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  1. Climate

    Twisters asks if you can 'tame' a tornado. We have the answer

    Science News talked to a meteorologist and Twisters’ tornado consultant to separate fact from fiction in Hollywood’s latest extreme weather thriller.

    By Abby Wallace
  2. Oceans

    Can bioluminescent ‘milky seas’ be predicted?

    For the first time, a scientist has used ocean and atmospheric data to find a milky sea, a huge expanse of luminous water, in past satellite images.

    By Bas den Hond
  3. Oceans

    This AI can predict ship-sinking ‘freak’ waves minutes in advance

    The model, which was trained on data from ocean buoys to identify potential rogue waves, could help save lives.

    By Nikk Ogasa
  4. Health & Medicine

    The odds of developing long COVID dropped as the coronavirus evolved

    As different coronavirus variants took center stage during the pandemic, the chances of developing long COVID fell, especially for vaccinated people.