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This Day in History, August 3
On August 3rd, 1958, the USS Nautilus traveled under the Arctic ice cap. Read More
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As Alaska's soil thaws, Florida will flood more. But will it matter how much?
TOOLIK FIELD STATION, NORTH SLOPE, Alaska — Unlike most people, Rose Cory wasn’t drawn to northern Alaska for the vistas of the weather-scarred Brooks Range or the braided rivers winding through seemingly endless ...Read more
This Day in History, August 2
On August 2nd, 1870, the Tower Subway, the world's first underground railway, opened in London.
Orbital data centers are a crazy idea. Go for it
Why not just build them in space? As data centers face rising costs, strained resources and growing political opposition, a number of entrepreneurs — Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Eric Schmidt — have raised the possibility of...Read more
This Day in History, August 1
On August 1st, 1831, the London Bridge opened.
AI and chips are turning Malaysia into Asia's growth standout
Joel William is about to begin a feasibility study for a Chinese client weighing a chemical plant in Sarawak, Malaysia’s biggest state on the northern coast of Borneo.
Just two years ago, the manufacturer, whose ...Read more
Coral Dragon
Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?
Group A: coral, dragon, holy, wed
Group B: basin, liter, music, paten, syrup, talon
Ana-Grammar
Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set).
1) George threw his extra javelin through two fleshy fruits related to an apple.
2) Mary had to halt the food preparation because she found a stain on each of the cooking utensils.
3) Per the negotiation, Isaac agreed to guide the troops through the valley.
4) How would you respond if the ...
View full teaser and answerPhoenix extends record-breaking heat as West faces fire threat
Phoenix has had a record-breaking run of high temperatures and that streak will continue through the coming week, as heat and fire risks spread across the wider West.
Through July 31, Phoenix had reached 95 F (35 C) or ...Read more
Today's Word "verbiage"
verbiage \VUR-bee-ij\ (noun) - 1 : An overabundance of words; wordiness. 2 : Manner or style of expression; diction.
"I'm aware that I may be boring you, I'm cognizant of the fact that I have a tendency to excessive ...Read more
Word Fusion
Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the average oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage).
1) This is an automobile's domesticated animal.
2) This is a group of wolves, much like stone or bronze.
3) This is an alcoholic beverage that is made from a part of a ...
NASA Langley Research Center opens first wind tunnel in more than 40 years
HAMPTON, Va. — NASA officials and state leadership cut the ribbon Friday on the agency’s first new wind tunnel in more than 40 years as the agency undergoes a wave of consolidation.
The Flight Dynamics Research ...Read more
Federal government implements 10-year Colorado River plan after states fail to find deal
Federal water managers on Friday announced a 10-year plan to manage the critical Colorado River that opens the door to unprecedented water supply cuts to three states and will require near-constant negotiation between ...Read more
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump's halting of carp project an attack on Great Lakes water
CHICAGO — President Donald Trump’s administration has stopped work on a project to slow the spread of invasive carp in the Great Lakes, a move Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday said amounted to a major attack on Illinois’ ...Read more
Trump administration spares Southwest from harshest water cuts in new Colorado River plan
The Trump administration has released its long-awaited 10-year plan for dealing with worsening water shortages along the Colorado River. Instead of ordering the most drastic water cutbacks it could have imposed, the ...Read more
California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record
California hit a major milestone in May, generating more than half its electricity from the sun in what is believed to be a global first, according to a new analysis from the U.K.-based energy think tank Ember.
“...Read more
Trump administration releases long-awaited 10-year plan for dwindling Colorado River
The Trump administration has released its long-awaited 10-year plan for dealing with worsening water shortages along the Colorado River. It allows for harsh water cutbacks if deemed necessary, potentially requiring ...Read more
Leaving vehicle engines idling is unhealthy, expensive – and often illegal
A bus company that left its buses’ engines running while parked in Boston neighborhoods has settled a lawsuit by agreeing to pay US$5.6 million in damages for the resulting air pollution.
The settlement came ...Read more
Sharks can hear you swimming from 100 feet away. That's not necessarily a bad thing
LOS ANGELES — Forget the smell of blood and all the shark fears we’ve internalized thanks to “Jaws” and “Shark Week.” Turns out, the first thing a shark notices about humans actually might be the unique sounds ...Read more
This Day in History, July 31
On July 31st, 781, the oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji took place.
Operation Sharp-ectomy
Six words have had their sharp things removed. The sharp things 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 sharp thing 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: brad, nail, pin, piton, spike, stake
Group B: ...
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- As Alaska's soil thaws, Florida will flood more. But will it matter how much?
- Orbital data centers are a crazy idea. Go for it
- Phoenix extends record-breaking heat as West faces fire threat
- NASA Langley Research Center opens first wind tunnel in more than 40 years
- Sharks can hear you swimming from 100 feet away. That's not necessarily a bad thing
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