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Winter storm watch issued, snow expected in metro Atlanta later this week
ATLANTA — The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Friday morning as North Georgia and metro Atlanta brace for snow later this week.
“Expect significant accumulations of snow, sleet and ...Read more
SpaceX set for 1st KSC launch of the year this morning
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX has lined up its first launch from Kennedy Space Center for the year on Wednesday morning.
A Falcon 9 carrying 21 Starlink satellites is targeting a 10:27 a.m. liftoff from KSC’s Launch ...Read more
Interior secretary manages vast lands that all Americans share − and can sway the balance between conservation and development
The Department of the Interior was created in 1849 as the United States was rapidly expanding and acquiring territory. It became known as “the department of everything else” for its enormous portfolio of missions, ...Read more
3 ways Trump’s EPA could use the language of science to weaken pollution controls
Environmental issues were conspicuously absent from the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, but moves by President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration and his leadership picks for his next administration offer ...Read more
Why U.S. History Is Peppered With Silly Terms
As we prepare to celebrate our nation's 250th birthday next year, this secret can now be revealed: During the Constitutional Convention, the Founding Fathers repaired to a Philadelphia Publick House to hatch a sadistic ...Read more
Gadgets: Portable power
The need for portable power varies by user. If there is one power bank that will fit the bill for most, it's Raycon's Magic Laptop Power Bank 5-in-1, with five versatile outputs.
It has a travel-friendly compact design,...Read more
A look ahead to the highly anticipated video games of 2025
The last time a new “Grand Theft Auto” game launched, Barack Obama was president and Bruce Willis was still filming “Die Hard” movies. Since then, fans have been clamoring for a new entry to the series, but the ...Read more
Virtual reality games worth a look
One of the most underrated parts of gaming is virtual reality. The hardware has developed rapidly and developers are figuring out what works and what doesn't. That has led to games that play less like tech demos and more...Read more
Jim Rossman: USB charging is not an exact science
This week a reader writes, “I have not experienced this before, but I have a Satechi external battery which I use to charge my Apple Watch (and other things). It charges with USB-C.
"Last weekend we were at a very ...Read more
An endangered Hawaiian crow went extinct in the wild. The San Diego Zoo is trying to help save them
SAN DIEGO — A decades-long effort to save a critically endangered Hawaiian crow from extinction is taking a new strategy — relocating the birds to a different island than their historical home. And the San Diego Zoo ...Read more
Bay Area innovator uses AI to tackle California students' declining math skills
As California students’ math and English test scores continue to trail pre-pandemic scores and students struggle to recover from COVID-19 learning loss, one Bay Area innovator has turned to artificial intelligence for a ...Read more
Today's Word "habitue"
habitue \huh-BICH-oo-ay; huh-bich-oo-AY\ (noun) - One who habitually frequents a place.
"Fielding had been an habitue of this dingy but commodious establishment for nearly twenty years." -- Simon Raven, 'Morning Star'
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This Day in History, January 8
On January 8th, 1958, Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship at age 14.
Even So
What's the secret to the sequence? What's the next number?
4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14...
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NASA punts Mars Sample Return decision to the next administration
Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA's imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait a little longer.
The agency has settled on two potential strategies for the first effort to bring rock and...Read more
Biden establishes 2 new national monuments in California, as part of final big environmental push
President Joe Biden on Tuesday established two new national monuments in California, the latest in a flurry of major environmental initiatives affecting the Golden State as his presidency comes to a close.
Biden ...Read more
NASA narrows down to 2 options its reworked Mars Sample Return mission
NASA announced Tuesday it had narrowed down to two options the reworked Mars Sample Return mission aiming for a cheaper and quicker completion than the version that was killed last year.
One would be to use a version of ...Read more
Blue Origin announces Space Coast launch date for New Glenn
ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Origin got its license, the payload is secure and now it has a target launch window to try and send up its New Glenn rocket for the first time.
The company announced late Monday that it was aiming ...Read more
How do you extinguish a coal fire that's burned under Boulder County for a century?
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — Poofs of smoke and coal ash wafted from a 30-foot pit on Marshall Mesa as an excavator the size of a small house scooped dirt and coal out of the ground.
The excavator broke chunks of coal from ...Read more
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