Around 4.6 billion years ago, an immense cloud of gas and dust in space collapsed in on itself. As it collapsed, gravity pulled most of […]
Author: Sciworthy
Using seaweed to harvest valuable metals
If you’ve ever swum in the ocean and been touched by seaweed, there’s a good chance it was Sargassum! This free-floating seaweed can have population […]
Industrial waste solidified a UK beach in just 35 years
Humans have been around for only about 0.01% of Earth’s history, yet we’ve altered natural landscapes and processes that have remained stable for millions of […]
Viruses help plants obtain nitrogen
Nitrogen is an essential building block of proteins, amino acids, and DNA. Without nitrogen, cells can’t function or reproduce. Nitrogen is abundant in the atmosphere […]
Cold shocks in a warming ocean affect large marine animals
In March 2021, the carcasses of at least 260 marine organisms from 81 species, including large animals called megafauna, washed ashore in South Africa. Scientists […]
How many asteroids can we detect before they hit Earth?
When you think of an asteroid impact, you’re probably imagining something like the cataclysmic event that nearly wiped out the dinosaurs. In an astonishingly rare […]
A parasite that numbs your pain
Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic worm that infects millions of people worldwide, entering the body through the skin. Unlike bacterial infections that often cause pain […]
How do ice sheets melt?
Nearly 170 billion tons of ice melt off the Greenland Ice Sheet every year, but scientists don’t fully understand the process by which this melting […]
A new method to detect volcanic eruptions
Many volcano scientists spend their time monitoring volcanoes to predict if, or when, they’ll next erupt. The challenge for these scientists is to forecast the […]
Brewing sustainable power from used coffee grounds
What if your daily coffee routine could help power the world around you? Scientists are exploring ways to transform everyday waste, like spent coffee grounds, […]