Efforts to stop the spread of infectious disease have always suffered from a cycle of panic and neglect. Vaccine skepticism in the new administration brings even greater challenges.

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In 1881, after studying nearly a century of weather patterns, an Army meteorologist named John Park Finley came up with a simple way to understand when tornadoes ... its alchemy is turning ...

In the lab in Worcester, researchers have created small fire tornadoes by putting up walls around a fire or arranging a bunch of little fires that together restrict airflow. But that’s on a much ...

A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...

The wild weather year that was 2024 finally ended with a parting outbreak of deadly tornadoes, but researchers will be tallying the total costs for months to come. The year finished as one of the ...

Supercell thunderstorms are known for their devastatingly gnarly tornadoes, but exactly how ... that scientists could glean hints with a little help from the cosmos. Muons, subatomic particles ...

Iowa experienced a record number of tornadoes in 2024, with a total of 125 touching down in the year. In April and May alone, 98 tornadoes were recorded. The year of severe weather was an ...

The post-Christmas tornado outbreak pushed 2024 into second place for most U.S. tornadoes recorded in a single year in 75 years of records. As of Jan. 5, the National Weather Service confirmed at ...