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The total solar eclipse on 12 August will only be visible to a lucky few, but eclipses happen all over the world – here are ...

An analysis of genetic samples taken from the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, has identified a shortlist of wild animals being sold there that were the most likely source of the virus that ...

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Set in an empty world after a superflu pandemic wipes out most of humanity, Peter Heller's The Dog Stars - the August read ...

A critical ocean current is unlikely to shut down before the end of this century even under the most extreme climate scenarios, according to new findings that undermine doomsday predictions of an ...