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Category: Biology

Can life hiding near Yellowstone National Park’s hot springs tell us about the ancient Earth?

Posted on July 24, 2019December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

Yellowstone National Park is famous for its hot springs, geysers, wildlife, and incredible geology. While the area is popular among visitors…

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    Bacteria with nanowires can electrocute metals instead of breathe

    Posted on July 3, 2019June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

    All life on Earth has to respire. For us this means inhaling oxygen to fuel our metabolism and exhaling waste gases like carbon dioxide.…

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      “Hulk”-like microorganisms in soil can survive high levels of gamma radiation

      Posted on June 19, 2019March 8, 2024 by Sciworthy

      In the Marvel Universe, Bruce Banner exposed his body to high doses of gamma radiation during an experiment in his lab. The gamma radiation…

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        Are the building blocks of life at the bottom of the sea?

        Posted on May 15, 2019March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

        Scientists recreated a deep-ocean environment where underwater volcanoes spew heat and chemicals to test whether or not biological molecules…

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          How the body responds to synthetic THC product “Spice”

          Posted on April 21, 2019June 17, 2025 by Gina Misra

          The line “times they are a changin’,” as Bob Dylan sang in 1964, describes the state of cannabis research aptly. As cannabis and…

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            The impact of antibiotic resistant infections in Europe

            Posted on April 16, 2019December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

            A new investigation into antibiotics resistance shows just how big of an issue antibiotic-resistant bacteria is right now, and we need to…

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              Cold brew coffee vs. hot brew: does brewing temperature influence health benefits?

              Posted on April 5, 2019December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

              Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, wanted to collect some information about cold and hot brew coffees, to see…

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                An electric tongue helps researchers study fish flavors

                Posted on April 2, 2019June 24, 2025 by Erica Curles

                Researchers have pinpointed several compounds that are strongly associated with positive and negative tastes in white fish fillets.

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                  We must go deeper: Submerging net cages for healthier fish

                  Posted on February 25, 2019October 24, 2022 by Erica Curles

                  Most fish farming in the ocean uses net cages that float because it is easier to feed and remove fish at the surface and because some fish…

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                    Believe it or not, we can (kind of) measure the air pressure of early Earth!

                    Posted on February 13, 2019June 24, 2025 by SanjoySom

                    Blue-green algae's response to different nitrogen pressures may tell us what fossils to look for and what those fossils tell us about…

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