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Gadgets: Portable espresso machine
Coffee lovers, meet your new best friend, the OutIn Nano portable espresso machine. It redefines coffee on the go. You can use it for home, work, vacations or camping. Whenever or wherever you want a hot cup, turn it on ...Read more
Bay Area mom creates app to help parents find childcare on demand
The COVID-19 pandemic forced hundreds of daycare providers across the Bay Area to shut down, creating a “childcare desert.” That shortage inspired entrepreneur Gretchen Salyer to launch June Care, a platform that ...Read more
Today's Word "chimerical"
chimerical \ky-MER-ih-kuhl; -MIR-; kih-\ (adjective) - 1 : Merely imaginary; produced by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; fantastic; improbable or unrealistic. 2 : Given to or indulging in unrealistic fantasies ...Read more
Stolen Root Beer
Fred, who owns a restaurant, is convinced that one of his employees is stealing root beer from him. Since he is a bad businessman, he doesn't keep very good records of his inventory or his employees, so he doesn't know who is doing it. He decides to set a trap to find out who is stealing from him.
He assigns each of his employees a different night to close up shop. He then arranges the last 28 bottles of root beer in a square so that each ...
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This Day in History, April 30
On April 30th, 1492, Christopher Columbus was granted a commission for exploration by Spain.
Trump administration dismisses 400 authors of National Climate Assessment
The Trump administration has dismissed all 400 authors of the National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated snapshot of the ways climate change is affecting life in the U.S.
The scientists and scholars who ...Read more
Colorado and Denver told owners to cut their buildings' carbon emissions. Did the rules go too far?
DENVER — It’s not that Intermountain Health refuses to upgrade its Denver hospital and medical clinics so they produce less pollution.
It’s the fact that the health system’s buildings are of different ages and ...Read more
Today's Word "upbraid"
upbraid \uhp-BRAYD\ (transitive verb) - To scold or criticize harshly.
"Verily, I have taken from you a hundred formulae and your virtue's favourite playthings; and now ye upbraid me, as children upbraid." -- Friedrich ...Read more
Timepieces
A sundial is the timepiece with the fewest moving parts. Do you know which timepiece has the most?
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This Day in History, April 29
On April 29th, 1770, James Cook arrived at and named Botany Bay, Australia.
Proposed change could reshape Endangered Species Act. Here's how it affects Washington state
A big change could be coming to U.S. wildlife conservation policy.
In mid-April, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to change how the term “harm�...Read more
ULA knocks out 1st launch of year with Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites
It had been nearly seven months since United Launch Alliance had its last rocket launch, but the company’s first flight of 2025 came to fruition on Monday night.
A ULA Atlas V on the Kuiper 1 mission carrying 27 of ...Read more
EPA plans action to address PFAS, including 'polluter pays'
WASHINGTON — The EPA on Monday announced a series of “major actions” to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination, including an initiative to work with Congress to ensure that liability adheres to the ...Read more
US weather agency risks loss of data network and web service
A key contract that supports the network service provider for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is set to lapse this week, threatening internet access and the transmission of internal data nationwide...Read more
Maryland launches multimillion-dollar quantum computing partnership
BALTIMORE — Maryland is partnering with a Department of Defense agency in a multimillion-dollar effort aimed at making College Park the global “capital of quantum,” an emerging field of computer science that some ...Read more
United Launch Alliance back to try 1st launch of year with Amazon satellites
It’s been nearly seven months since United Launch Alliance had its last rocket launch, but the company’s first flight of 2025 could come to fruition on Monday night.
A ULA Atlas V on the Kuiper 1 mission carrying 27 ...Read more
Commentary: What scientists need to do to save science
It has become a point of discussion and lament amongst science researchers that science is under attack. What was once considered a noble undertaking appears to be under attack by the current administration, as federal ...Read more
Today's Word "peregrination"
peregrination \pehr-uh-gruh-NAY-shun\ (noun) - A traveling from place to place; a wandering.
"In the meane season I frequented the sacrifices of Serapis, which were done in the night, which thing gave me great comfort to ...Read more
Beethoven's Wig
Someone has stolen Beethoven's Wig and has put it in one of four locked boxes. The boxes are numbered from 1,2,3,4 in that order. There are four different keys that each has their own color. Use the clues below to figure out which key goes in which box and to find the box where Beethoven's wig is being kept.
1. The green key goes to the third or fourth box
2. The wig is to the left of the fourth box
3. The wig is to the right of ...
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