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Mostra Coffee's head roaster Nick Berardi holding the Roasting Championships award from the U.S. Coffee Championships at the boutique coffee company's headquarters in Carmel Mountain Ranch, April 21, 2022.

San Diego's Mostra Coffee 'roasted' the competition at the US Coffee Championships

The small boutique coffee brand's head roaster was named the best roaster in the country and will represent the U.S. at the world championships this June in Milan, Italy.

The remnants of Hurricane Camille (1969), which made landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 5 storm and still packed a powerful punch by the time it reached Richmond, Va., where this photo was taken.

Category 5 hurricanes are rare in the U.S. There have only been 4 in its history

Such massive storms are fairly rare, and it's even more rare for them to make landfall. NOAA says that for such storms, "catastrophic damage will occur" with electricity outages "for weeks or months."

"This parasite detaches the fish's tongue, attaches itself to the fish's mouth, and becomes its tongue," the Galveston Island State Park says, describing the parasitic tongue-eating louse.

The tongue-eating louse does exactly what its name suggests

It's the stuff of nightmares, or science fiction: a parasite that wants to get inside an animal's mouth, where it attacks — and replaces — the tongue.

This image made available by NASA shows an illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

There are more than 5,000 confirmed planets beyond our solar system, NASA says

These so-called exoplanets include rocky worlds similar in size to Earth, gas giants larger than Jupiter and even"'mini-Neptunes."

The Cover of Scientific African's first issue.

African Researchers Say They Face Bias In The World Of Science. Here's One Solution

The new journal Scientific African was launched to provide a prejudice-free platform for research from African scientists. And it's already winning awards.

The U.S. food system makes junk food plentiful and cheap. Eating a diet based on whole foods like fresh fruit and vegetables can promote health - but can also strain a tight grocery budget. Food leaders are looking for ways to improve how Americans eat.

The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier

The way many Americans eat is fueling chronic disease. Here are seven big ideas from the White House's upcoming nutrition conference for how to improve Americans' diets.

A row of rifles for sale is on display at a gun shop in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012. The mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., has prompted questions about the effectiveness of "red flag laws" passed in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

Should 18-year-olds be allowed to buy semi-automatic rifles? State and courts debate

Efforts by states to to raise the minimum age for buying a long rifle have been challenged in court by gun rights activists.

'Less' offers more in Andrew Sean Greer's follow-up to his Pulitzer-winning novel

Greer's new comic novel, Less is Lost, is as funny and poignant as its predecessor. But comedy also arises out of pain and Greer smoothly transitions into the profound.

Jimmy Driggers and his wife Shirley pose for a portrait on Oct. 28, 2022 in Pine Island, Fla., where their home was severely flooded by a storm surge from Hurricane Ian in September.

Still reeling from Ian, Florida shrimpers are desperate to get back on the water

Fishers in southwest Florida are desperate to save their shrimping fleet, and their lifestyle, decimated by Hurricane Ian more than a month ago.

One outline of a footprint discovered in the restaurant courtyard.

A diner discovered 100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints in a restaurant

If you need an excuse to go out to dinner, this paleontological discovery might be it.

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