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A new model of learning centers on blasts of neural activity that act as teaching signals—approximating an algorithm called backpropagation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Many young people feel like their future is in peril. To make progress on climate change, we must move past doomsday scenarios. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The pharmaceutical giant is making its oral antiviral drug widely available for all the world. But could Covid outsmart it? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Scientists used NASA’s Juno spacecraft to probe the massive storm, finding that it’s not as shallow as previously thought. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The toaster-sized device could help make human travel to Mars—and beyond—a reality. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A blood test of “NfL” proteins answers questions about damage severity that doctors—and families—desperately need. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tiny bits of plastic are swirling in the sky, and a new model suggests they could be subtly affecting the climate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting a review and public hearings involving the space company's expanded site in Boca Chica, Texas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Shooting a web from your hands requires Spidey powers. But does keeping your grip on one of them require Spidey strength? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
RTS,S proves that shots can work against parasites. But to eradicate this disease, scientists say we need more than just one tool. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In the new scientific (and literal) field of agrivoltaics, researchers are showing how panels can increase yields and reduce water use on a warming planet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The agency knows it needs to adapt to climate-driven events that will increasingly threaten coastal launch sites and other key space infrastructure. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
African swine fever killed half the pigs in China. There is no vaccine and no treatment. Now it’s in the Caribbean and on the doorstep of the US. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Urban areas can be 20 degrees hotter than the surrounding country. But green spaces and reflective pavement can make city life more bearable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Deep in the mantle, a branching plume of intensely hot material appears to be the engine powering vast volcanic activity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jupiter’s most enigmatic moon, one of a few ocean worlds in the solar system, will be the target of upcoming missions by NASA and the European Space Agency. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The massive deployment of wind and solar will turn you, the humble homeowner, into a critical actor in the operation of the US power grid. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Their incessant belching loads the atmosphere with planet-warming methane. But it’s not so simple as just feeding them gas-busting seaweed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Researchers developed a probe that could help farmers better understand their land by measuring the electric current from the tiny creatures in the dirt. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Avid amateurs are generating a wealth of information on avian activity. But does that data reflect new trends in bird behavior, or in people’s? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A set of papers show that llama-derived antibodies protect the rodent against the virus—which bodes well for making a version for people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A massive South Island stargazing reserve is a respite from light pollution for many species, including our own. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Just because something has the FDA’S green light doesn’t mean it’s simple to obtain—or that everyone wants it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A new study of the American West shows that climate change is driving more days that are hot, dry, and windy—the perfect conditions for deadly wildfires. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A spate of studies claim that the disease was circulating in Italy long before the pandemic—but they struggle to support the theory. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A decade of work helped limit the spread of dangerous pathogens in medical settings. Overcrowding from Covid care is allowing infections to rise again. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Overfishing, habitat loss, and climate change are driving species collectively known as chondrichthyan fishes toward a global crisis. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Voice analysis of a 34-year-old recording proves that Ripper the musk duck “independently evolved” to mimic his human caretakers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dozens of microchips scattered over the cortical surface might allow researchers to listen in on thousands of neurons at the same time. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Human behavior has changed along with the virus and public health measures to contain it. For modelers, it’s a curveball. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
