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Tropical Storm Laura has developed east of the Leeward Islands. It will continue until Saturday near the Leeward Islands with rain and gale force winds. Tropical storm surges have been issued in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas. Laura can approach Florida and the Gulf of Mexico next …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Researchers in Singapore have discovered a new variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus that causes milder infections, according to a study published in The Lancet medical journal this week. The study showed that COVID-19 patients infected with a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 had better clinical outcomes, including a …

As if that were not enough to think about these days, now there is talk of an asteroid, which will probably go directly towards Earth! Well, there’s an asteroid and it’s going in our general direction, maybe it’s not good with us – but that does not stop some from …

An outbreak of COVID-19 on a fishing boat has provided scientists with the first direct evidence that antibodies actually protect humans from re-infection. More than 100 of the 122 crew members on board the ship were infected; but three sailors who had antibodies to the new coronavirus in her blood …

This ECOSTRESS temperature map shows the land surface temperature throughout Los Angeles County on August 14, 2020, during a heat wave. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech From cities to deserts, the intense heat-gripping California is closely followed by an Earth-observing mission aboard the International Space Station. As record temperatures and major …