Health officials are investigating multiple clusters of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic illness that causes “explosive” diarrhea.

Cases of cyclosporiasis, which spreads through contaminated food, have been on the rise in multiple states since May.

My hypothesis is that remnants of a supernova—an exploding star —had an impact on Earth's past climate, causing global cooling, between 3 million and 2.6 million years ago and that this indirectly ...