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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new study shows how bug spray, flashlights, and foot traffic can spell disaster for the fragile insects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An enigmatic connection between the forces of nature is allowing physicists to explore the quantum side of gravity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Predicting the output of solar panels is tricky—but getting it right could slash carbon emissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first time, researchers were able to observe, in extra-fine detail, how neurons behave as consciousness shuts down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new study shows that climate-driven sea level rise made the damage from Superstorm Sandy $8 billion worse around New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new study says the reviled stinging insects play a critical ecological role—and their venom might even be useful to people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biologists have long believed that these animals rely on magnetic sensing to migrate across oceans. Someone finally figured out how to prove it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Airports have vast swaths of empty land and rooftops. But it’s not so easy as just covering everything with solar panels. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Venice faces a four-foot sea level rise, the historic cathedral—and its marble—could succumb to damaging tides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientists crunched 20 years’ worth of satellite data to estimate the melt rate across the planet, and the news isn’t good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One new study found that radiation exposure didn't genetically harm future generations, while another offers insights into how radiation causes thyroid cancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kadir van Lohuizen photographed nations affected by climate change. His book documents the present, but offers a glimpse of the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Luxor finding has been called "the second most important archaeological discovery" since King Tut's tomb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices