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The war on wildfires is going high tech
Last December, a farmer was burning dry grapevines in his vineyard in Deir Mar Moussa, a hill town a dozen miles east of ... Read More
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Commentary: Separating science and the humanities is hurting us
Remember the story about the elephant seen from different perspectives? Here’s a twist.
A biologist with a telescope peered at the animal and said, I see a hairy grayness horizon to horizon.
A toenail fungus specialist...Read more
This Day in History, December 24
On December 24th, 1914, the World War I "Christmas truce" began.
Where squirrels collide: Are Minnesota's southern flying squirrels overtaking their northern cousins?
Forest researchers in north-central Minnesota are bringing the little-analyzed world of an elusive night creature into the light.
There is a dearth of state research about flying squirrels, a diminutive, rarely seen ...Read more
How long do right whales live? Nearly twice as long as previously thought, study finds
Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to new research.
The marine animals, a type of baleen whale found in the southern hemisphere, ...Read more
Colorado stops water testing at state lab amid investigation into manipulated data
DENVER — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has suspended a second chemist and stopped water testing at the state laboratory amid a state investigation into manipulated data.
State public health ...Read more
Today's Word "flibbertigibbet"
flibbertigibbet \FLIB-ur-tee-jib-it\ (noun) - A silly, flighty, or scatterbrained person, especially a pert young woman with such qualities.
"I'll bat my eyelashes and pretend to be a flibbertigibbet wandering the house ...Read more
Hristmas Arols
Below are ten clues, each of which relates to the first line of a different Christmas carol or song. Unlike the title of the teaser, these clues only have the first letters of each of the words.
Can you figure out what songs they are?
1. CROAOF
2. IDOAWC
3. RTRNRHAVSN
4. GGROBAR
5. IHABCWY
6. ISMKSC
7. OTFDOCMTLGTM
8. FTSMWAJHS
9. IBMBOJHSSOM
10. JBJBJBR
3 years after the Marshall Fire: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can linger long-term in homes that escape burning
Three years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and businesses burned.
The fire ...Read more
Colorado's landfills leak climate-warming methane into the air. What's the state going to do about it?
Landfills in Colorado release millions of metric tons of greenhouse gasses each year as organic waste including food, paper and yard trimmings decomposes into the soil, contributing to global warming and harming human ...Read more
Today's Word "tractable"
tractable \TRAK-tuh-buhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile. 2 : Easily handled, managed, or worked; malleable.
""It's very important for me to find a person to fill the management ...Read more
This Day in History, December 23
On December 23rd, 1986, the Voyager became the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the first.
Opposites
What two words, when said or written seem as though they are opposite, but really mean the same thing?
View full teaser and answerState proposes killing 100 wolves a year to benefit moose between Denali and Lake Clark parks
State wildlife officials want permission to kill 100 wolves a year via aerial gunning in a massive game unit bounded by Denali National Park and Preserve and Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
The request by the ...Read more
Baltimore's wastewater plants have made improvements. Will they bring lasting change?
BALTIMORE — All around the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, Mike Hallmen points to evidence that change is afoot.
Water-filled chambers that were once clogged with mucky brown sediment or choked by vegetation now ...Read more
Today's Word "abscond"
abscond \ab-SKOND\ (intransitive verb) - To depart secretly; to steal away and hide oneself -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid arrest or prosecution.
"They abscond with millions, yes? They abscond with ...Read more
This Day in History, December 22
On December 22nd, 1989, the Brandenburg Gate reopened, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
World Leader Anagram
Solve this anagram for one of the most famous conquerors in history:
He hangs king.
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Snow covers New York City on first day of winter, frigid temps to follow
NEW YORK — Winter is here and so is the white stuff.
Snow blanketed New York City early Saturday morning, ushering in the first official day of winter in a truly frosty fashion. Flurries first started to fall across ...Read more
Commercial Dungeness crab season to open along portion of California coast
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the commercial Dungeness crab fishery south of the Mendocino-Sonoma county line will officially open early next month.
Fishing Zones 3, ...Read more
Today's Word "exculpate"
exculpate \EK-skuhl-payt; ek-SKUHL-payt\ (transitive verb) - To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
"Thus, she would have had to exculpate herself, and what I ...Read more
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