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How storms may contribute to groundwater contamination in karst systems

Posted on May 27, 2020June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

Researchers found that minerals from rocks deposited in karst aquifers during storms comes in two waves.

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    Can cigarette butts on the beach influence the local environment?

    Posted on May 22, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

    A study of burned and unburned cigarettes found that water chemistry and microbes living in Mediterranean beach sediments changed after 4…

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      Who figured out the structure of DNA?

      Posted on May 21, 2020October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra

      Today, we know DNA is where we get our traits. We know we inherit our DNA from our parents, and that our DNA contains genes. We know that we…

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        Strange microbes found living in caves of sulfuric acid

        Posted on May 20, 2020June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

        Researchers studying a sulfuric acid cave in Italy are among the first to describe organisms found living in gypsum, an acidic mineral…

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          Antibody testing for coronavirus: what does the science say?

          Posted on May 18, 2020June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

          Are there better ways to detect the coronavirus in our body? A small study from China suggests antibody testing as a potentially more…

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            A new understanding of weather on Saturn

            Posted on May 15, 2020June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

            The Cassini spacecraft revealed the atmosphere of Saturn has large regions that don’t cycle to the poles and that the atmosphere is filled…

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              What can microbes teach us about life in extreme environments?

              Posted on May 13, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

              Microbes on Earth have adapted to survive in some pretty extreme locations. The extreme dryness of deserts, high salinity in salt deposits,…

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                Fungi influence the recovery of pollutants in the environment

                Posted on May 11, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                Researchers found a hidden selenium cycle tied to manganese oxide minerals made by common soil fungi.

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                  How genes taught us about the origin of novel coronavirus

                  Posted on May 5, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  A group of scientists collected samples from some of the initially infected COVID-19 patients to show its similarities to other coronavirus…

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                    NASA’s TESS mission discovers a planet orbiting two suns

                    Posted on April 29, 2020June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

                    When two stars orbit each other, it is called a binary star. In 2018, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite (TESS) mission found…

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