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This Day in History, March 21
On March 21st, 1928, Charles Lindbergh was presented a Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight. Read More
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What does the March heat wave mean for California's fire season?
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The five-day heat wave that broke records across California and the West this week is winding down, with temperatures in the Bay Area forecast to fall from the 90s to the 70s in many places over the ...Read more
Why Colorado River negotiations stalled, and how they could resume with the possibility of agreement
The seven U.S. states that make up the Colorado River basin are struggling to agree on how best to manage the river’s water as its supply dwindles due to climate change and a period of prolonged drought. Their ...Read more
Pentagon's Anthropic bashing rekindles Silicon Valley's resistance to war
Artificial intelligence powerhouse Anthropic's battle with the Pentagon has sparked some soul-searching in Silicon Valley that could reshape the tech sector's complicated relationship with war and the White House.
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NASA's new astronaut class gets a name
ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA’s newest class of astronaut candidates just found out what people will call them.
The tradition of the previous astronaut class — the Flies — bestowing the name the following class has ...Read more
Today's Word "usufruct"
usufruct \YU-seh-frehkt or YU-zyu-frehkt\ (noun) - A usufruct is the right of using and receiving profits (the fruits) from a property that belongs to someone else.
"Albert married Angela in hopes of getting his hands on ...Read more
Common Link
Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended.
Example: EVER - ______ - HORN
Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN
1. BREAD - _________ - CAKE
2. WATER - _________ - READ
3. CHECK - _________ - LESS
Florida was on the verge of restoring this beloved river. What happened?
TAMPA, Fla. — A legislative proposal that charted the clearest course in years for reviving Florida’s storied Ocklawaha River, dubbed by supporters as the state’s “next great restoration project,” appeared ...Read more
South Carolina school reportedly built on land coated with polluting industry's waste
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s environmental agency plans to test the soil at an elementary school near Darlington for toxic forever chemicals after learning the property may have been a disposal site for a textile ...Read more
Today's Word "austral"
austral \A-strehl\ (adjective) - Of, pertaining to, or coming from the south.
"My cousin from Georgia speaks with a quaint austral accent"
A word for "southern" on a somewhat higher plane: "austral winds", "austral ...Read more
Pirate Pete and the Firing Squad
Pirate Pete had been captured by a Spanish general and sentenced to death by firing squad. The fifty-man squad were infamous for their terrible aim, and often failed to kill their victim immediately. The general's habit was to leave the prisoner to die -- slowly and painfully -- when this happened. Knowing this, Pete finally begged for mercy.
"Very well," said the general, "I have some compassion. You may choose where the men stand when ...
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This Day in History, March 20
On March 20th, 1916, Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity.
NASA set for overnight roll of Artemis II rocket back to the launch pad
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA hopes it has only one more roll to the launch pad before it gets a shot to launch four astronauts around the moon on the Artemis II mission.
Teams are set to begin the 4.2 mile journey from ...Read more
California leads lawsuit saying Trump cannot roll back key climate rule
LOS ANGELES — California is suing the Trump administration over its decision to roll back the endangerment finding, the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific conclusion that planet-heating pollution seriously ...Read more
Pittsburgh’s air pollution estimated to claim 3,000+ lives per year − and EPA rollbacks aren’t helping
In October 1948, a thick haze rolled into Donora, Pennsylvania, a steel town in the Monongahela Valley, south of Pittsburgh. For five days, toxic fumes from a zinc smelter – a plant that turns zinc ore into pure zinc ...Read more
Global copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growth
Demand for copper is surging because of demand from new technologies, but suppliers are struggling to keep up, and they are likely to fall further behind in the coming years, resulting in shortfalls globally. Even ...Read more
If the giant sequoia is dying out, why are there tens of thousands of seedlings and saplings?
In a Sierra Nevada canyon all but incinerated in the 2021 KNP Complex fire, a new forest of California's beloved giant sequoias is now growing. Only not yet one that is actually giant.
The seedlings and saplings are ...Read more
Trump vows to fight invasive carp in Great Lakes, but Illinois federal funds remain frozen
CHICAGO — A recent pledge by President Donald Trump to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp comes as his administration continues to withhold federal funding for a key Illinois project designed to stop the spread ...Read more
Today's Word "agora"
agora \AEH-geh-reh\ (noun) - A meeting place or marketplace.
"Jenny agreed that the university was the town's intellectual agora, while her house was neighborhood's the social agora."
From Greek agora "marketplace," the ...Read more
This & That
Inside each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you'll make a familiar phrase. For example, "Thighbone/Swallowtail" conceals "High & Low."
1. Skyrocketing/Trolleyman
2. Thermometer/Apoplexy
3. Delaware/Bordering
4. Surprised/Trashiness
5. Throughout/Stumblebum
This Day in History, March 19
On March 19th, 1915, Pluto was photographed for the first time, but not recognized as a planet.
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- Pentagon's Anthropic bashing rekindles Silicon Valley's resistance to war
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