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Category: Throwback Thursday

Welcome to Sciworthy’s Throwback Thursday feature article section, where we dig into the history of science and find classic scientific papers that made a critical contribution to the science, and thus the world, that we know today. New articles are published on the third Thursday of every month.
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Toward personalized cancer treatments

Posted on September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 by Sciworthy

Medical researchers developed a computational analysis technique, called VIPER, that can predict how cancer cells respond to drug…

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    Why your body thinks that spicy food is “hot”

    Posted on November 8, 2021December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

    It’s the start of November, which means another year of Nobel Prizes have been awarded! This year, the Nobel Prize in Medicine or…

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      The simple lab technique that changed everything

      Posted on November 19, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

      What do gene sequencing, catching criminals with DNA evidence, and “designer babies” all have in common? Forty years ago, these were all…

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        Black holes and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

        Posted on October 22, 2020June 23, 2025 by Sciworthy

        As we settle into October, many start turning their attention towards the fall and Halloween. Scientists turn their attention to the…

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          Laboratory methods behind the polio vaccine discovery

          Posted on September 24, 2020June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

          Poliomyelitis is the name of the disease caused by the poliovirus, and it mostly affects children under the age of 5, causing paralysis in a…

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            The Chemistry of Fireworks

            Posted on July 16, 2020July 7, 2025 by Sciworthy

            How the ancient Chinese discovery of gunpowder and a scientist burning different metals led to the fireworks we know and love today!

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              Why We Have Gadgets: Electromagnetism

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

              James Clerk Maxwell may not have invented the first electromagnet. But, he was the first person to finally prove the relationship between…

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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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                  How did we discover the first virus?

                  Posted on April 23, 2020June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

                  As world news about the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, society’s collective knowledge and interest in viruses has increased.…

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                    Looking Back on Dyson Spheres

                    Posted on March 20, 2020October 24, 2022 by GrahamLau

                    It might be likely that civilizations eventually develop large spherical shells that can catch all of the light emitted from their stars -…

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