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After circling the central Caribbean Sea and remaining ‘near stationary’ this week, Tropical Storm Melissa is now about 160 miles (260 kilometers) southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and drifting southeastward at 1 mph (1.6 km/h).

The storm’s…

Deep inside a Swiss mountain, a group of students spent some of the summer simulating what life might be like inside a lunar base. The BBC joined them before the “mission”.

What was your childhood dream? For some, it was the idea of becoming an…

FDA Warns People Not to Eat Recalled Eggs Contaminated with Salmonella

By Tanya Lewis edited by Megha Satyanarayana

Aiming for LEO … This will be the first flight of Innospace’s HANBIT-Nano launch vehicle, standing roughly 72 feet (22 meters) tall with a diameter of 4.6 feet (1.4 meters). The two-stage rocket is powered by hybrid…

Eternal Flame…

Social media and lifestyle magazines have turned gluten – a protein in wheat, rye, and barley – into a dietary villain.

Athletes and celebrities have promoted gluten-free eating as the secret to better health and performance.

But our review…

After a summer lull in U.S. cases of avian influenza in both poultry and dairy cattle—and no human infections reported in the country since February—the virus is back.

Bird flu’s return threatens major economic losses for the U.S….

No two comets are exactly alike.

Of course, they can appear similar. Two decently bright comets that share a superficial resemblance are gracing our skies right now, in fact: C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 (SWAN). They both are on orbits that…

Ancient Vulture Nests Reveal 600 Years of Human History—Including 25 Shoes

By Elizabeth Anne Brown

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.

The president of the United States recently claimed that the use of acetaminophen, commonly known by the brand name Tylenol, during pregnancy and early childhood…