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The immediate harms of extreme heat are well documented, but a growing body of research suggests that heatstroke may have long-term health effects throughout the body

Russia’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake spawned serious tsunami warnings, but waves have been moderate so far. Here’s the geological reason why

Researchers and therapists explore the mental health benefits of tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons.

Russia’s earthquake was estimated at magnitude 8.8, among the strongest since scientists began monitoring

The White House has now fully embraced bomb-prone nuclear fuel technology. This should stop before an arms race, atomic terrorism or even nuclear war results

Water usually flows downward, but something strange happened under Greenland’s ice sheet when a deluge punched through the surface to scour an area nearly twice the size of New York’s Central Park

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A vector ecologist explains the complexities of tracking tick-borne diseases like Lyme in a climate-changed world

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Tsunami warnings and advisories were issued around the Pacific Ocean after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, the largest earthquake since the 2011 earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan

Microwave satellite data that are key to capturing changes in a hurricane’s strength will not be taken from meteorologists as originally planned

The Trump administration is releasing its proposal to undo the “endangerment finding,” the long-standing rationale and legal imperative for regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act

A team of archaeologists excavating the ancient Maya city of Caracol discovered the tomb of its first ruler, which contained pottery, jadeite jewelry and a rare death mask

The Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids are due to peak at the same time and may add up to something magical

Records are starting to fall to the continuing heat dome that is covering much of the eastern U.S.

The first antimatter qubit will help search for differences between matter and antimatter

How complex can a simple game be? Tetris pushes even supercomputers to their limits and amazes mathematicians

A genomics firm saying they can help parents with “genetic optimization” of their embryos is tone-deaf Silicon Valley marketing trampling over legitimate science. Parents should be wary