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Heavenly bodies are always in motion: Pushing back the asteroid probe’s blastoff date could require a new trajectory, longer travel time, and much more power. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The state plans to roll out “biosimilars” that mimic brand-name versions at a dramatically reduced price. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The strategy prioritizes inoculating an infected person’s closest contacts, but it can’t succeed without good contact tracing and enough vaccines. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Climate change is reducing output and raising safety concerns at nuclear facilities from France to the US. But experts say adapting is possible—and necessary. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Climate change has primed the landscape to burn. But human migration has made Europe’s wildfires increasingly catastrophic. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
After 11 people were killed and eight hospitalized by a glacier in early July, Italian scientists are asking how future tragedies can be avoided. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Scores of bills in US states aim to block medical treatments for trans youth. But research shows that these bans could have dire consequences. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
7/26 New data shows that several types of the shelled reptiles can slow—and even stop—aging if the environmental conditions are right. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The loss of sea ice is exposing darker waters, which absorb more of the sun’s energy. It’s a devastating feedback loop with major consequences for the planet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Higher nighttime temperatures don’t just make it harder to drift off, they can disrupt your sleep cycles and leave you with low-quality rest. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
As the world converts to electric vehicles and renewable energy, molecular tweaks to aluminum could improve its conductivity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Air conditioning saves lives. But as the planet warms, more AC use stresses the grid and drives up emissions, accelerating climate change. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sea cucumbers are squishy and soft. They also employ lethal strategies to protect themselves. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The deposits discovered reportedly contain enough resources to meet global demand for 1,000 years—surpassing even China’s reserves. But experts are skeptical. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A recent study suggests that gains during the summer breeding season are making up for losses during migration. But the insects’ fate is far from assured. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Under the Constitution, federal laws overrule state ones. But challenges to medication abortion will test the agency’s ability to make nationwide regulations. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Powering plant growth with solar panels instead of photosynthesis could be a more efficient way of using the sun’s energy for food. But it’s not all good news. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Scientists are getting closer to understanding the neurology behind the memory problems and cognitive fuzziness that an infection can trigger. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Scientists show how microbes living in a salty spring near the North Pole might resemble those that could have survived on the Red Planet—or in ocean worlds. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Genomic analysis of ancient remains has shed light on the origins of the black death and offers insights into the coevolution of humans and diseases. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mars is littered with craters made by binary asteroids. These collisions are as intriguing as they are powerful. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
From acoustic tweezers to holograms, engineers are taking inspiration from the field of optics—and riding the sound wave. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hesitancy, bureaucracy, inequity, and the need to explain new formulas could slow down vaccine delivery to the last unprotected group. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Over 100 million women are estimated to use oral contraceptives, but studies on the pill’s mental health effects raise more questions than answers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Climate change and natural variability are making 2022 a year of big weather events—so get ready for more heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mucus keeps the microbiome healthy. Now scientists have clues about how it stops good microbes from going bad. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Researchers say that the rising number of space launches around the world will warm parts of the atmosphere and thin the ozone layer. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In physics, experiments to answer the big questions can take decades to run—and might not produce any findings at all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The economics are clear: Renewables are cheap enough for the country to rapidly decarbonize. Less evident is the political will to pull it off. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The newly elected government has promised stricter emission limits and more renewables in the wake of fires, droughts, and floods. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
