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It’s cellular immunity, not antibodies, that probably protects against the coronavirus’s worst effects—and scientists haven’t worked out how long it lasts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Avian influenza has killed millions of birds. Shots to prevent it already exist. Why isn’t the entire poultry industry using them? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Scientists investigated a weird feature in Parker Solar Probe data—and may have discovered what drives the plasma that pervades the solar system. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
New modeling estimates that food production could add a degree Celsius to global warming. But it also points to powerful ways to make diets more sustainable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Faced with extreme drought, Kenya’s president approved a controversial new crop for farmers. Then the legal backlash began. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
About a dozen such consumer tests are now on the market, but the science of reading DNA for insights about longevity is still young. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Startups rush to gain a foothold in a burgeoning industry as New York and California move to legalize human composting. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
New research shows that if done right, urban farms and gardens can support all kinds of species—for the good of people and the environment. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Atomic weapons are complex, sensitive, and often pretty old. With testing banned, countries have to rely on good simulations to trust their weapons work. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In a factory on the outskirts of Glasgow, aerospace manufacturer Skyrora is building rockets for a space-bound taxi service for satellites. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Electrical stimulation applied to the spinal cord temporarily restored arm and hand movement in two patients. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The student winners of a NASA competition designed a serpentine bot that could sidewind across lunar regolith or roll down hills. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Audacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative. But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The European Space Agency is exploring a unique way to dramatically cut carbon emissions by tapping sunlight closer to the source. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Many are celebrating Australia’s decision to pave the way for these psychedelic therapies, but questions around accessibility remain. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Scientists have uncovered the Roman recipe for self-repairing cement—which could massively reduce the carbon footprint of the material today. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Biological amino acids could have celestial or terrestrial roots. An experiment simulated their formation in deep space—but the mystery isn’t solved yet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A simultaneous solution to California’s extreme drought and flooding is to bank more water underground. Send in the choppers (and a few ATVs). Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
When a warm band of water develops in the Pacific, drought grips the rainforest. The Amazon, devastated by deforestation and fires, is especially vulnerable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These tiny organoids with working immune systems mimic the function of the GI tract and could be used to study intestinal diseases and drugs to treat them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The largest catalog ever collected by a single telescope maps Earth’s 3 billion stellar neighbors—and helps track the dust that warps how we see them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Half of the globe’s crop productivity comes from a key fertilizer ingredient that’s non-renewable—and literally washing away. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In France, a plan to cover swaths of asphalt with photovoltaics will bring renewable energy even closer to urban areas where it’s needed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
If you agree to provide some of your car’s battery power in times of high energy demand, you’ll get paid, and help make the grid more stable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The space agency gave money to researchers working on liquid telescope mirrors, a lunar oxygen pipeline, and Martian building blocks made of fungi. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Focusing wasn’t much easier in the time before electricity or on-demand TV. In fact, you probably have a lot in common with these super-distracted monks. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Fakery spans “beautified” data, photoshopped images, and “paper mills.” Experts and institutions are employing tools to spot deceptive research and mitigate its reach. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Digitized archaeology is making souterrains—subterranean passages in the Highlands—accessible in a way Indiana Jones could only dream of. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
One year later, researchers are still marveling at the power of the Hunga Tonga explosion—and wondering how to monitor hundreds of other undersea volcanoes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
