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Small animals that carry disease adapt well to our activities

Posted on February 11, 2021June 13, 2025 by Sciworthy

A study suggests that small mammals like rodents have adapted to thrive on human-influenced land. They also happen to carry a lot of human…

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    Telling people they’re getting a placebo does not stop it from working

    Posted on February 9, 2021October 24, 2022 by Erica Curles

    Does giving a placebo require lying to a patient? This study concludes...no! Placebos still work even when the patient knows, at least for…

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      Energetic winds from a distant X-ray source

      Posted on February 8, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

      A team of astronomers were studying GRS 1716-249, an object believed to host a black hole. A wind of gas flowing out of it can be seen in…

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        Are we looking for Martian life in the right place?

        Posted on February 4, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Thus far, we have not found evidence of life on Mars. Is it truly a sterile desert, or are we simply looking in the wrong place? #Mars #NASA

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          A stinky noxious gas could point us toward alien life

          Posted on February 1, 2021March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

          Hold your noses! ET life might produce noxious gases in the form of #phosphine. Here’s why phosphine is an important marker in the search…

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            How “fast radio bursts” are used in the search for alien life

            Posted on January 28, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            Detecting fast radio bursts is difficult because the data is "noisy" so ruling out false positives is a current topic of study. A group of…

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              Horseshoe crabs are critical to the biotech industry

              Posted on January 24, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Did you know that the modern US biomedical industry is built around the baby blue blood of horseshoe crabs? Come find out what scientists…

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                Diet and exercise can shape how your mind ages

                Posted on January 21, 2021June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

                Dementia is a condition that many of us are all too familiar with within friends and family. Dementia itself is a blanket term that…

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                  Microscopic animals glow in the dark to survive radiation

                  Posted on January 18, 2021June 26, 2025 by AnurupMohanty

                  Glowing #tardigrades?! Learn how a newly discovered species of tardigrade survive extreme UV radiation. #astrobiology

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                    Could the “overview effect” calm political polarization?

                    Posted on January 15, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    Have you ever been angered by someone else’s opinion? Did you understand where the person was coming from before disagreeing? Here’s how…

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