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The Truth Behind Why Your Ears Pop in a Plane

By: Olivia Sim, Journalist
You're in an airplane excited to reach your vacation destination, when your ears suddenly feel like they're getting filled with some sort of invisible pressure. This phenomenon is sometimes known as 'Airplane ear' or ear barotrauma, and often ruins what is supposed to be a peaceful flight in the air.

Plants Grown in Moon Soil

By: Olivia Sim, Journalist
A team of scientists at the University of Florida have recently made an amazing discovery that proved lunar regolith a suitable substance to grow arabidopsis thaliana, or thale cress. Although the sprouts did indeed show up from the moon soil, the growth was visibly more stunted than the plants in volcanic ash.
"Permeable pavement cross section" by lin440315 is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Permeable Pavement

By: Olivia Sim, Journalist

What is permeable pavement? To put it simply, permeable pavement is a surface either made of a penetrable substance, or made with gaps in between non-penetrable blocks to let the water run through. The...

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