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Do data centers really use so much water? Here are 5 key issues
ST. LOUIS — As data center projects have popped up across the St. Louis region, driven by the growth of industrial-scale... Read More
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Editorial: Don't play God with Gulf sealife
For decades, there’s been a quasi-clandestine accord about expanding oil drilling in the Gulf. Nobody wanted to go there — well, except the oil and gas companies aching to root around for black gold, and their most ...Read more
This Day in History, April 9
On April 9th, 1967, the first Boeing 737 took its maiden flight.
'Everybody will be unhappy with it': Interior Secretary Burgum calls on states to make concessions for Colorado River deal
LAS VEGAS — U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum reiterated Tuesday that the federal government favors a negotiated deal between the seven states that share Colorado River water over the resource’s allocation rather ...Read more
Evan Malone has been landlord, adviser, and investor to Philadelphia's digital innovators and creators
Evan Malone brought his Cornell University engineering Ph.D., masters in robotics, and University of Pennsylvania physics degree back to Philadelphia in 2008 to start the first iteration of NextFab, a pioneer in the “...Read more
A cracked heat shield rattled NASA after Artemis I. Now, Artemis II will put the fix to the test
EDWARDS, Calif. — The Artemis II astronauts are scheduled to return Friday from their trip to the moon. When they do, they will slam into Earth's atmosphere at over 32 times the speed of sound — and will do so using a...Read more
Today's Word "blarney"
blarney \BLAHR-nee\ (noun) - 1 : The gift of eloquent speech; 2 : empty words, double-talk, fabrication, nonsense.
"Ted's story of how he completed his PhD at Harvard in two years is pure blarney."
Today's word is an ...Read more
Qoucorrian Math
While on your interplanetary vacation, you decide to stop at the planet Quocorri, a planet known for its many mathematical achievements.
While there, you decide to pick up on some of the Quocorrians mathematical variations. The Quocorrians won't tell you exactly how it works, only that it has some relationship to the Standard English math. They also give you four, true, Quocorrian math problems. They are:
2+2=9
4*1=1
5-2=16
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Washington state declares unprecedented fourth drought emergency in a row
SEATTLE — More than two months before the start of summer, Washington officials warn the state is headed for severe drought conditions not seen since the disastrous hot and dry season of 2015.
Washington Department of ...Read more
We shouldn't allow the marvels of space exploration to become passe
NASA’s Artemis II mission represents America’s audacious return to human space flight. It’s bold and breathtaking in scope. It reflects well on the capabilities of our space technology. The only problem is that it’...Read more
Space Coast gets new player in satellite manufacturing business
Florida has been enticing companies in recent years to consider the state not just for launching their space hardware, but for building it.
An Italian space company has heard the call and opened its first U.S.-based ...Read more
City animals act in the same brazen ways around the world
The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they’ll steal the lunch right off your plate. If you’ve spent time in New York, you’ve probably seen squirrels try to do the same. Sydney’s white ibises got the ...Read more
Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future
When a drought turns into an urban water crisis, a city’s first step is often to limit lawn watering and launch a campaign to encourage everyone to conserve. It might raise water-use rates or offer incentives for ...Read more
Anagrammatic Word Pairs Display 'Latent Talent'
"I just commented to my husband," writes Bobbie Lehigh of Edwards, N.Y., "that it seems quite quiet here on the Oswegatchie River this afternoon. Hmmm ... 'quite quiet.' There must be other words that have the same ...Read more
Gadgets: A great headset
BlueParrott’s new M500-XT Bluetooth headset is designed for both professional and day-to-day use, with endless features including AI-powered noise cancellation.
The single-piece headset has hands-free cell phone call ...Read more
Jim Rossman: Jumping through hoops to access your Social Security online
I paid an emergency visit to a friend this week after he sent a message telling me his laptop was not responding and his mouse was locked up.
I swung by to see what was up. His major problem turned out to be a password ...Read more
Bring back the grizzly bear to California? Bill to study the effort advances
California lawmakers on Tuesday moved forward on a bill that could lead to the re-introduction of grizzly bears to the state, more than a century after the quarter-ton predators were hunted into local extinction.
The ...Read more
Today's Word "reify"
reify \REE-eh-fy\ (verb) - To perceive or portray an abstract object as a real one.
"The second hindrance to objectivity is the ubiquitous tendency to reify the word, to assume the word itself somehow carries its own ...Read more
Number Code
Consider the following,
Mine = 456
His = 768
Hers = 523
Yours = 908
Now what phrase can you get from the rebus below?
4 7 5 8
5 6 2 0
6 8 3 9
This Day in History, April 8
On April 8th, 1742, Handel's "Messiah" was performed for the first time, in Dublin.
Musk seeks ouster of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as trial looms
Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI Chief Executive Officer and board member Sam Altman removed from his roles at the artificial intelligence startup as part of the billionaire’s legal challenge to the ChatGPT maker’s ...Read more
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