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Now, researchers at the University of Greifswald and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany, have shown that water tornadoes can also provide a surprisingly good analog ...

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James is a published author with four pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, strange science, ...

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