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Articles written by undergraduates through our Professor Partnership Program. Learn more at www.sciworthy.com/ppp/
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How did land plants change rivers?

Posted on May 25, 2026September 1, 2026 by Sciworthy

Scientists studied meandering rivers across the globe to establish how they responded to the evolution of land plants.

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    Mars with Oceans
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    Clay minerals suggest a warm, wet past for Mars

    Posted on May 21, 2026May 5, 2026 by Sciworthy

    Researchers studied clay deposits on Mars using tools aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and found evidence for a warm and humid past…

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      Melting ice in the Arctic Ocean
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      Does the Arctic Ocean regulate or amplify global warming?

      Posted on May 14, 2026September 1, 2026 by Sciworthy

      Researchers found that interactions between methane gas and seawater affected greenhouse gas emissions from the Arctic Ocean during a past…

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        Manda-Hararo rift, Afar
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        Magma rapidly rises to Earth’s surface as Africa splits in two

        Posted on May 7, 2026May 5, 2026 by Sciworthy

        Researchers analyzed timescales preserved in crystal growth zones and found that magma beneath Ethiopia rises dozens of miles to the surface…

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          El Nino/La Nina
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          Why the 2023 El Niño broke records

          Posted on April 30, 2026April 21, 2026 by Sciworthy

          Researchers found that the 2023 El Niño event was fueled primarily by heat stored in the ocean rather than in Pacific winds.

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            People collage, from freepik
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            A humane genomics curriculum to help curb racism

            Posted on April 16, 2026April 15, 2026 by Sciworthy

            Scientists developed a new genetics curriculum based on humane genomics, which emphasizes how environmental factors and social interactions…

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              Optical illusion
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              How the brain recognizes blocked objects

              Posted on March 9, 2026September 1, 2026 by Sciworthy

              Researchers conducted a series of experiments with mice to determine how their brains fill in missing visual information.

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                NASA’s Webb Uncovers Star Formation in Cluster’s Dusty Ribbons, NGC 346 (NIRCam)
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                JWST reveals properties of dusty star-forming galaxies

                Posted on February 26, 2026February 4, 2026 by Sciworthy

                Astronomers used new JWST data to unravel the structures of 22 dusty star-forming galaxies that previous telescopes couldn’t see.

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                  Ants
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                  The European ant that clones another species

                  Posted on February 23, 2026September 1, 2026 by Sciworthy

                  European ant queens can lay eggs of a different species to mate with them and create a separate set of workers. These worker ants may…

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                    Editing genes to fight prion disease

                    Posted on February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 by Sciworthy

                    Scientists used a newly developed gene-editing technique to create RNA strands that block the production of misfolded proteins, known as…

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