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Researchers combined clues from seismic data and sediment samples to unravel the history of tsunami-causing earthquakes in the Japan trench. #science #sciencenews #scicomm #tsunamis sciworthy.com/the-history-of…
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Researchers from Duke University found that waters downstream of a lithium processing plant had high metal concentrations even decades after the mine shut down. #science #sciencenews #scicomm #miningimpacts sciworthy.com/hard-rock-lith…
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Scientists in the US and China have developed a new biological fungicide that kills the fungus responsible for brown rot disease in stone fruit trees. #science #sciencenews #scicomm #sustainablefarming sciworthy.com/using-bacteria…
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Are intelligent aliens more likely to emerge on planets with more or less land cover than Earth? New on Sciworthy! sciworthy.com/is-earths-wate…
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Researchers used isotopes in magmatic minerals to demonstrate that continental magmas altered globally around 450 million years ago following the evolution of land plants. #science #scicomm #sciencenews #evolution sciworthy.com/plants-changed…
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Did the evolution of land plants change rivers forever? New on Sciworthy! sciworthy.com/how-did-plants…
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Today, Mars is a big red dustball, but researchers studying Martian clay deposits think it was once warm and humid.šŸ‘‡ #mars #scicomm #sciencenews sciworthy.com/clay-minerals-…
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Astronomers studied galaxies that formed 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, during a period when galaxies formed stars at the highest rate in cosmic history, called "cosmic noon." sciworthy.com/what-were-anci…
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Does the Arctic Ocean regulate or amplify global warming? sciworthy.com/does-the-arcti…
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Researchers in China developed a rapid, solar-driven process that transforms waste polystyrene and excess sulfur into chemicals used in electronics. sciworthy.com/upcycling-poly…
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Researchers analyzed timescales preserved in crystal growth zones and found that magma beneath Ethiopia rises dozens of miles to the surface in just weeks to months. #scicomm #sciencenews #platetectonics sciworthy.com/magma-rapidly-…
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Star Wars depicts alien heroes fighting against evildoers and their planet-destroying superweapons ā€œa long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.ā€ But what do scientists really know about alien planets in distant galaxies beyond our own?šŸ‘‡ #maythefourth sciworthy.com/searching-for-…
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The 2023 El NiƱo event was the warmest on record... scientists now think they know why. #science #sciencenews #scicomm #climate sciworthy.com/why-the-2023-e…
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What makes ā€˜chemically peculiar stars’ so peculiar? #science #sciencenews #scicomm #astronomy sciworthy.com/what-makes-che…
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This Earth Day, we're celebrating science for a sustainable planet! Read about how scientists from Italy are developing custom microbial biofertilizers to help crops withstand drought and disease. #science #sciencenews #scicomm #earthday sciworthy.com/do-biofertiliz…
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Scientists found that ants under heat stress were less active, which left their host acacia plants vulnerable to herbivores and other environmental threats. #science #sciencenews #scicomm #climatechange sciworthy.com/ants-struggle-…
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Scientists developed a new genetics curriculum based on humane genomics, which emphasizes how environmental factors and social interactions contribute to differences among humans. sciworthy.com/a-humane-genom…
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Scientists designed an electrocatalyst infused with bismuth metal that helps convert carbon dioxide to formate, providing a scalable new way to recycle carbon. sciworthy.com/turning-carbon…
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