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SpaceX launches from KSC on Sunday with Canaveral launch set for Monday
SpaceX executed a Sunday evening launch from Kennedy Space Center with a Monday launch attempt from Cape Canaveral on tap.
First up was a Falcon 9 rocket from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A on the Optux X/TD7 mission to launch a...Read more
Sara downgraded to tropical depression, forecast to die off. Its remains may affect Florida
Former Tropical Storm Sara continues to weaken as it moves through Central America after being downgraded to a tropical depression Sunday morning. In its wake, Honduras saw “tremendous” amounts of rain that is still ...Read more
SpaceX queues up KSC launch Sunday and Canaveral launch Monday
SpaceX is set for a Sunday evening launch from Kennedy Space Center with a Monday launch attempt from Cape Canaveral on tap.
First up is a Falcon 9 rocket from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A on the Optux X/TD7 mission to launch ...Read more
For 2nd year, Chesapeake Bay's striped bass population is down. Regulators will decide if more rules are needed
Striped bass populations in the lower Chesapeake Bay are not doing well, marking the second year in a row for below-average numbers in Virginia waters.
According to a 2024 survey from the Virginia Institute of Marine ...Read more
Wildfire retardant is laden with toxic metals, USC study finds
LOS ANGELES — It’s a scene that’s become routine with big blazes in the West. A plane dips low over a smoldering ridgetop and unleashes a ribbon of fire retardant, coating the hillside a bright pink. Onlookers cheer ...Read more
By the numbers: How 2024's 'extremely active' hurricane season brought storm after storm
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The 2024 hurricane season has hurled one storm after another, with some of those storms turning deadly.
And the season, which ends Nov. 30, didn’t let up in recent days, with Tropical Storm ...Read more
Other Notable Events for November 17
On this date in history:
In 1558, the Elizabethan Age begins when Britain's Queen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne upon her half-sister, Queen Mary's death.
In 1800, the U.S. Congress convened at ...Read more
Notable Birthdays for November 17
Those born on this date include:
- King Louis XVIII of France in 1755
- astronomer/mathematician August Mobius in 1790
- social reformer Grace Abbott in 1878
- actor Rock Hudson in 1925
- ...Read more
Today's Word "exemplar"
exemplar \ig-ZEM-plar; -pluhr\ (noun) - 1 : A model or pattern to be copied or imitated. 2 : A typical or standard specimen. 3 : An ideal model or type. 4 : A copy of a book or text.
"The first step in dirt analysis is to...Read more
This Day in History, November 17
On November 17th, 1962, John F. Kennedy dedicated the Dulles International Airport.
What's the List?
The following chart is missing its title. What is it a chart of?
African Elephant - 640
Rhinoceros - 560
Giraffe - 450
Cow - 280
Orangutan - 275
Human Being - 267
Reindeer - 246
Panther - 93
Kangaroo - 40
Rabbit - 31
Hamster - 16
Opossum - 13
King tides have returned to the San Diego coast. But are they really as royal as their name implies?
SAN DIEGO — King tides will sweep across San Diego beaches this weekend and a few others over the next few months, sending powerful waves surging against seawalls and making for unusually low tides — prime ...Read more
NHC continues tracking Tropical Storm Sara
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Sara is forecast to slog its way over Central America this weekend but lose organization before remnants make their way into the Gulf of Mexico and get sucked back to the east toward ...Read more
Other Notable Events for November 16
On this date in history:
In 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state admitted to the union.
In 1914, intended to serve as a lender of last resort, the New York Fed opened for business.
In 1933,...Read more
Notable Birthdays for November 16
Those born on this date include:
- Tiberius, emperor of Rome, in 42 B.C.
- playwright George S. Kaufman in 1889
- musician Eddie Condon (McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans) in 1905
- actor Burgess...Read more
Today's Word "palimpsest"
palimpsest \PAL-imp-sest\ (noun) - 1 : A manuscript, usually of papyrus or parchment, on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible. 2 : An object or place ...Read more
This Day in History, November 16
On November 16th, 1904, John Ambrose Fleming invented the vacuum tube.
Card Cash
Someone offers you the following deal:
There is a deck of 100 initially blank cards. The dealer is allowed to write ANY positive integer, one per card, leaving none blank. You are then asked to turn over as many cards as you wish. If the last card you turn over is the highest in the deck, you win; otherwise, you lose.
Winning grants you $50, and losing costs you only the $10 you paid to play.
Would you accept this challenge?
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Tropical Storm Sara forecast to fall apart over land, while remnant could make its way to Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. – Tropical Storm Sara is forecast to slog its way into Central America this weekend but lose organization before its remnants make their way into the Gulf of Mexico and get sucked back to the east toward ...Read more
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