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NASA unveils 4 astronauts to fly on Artemis III mission
They won’t be flying to the moon, but will be paving the way. NASA announced today the four astronauts assigned to ... Read More
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NASA to unveil 4 astronauts to fly on Artemis III mission
They won’t be flying to the moon, but will be paving the way. NASA is set to announce today the four astronauts assigned to Artemis III, a mission targeting launch from Kennedy Space Center next year.
The agency will ...Read more
Firefighters face a higher risk of skin cancer – nano fabrics with tiny, rough fibers can help keep them safer
Wildland firefighters are exposed to a mix of harmful chemicals in the smoke they breathe and the ash and soot that gets on their clothing. Over long assignments fighting fires that can last for days to weeks, those ...Read more
Home insurance and the unraveling of Florida communities
While visiting family in St. Petersburg, Florida, in November 2024, I found myself walking down a quiet residential street in Shore Acres, a low-lying, bayfront neighborhood not far from where I grew up.
Two ...Read more
Who is allowed to walk on the beach? It depends on where you live
Summer is here – the perfect time to take a walk on a beach. But doing so is not always as simple as it might sound.
In Wisconsin, for instance, a legal case has stretched for months over whether Paul ...Read more
Today's Word "salmagundi"
salmagundi \sal-muh-GUHN-dee\ (noun) - 1 : A salad plate usually consisting of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, and onions, served with oil and vinegar. 2 : Any mixture or assortment; a medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
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Crafty Words
Take the list of words below and arrange them into 3 sentences that all have something in common. Each word is only used once each time they appear in the list. ('A' can be used 4 times as it's in the list 4 times.) Punctuation is not an issue in this teaser.
A, A, A, A, ANIMALS, BAR, BAT, DAN, DROOP, I, I, IN, IN, IS, IT, NET, OR, POOR, SAW, SLAM, TEN, WAS
What are the sentences and what do they have in common?
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This Day in History, June 9
On June 9th, 1534, Jacques Cartier diescovered the St. Lawerence River.
Bitcoin's $235 billion crash masks bigger shift in crypto
The easiest way to understand crypto used to be to look at Bitcoin.
When the world’s largest cryptocurrency rose, money flooded into startups, venture funds, exchanges and thousands of speculative tokens. When it ...Read more
Detroit River pollution projects advance with state, EPA agreement
DETROIT — Michigan and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a new $10 million partnership Monday that will accelerate pollution cleanup work on the Detroit River, a waterway loaded with toxic compounds left...Read more
Apple revamps Siri as it tries to catch up in the AI race
Apple on Monday unveiled a new version of its virtual assistant Siri, to take on its artificial intelligence-powered rivals such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.
The California smartphone maker has lagged behind ...Read more
5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country as a whole
Every internet search, streamed video and AI-generated response depends on a data center somewhere. Driven by rapid growth in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cryptocurrency, data centers have become the ...Read more
SpaceX knocks out sunrise Space Coast launch with record-setting booster
A SpaceX launch at sunrise on Monday was business as usual, especially for the booster on the flight, which had made the trip 34 times previous.
A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 10-35 mission carrying 29 Starlink satellites ...Read more
‘Monster Hunter Now’ Season 10 brings two big monsters to the game
Summer is the best time of year for location-based mobile games. School is out, workers are on vacation, and it’s time for adventure, whether traveling to new cities or doing a staycation. Franchises such as “Pokemon...Read more
Commentary: Does science need autonomous AI?
As technology developers and researchers rush to develop autonomous AI research tools (i.e., systems that independently perform tasks by designing their workflows and utilizing available tools) an urgent but rarely ...Read more
Today's Word "hortatory"
hortatory \HOR-tuh-tor-ee\ (adjective) - Marked by strong urging; serving to encourage or incite; as, "a hortatory speech."
"Giles later gave up the position in the conviction that he could reach thousands with his ...Read more
Weather-ectomy
Six words have had their weather terms removed. The weather terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each weather term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD).
Group A: cloud, hail, rain, sleet, storm, wind
Group...
This Day in History, June 8
On June 8th, 1949, celebrities such as Danny Kaye and Helen Keller were named members of the Communist party during the Red Scare.
Iguanas bounce back in South Florida after February freeze wiped out thousands
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Michele Holtfreter planted fresh pentas in her yard this spring — only to find an iguana was tearing into her blossoms.
“After they started flowering, there was a big green iguana hanging ...Read more
Mixing Math and Poetry
What kind of poem am I?
(12 + 144 + 20 + (3 x (4^.5)))/7 + 5 x 11 = (9 ^2) + 0
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This Day in History, June 7
On June 7th, 1099, the Siege of Jerusalem began.
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