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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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    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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      O, the Drama! The discovery of oxygen

      Posted on February 20, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

      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…

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