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Over 140 sickened by mystery outbreak on Royal Caribbean cruise out of California  San Francisco Chronicle More than 130 passengers fall ill on Royal Caribbean cruise  CNN Over 140 people on Royal Caribbean cruise sickened by stomach bug outbreak  NBC News More than 140 people sickened on Los Angeles to Mexico cruise  KTLA Over 140 guests, crew sick due to a gastrointestinal outbreak on …

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The ground may feel steady underfoot, but the planet is always in motion. While satellites and sensors have mapped the surface in fine detail, what lies beneath remains largely unknown. The crust, a shell only 35 kilometers thick, is the farthest any probe has reached. To explore the deep interior—where the mantle and core reside—scientists must depend on indirect tools …

Using the world’s most advanced radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered a spinning dead star so rare, strange and unique that they have dubbed it a “cosmic unicorn.” The unique properties of this object, CHIME J1634+44, challenge our current understanding of spinning dead stars and their environments. CHIME J1634+44, also known as ILT J163430+445010 (J1634+44), is part of a class of …

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Why sunspots are able to last so long has been a mystery for millenia, but a new observation technique revealed their secret. The equilibrium between magnetic fields and pressure allows the solar blotches to remain stable anywhere from days to months. Despite being darker, cooler regions of the sun, sunspots are …

Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromBritish Antarctic Survey, Cambridge PNRA/IPEV The end of the ice cores are a 1.5 million year or even older time capsule An ice core that may be older than 1.5 million years has arrived in the UK where scientists will melt it to unlock vital information about Earth’s climate. The glassy cylinder is …

Rivers shape life on Earth. They deliver water, sediment, and nutrients from mountains to oceans, cutting paths that feed ecosystems and human communities alike. For over a century, scientists have tried to understand why some rivers form a single, meandering channel, while other rivers split into multiple, crisscrossing streams. New research finally offers an answer. What causes a river to …

When Iva and Ron Bradley boarded a week-long cruise in Puerto Rico with their daughter Amy and son Brad in March 1998, they expected to spend a relaxing time on the water surrounded by good food, drinks, and opportunities to spend quality time together. But before the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas made it to its second …

Since Galileo first observed them through his telescope in the early 1600s, sunspots have fascinated scientists. These dark patches on the Sun’s surface can persist for days or even months, but until now, researchers couldn’t fully explain why they remained stable for such extended periods. A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has finally solved this centuries-old puzzle. An international …

NASA’s Parker Probe Just Dived Into the Sun’s Atmosphere and Solved a Fiery Solar Mystery  SciTechDaily See images of solar eruptions on the sun in unprecedented detail  The Washington Post NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun  NASA Science (.gov) NASA just snapped the closest photos of the Sun ever taken  Yahoo NASA Just Flew Through the Sun’s Atmosphere – And What …