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New research suggests that a combination of volcanic activity, cold summers and famine brought the deadly plague to Europe.

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The Wellcome Photography Prize awards photographers who show how science affects human health around the world.

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Harvard's Avi Loeb claims interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is escorted by a swarm of unknown objects, challenging NASA's view.

Researchers link a burst of volcanic activity in the mid-14th century directly to the eventual arrival of Yersinia pestis.

The newly released images of exocomet 3I/ATLAS reveal its clearest structure yet, including a bright nucleus and a dramatic ...