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These ants quietly took over Manhattan — and they're not stopping there
Monday, August 26, 2024
New York: The city that never sleeps, the concrete jungle where dreams are made of and more recently ... home to a mysterious ant spreading across the city — before continuing across metropolitan and even state lines. NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce joins host Regina G. Barber to trace the MahattAnts' takeover, explain why they're an interesting invasive species case study. Plus, how everyday people can get involved in research efforts to learn more about these critters.
Read more of Nell's ManhattAnt story here. And if you like this story, check out our story on ant amputation!
Interested in hearing more animal news? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.
Read more of Nell's ManhattAnt story here. And if you like this story, check out our story on ant amputation!
Interested in hearing more animal news? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.
NASA studies offer of a private mission to save Hubble Space Telescope
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Whatever happened to a wealthy private astronaut's plan to save the Hubble Space Telescope? NPR has obtained internal NASA emails that reveal concerns about the proposed mission.
Good news from Voyager 1, which is now out past the edge of the solar system
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
In mid-November, Voyager 1 suffered a glitch, and it's messages stopped making sense. But the NASA probe is once again sending messages to Earth that make sense.
For birds, siblinghood can get complicated
Tuesday, April 09, 2024
Wild birds have some of the most complicated sibling relationships around, with everything from murder to long-term alliances.
Millions of Americans witnessed today's solar eclipse
Monday, April 08, 2024
In the wake of the total solar eclipse, many Americans experienced it in different ways. Here are the highlights.
These kids saw the last total solar eclipse in the U.S. This is how it changed them
Monday, April 01, 2024
Several kids have gotten not one but two opportunities to see total solar eclipses while growing up. We asked some of them what they remember of the last one, and how it changed them.
Questions arise amid the collapse of the Key bridge in Baltimore
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
The bridge collapse in Baltimore has raised questions about engineering, safety and construction. Experts are trying to understand what happened and why — and what can be done to protect other bridge
We look back at what made the Voyager 1 special
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
NASA is troubleshooting a glitch on Voyager 1, the first human-made object to leave the solar system. It'd take a miracle to regain control of the spacecraft and its historic mission may soon be over.
Getting Personal With Science
Thursday, February 01, 2024
NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce on her new memoir.
Don't look so blue, Neptune: Now astronomers know this planet's true color
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Neptune isn't as blue as people think, and astronomers have figured out why Uranus sometimes appears a tad greener. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 5, 2024.)
NPR staffers share their non-fiction picks from Books We Love
Sunday, December 17, 2023
NPR staffers recommend non-fiction reads from our Books We Love list: "On Minimalism," "Anansi's Gold," "Asian-Americans in an Anti-Black World," and "The Wager."
Clouds made of sand make for a strange kind of rain on this hot planet
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
On Earth, clouds and rain are made of water. But the James Webb Space Telescope has found that on a planet called WASP-107b, the rain and clouds are made of sand.
More medical gloves are coming from China, as U.S. makers of protective gear struggle
Friday, November 03, 2023
The federal government has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to boost American production of medical gloves, but some companies say it's not enough when imported gloves have gotten cheaper.
Despite post-COVID efforts, the U.S. is still undersupplied with domestic-made PPE
Wednesday, November 01, 2023
Nearly a billion dollars went to trying to boost domestic manufacturing of PPE like masks and gloves. Experts say the effort is foundering and the nation isn't better off than it was three years ago.
These American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers
Wednesday, November 01, 2023
The official naming organization for birds in the U. S. is making a bold move, after concerns were raised about birds being named after people with questionable histories.
Take a peek at what NASA brought back from an asteroid
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Scientists are thrilled with the tiny asphalt-black rocks, and most of the sample hasn't even been revealed yet.
NASA unveils rocks brought back from an asteroid
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
NASA held a briefing to reveal the rocks returned by the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission. The asteroid material was delivered to Earth in late September in a space capsule that landed in Utah.
This next NASA mission to an asteroid is seriously metal
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
A NASA mission called Psyche is about to launch on a mission out to an unusual asteroid that's scientists believe is largely composed of metal.
Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to three scientists for tiny, colorful quantum dots
Wednesday, October 04, 2023
Three scientists were honored for their work with the tiny nanoparticles that allow for very bright colors. They are used in many electronics, like LED displays.
Here's why 6,000 octopuses like to be under the sea at an 'octopus garden'
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Scientists are learning the secrets of the largest known collective of octopuses. Over 6,000 of them are huddle around an extinct sea volcano in the Pacific. (Story aired on ATC on 8/23/23.)
