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Category: Biology

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How does a cabbage seed respond to being in space?

Posted on August 18, 2022December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

If humans are to ever leave planet Earth, one of the first challenges we must face is how to feed ourselves. Space is hostile to life, with…

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    How long will plastic waste stick around in the deep sea?

    Posted on August 15, 2022June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

    Plastics are ideal for use in household and industrial products because they are strong and elastic, but these properties also make them…

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      Discovery of a bacterium 10,000 times larger than normal surprises microbiologists

      Posted on August 4, 2022June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

      The living organisms that we see around us are made up of billions or even trillions of cells. Multicellular organisms are often considered…

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        How mosquitoes sniff out their prey

        Posted on July 13, 2022June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

        Mosquitoes’ brains uniquely respond to a special blend of compounds found in human body odor, allowing them to track us by smell.

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          Can genetics tell us if dog behavior really varies by breed?

          Posted on June 7, 2022June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

          Dogs have been in our lives for at least 10,000 years. At first, dogs did not look like today’s common breeds — these appeared only…

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            Where did all these plants come from?

            Posted on May 12, 2022June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

            Without plants on earth, we would not be here. But, where did plants come from? Did they suddenly just sprout out of the ground? Scientists…

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              Could quantum dots reduce the cost of indoor farming?

              Posted on May 9, 2022November 8, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Why does this help plants? Plants can capture energy from many colors of light, but they cannot use energy from ultraviolet radiation. By…

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                What if plastic could detect light or clean wastewater?

                Posted on April 25, 2022November 8, 2022 by Gina Misra

                Engineered living materials are composed of both synthetic materials and living cells. They are made in a lab to do things, like respond to…

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                  Simulating cancer patients’ organs in the lab to test treatments

                  Posted on April 4, 2022March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

                  Scientists were able to combine the patient's cancer cells and immune cells in a culture "Petri dish" to simulate the patients’ bodies,…

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                    A novel way to detect mutated DNA in blood of cancer patients

                    Posted on March 31, 2022August 30, 2024 by Sciworthy

                    Scientists test a new way to "type" cancers using a blood test, by irradiating the tumor to make the tumor DNA more detectable in the blood.

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