half each year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The spate of cases is a bad bounce—and it might show that lifting mask mandates for the vaxxed won’t be a grand slam. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new study shows how bug spray, flashlights, and foot traffic can spell disaster for the fragile insects. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An enigmatic connection between the forces of nature is allowing physicists to explore the quantum side of gravity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Predicting the output of solar panels is tricky—but getting it right could slash carbon emissions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Kids as young as 12 are now authorized for Pfizer’s shot. That could make it easier for campuses to reopen this fall—but introduces a whole new set of decisions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

For the first time, researchers were able to observe, in extra-fine detail, how neurons behave as consciousness shuts down. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new study shows that climate-driven sea level rise made the damage from Superstorm Sandy $8 billion worse around New York City. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new study says the reviled stinging insects play a critical ecological role—and their venom might even be useful to people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Biologists have long believed that these animals rely on magnetic sensing to migrate across oceans. Someone finally figured out how to prove it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Covid-19 is still raging, but so are efforts to nip its successor in the bud—thanks to data sharing, political cooperation, or a multimillion-dollar challenge. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A hazy atmosphere makes data ricochet all over the place. Now scientists think they can use that signal to better predict severe smoke events. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

May the 4th be with you! If you're hitching a ride on the Millennium Falcon today, you should know a little bit about the bumpy physics of acceleration. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Airports have vast swaths of empty land and rooftops. But it’s not so easy as just covering everything with solar panels. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As Venice faces a four-foot sea level rise, the historic cathedral—and its marble—could succumb to damaging tides. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some groups of neurons process sensory data and memories at the same time. New work shows how the brain pivots those representations to prevent interference. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Scientists crunched 20 years’ worth of satellite data to estimate the melt rate across the planet, and the news isn’t good. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

One new study found that radiation exposure didn't genetically harm future generations, while another offers insights into how radiation causes thyroid cancer. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

When flat, the structure is about the size of a twin mattress. But when it's inflated, walls widen, and a roof snaps into place. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The six-month mission is another step toward an eventual moon landing, and the second time this Crew Dragon capsule has visited the space station. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Kadir van Lohuizen photographed nations affected by climate change. His book documents the present, but offers a glimpse of the future. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Luxor finding has been called "the second most important archaeological discovery" since King Tut's tomb. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

More than a year into the pandemic, scientists and environmentalists have the first data on where disposable gloves and masks are turning up in ecosystems. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Want to be more sociable or less of a doormat? There's an (experimental) app for that. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Bad news: Trees emit methane, a greenhouse gas. Good news: Some are home to bacteria that can't get enough of it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The copter safely whirled its way up and back down, demonstrating the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Understanding how other animals dream could help us figure out why it’s so important to the human brain, and why it may have been preserved throughout history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Chamise may not look (or smell) like much, but it's actually a kind of crystal ball for understanding how badly California might burn. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Mining companies and marine scientists want to know whether harvesting blobs of useful materials from the seafloor harms ocean life. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

At any given time, 1,100 tons of microplastic are floating over the western US. New modeling shows the surprising sources of the nefarious pollutant. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Krispy Kreme is offering a year of treats to anyone who gets the Covid-19 vaccine. What if they worked off the energy on pedal-powered bike generators? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Studies from all over the globe show short-term improvements in urban air quality, but experts are skeptical about how long they’ll last. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Hall thrusters have been used in satellites for years. Now, they'll play a crucial role in reaching a metallic asteroid called Psyche. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Scores of plans to verify immunity are in the works. But there are even more questions about how they’ll use data, protect privacy—and who gets certified first. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The device may make it easier to quickly test newborns and could open the door to at-home monitoring. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Lightning strikes in the far north could double by 2100. That means more wildfires, which could release massive amounts of planet-warming gas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Plant fossils from Columbia reveal the forests of the Cretaceous period were sparser and less humid than their modern-day counterparts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

NASA tracks the microbes that live on the space station, and sometimes it discovers new ones. Those hardy bugs may offer clues about surviving long missions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An analysis of the 10-foot-long teeth shows that as the Arctic warms, narwhal diets are changing, and their bodies are accumulating more mercury. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Social isolation as been linked to poorer physical and mental health, but scientists are finally starting to understand its neurological impact. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ambi Robotics is using years of research in robot manipulation to teach machines how to get a grip. The secret? Giving them suction cups for fingers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Moss balls sold for aquariums can hide Zebra mussels, invasive mollusks that quickly overtake waterways. The US government would like you to kill them, please. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Called Stretch, the machine may look wildly different than its famous cousins Spot and Atlas, but it shares a ton of their DNA. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Thousands of eagles and other fowl have died from a mysterious condition that attacks their nervous systems. Now, after decades of investigation, we know why. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Underground peat fires refuse to die, even when flooded with water. So scientists developed a new weapon to put them down for good. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new study shows that concussions and other head traumas can have long-lasting effects on our health. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A secret Cold War project led to signs of ancient life—and a new warning about the future of the climate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Humans dump an estimated 10 billion gallons of potential biofuel into landfills every year. Researchers found a way to capitalize on it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices