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  1. Climate

    A Midwest ‘megaflash’ is the longest lightning on record

    A reanalysis of satellite data shows that a 2017 Texas-to-Missouri lightning megaflash stretched 829 kilometers and lasted 7.39 seconds.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  2. Earth

    Why devastating tsunamis didn’t follow the Russia earthquake

    Geologists unpack why the magnitude 8.8 temblor — the sixth largest ever recorded — fomented waves that reached Japan and Hawaii but caused little damage.

    By Nikk Ogasa
  3. Health & Medicine

    A molecule produced by gut microbes may help spur heart disease

    A leftover from microbes’ meals is linked to early heart disease in people. In mice, it contributed to plaque buildup in the arteries.