Why your body thinks that spicy food is “hot”
It’s the start of November, which means another year of Nobel Prizes have been awarded! This year, the Nobel Prize in Medicine or…
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.
The simple lab technique that changed everything
What do gene sequencing, catching criminals with DNA evidence, and “designer babies” all have in common? Forty years ago, these were all…
Black holes and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
As we settle into October, many start turning their attention towards the fall and Halloween. Scientists turn their attention to the…
Laboratory methods behind the polio vaccine discovery
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…
The Chemistry of Fireworks
How the ancient Chinese discovery of gunpowder and a scientist burning different metals led to the fireworks we know and love today!
Why We Have Gadgets: Electromagnetism
James Clerk Maxwell may not have invented the first electromagnet. But, he was the first person to finally prove the relationship between…
Who figured out the structure of DNA?
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…
How did we discover the first virus?
As world news about the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, society’s collective knowledge and interest in viruses has increased.…
Looking Back on Dyson Spheres
It might be likely that civilizations eventually develop large spherical shells that can catch all of the light emitted from their stars -…
O, the Drama! The discovery of oxygen
This is the story of how scientists first discovered that oxygen was a thing, in the 1700s. One of our writers did some digging into the…