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Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how the World Health Organization decides which strains of influenza end up in annual flu ...

The only countries that will really learn more if [U.S. nuclear] testing resumes are Russia and, to a much greater extent, ...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed his nation conducted a successful flight of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Here’s ...

Former NASA officials warn that the U.S. looks poised to lose its self-declared race to beat China to the moon ...

New peer-reviewed research reporting strange lights in the pre-space-age sky is sparking curiosity and controversy ...