Knowledge
/ArcaMax
Earth Day: How Trump's environmental decisions are affecting California
It’s Earth Day on Tuesday. But for the first time in four years, California’s environmental groups and state agencies are playing defense.
After working closely with President Biden, who supported spending billions ...Read more
Huge fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs found in Texas national park
A fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs to live in North America was discovered in a national park in Texas.
In March, students from Sul Ross State University went to Big Bend National Park for research and to collect ...Read more
Gray whale washes up dead on California beach
ALAMEDA, Calif. — A dead gray whale was found rolling in the surf off Alameda South Shore Beach, according to the Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences.
The whale marks the fourth gray whale to ...Read more
SpaceX knocks out 1st of 2 Monday launches, both with sonic boom warnings
An early Monday morning launch was the first of two on the Space Coast with planned booster landings that could bring sonic booms to Central Florida.
First up was a Falcon 9 on the CRS-32 resupply mission to the ...Read more
Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy
President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent to reconsider dozens of current regulations in an effort to loosen standards originally imposed to protect ...Read more
A California environmental law makes it 'too damn hard' to build. But do Democrats have the will to reform it?
OAKLAND, Calif. — For years, this lot just south of the West Oakland BART station has sat vacant, surrounded by RVs and broken-down vehicles.
This was supposed to be housing — a 222-unit tower with 16 apartments set ...Read more
Today's Word "flippant"
flippant \FLIP-uhnt\ (adjective) - Lacking proper seriousness or respect; showing inappropriate levity; pert.
"Ann is flippant where I'm serious, and I'm flippant where Ann is serious." -- John Cowper Powys, 'Wolf Solent'...Read more
What Am I?
Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started.
What am I?
View full teaser and answer
This Day in History, April 21
April 21st, 753 B.C. is the traditional date observed for the founding of Rome.
Fragile baby spider monkeys 'ripped' from mothers, brought to SoCal. Trafficker sentenced
A Texas man was busted for trafficking vulnerable Mexican baby spider monkeys, who were too young to be separated from their mothers, into San Diego and selling them on Facebook.
Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, was recently ...Read more
More black bears seen in Lower Michigan. Here's how to avoid them, DNR says
Black bears are expanding their territory in Michigan's Lower Peninsula and as they roam about, state officials say the best way for residents and bears to both stay safe is to ensure they can't find a reliable snack in ...Read more
Mountain lion seen for first time in Texas county, officials say. 'Use caution'
A city worker recently spotted a mountain lion in a part of Texas where there’s never been a confirmed sighting, according to officials.
The employee, a member of the city’s trail crew, was at Purgatory Creek Natural ...Read more
Today's Word "officious"
officious \uh-FISH-uhs\ (adjective) - Marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed; meddlesome.
"You are too officious
In her behalf that scorns your ...Read more
Naming Rights
Which two people in Group A should be in Group B?
Group A:
Julius Caesar
Phil Jackson
Ambrose Burnside
Jane Austen
Orville Redenbacher
Group B:
Reverend William Spooner
Francois Mansard
Pierre Magnol
Georg Ohm
This Day in History, April 20
On April 20th, 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon.
Today's Word "congeries"
congeries \KON-juh-reez\ (noun) - A collection; an aggregation.
"But if the congeries of past events, if congeries it was, could be separated from its usual partnership with sentiment, it cannot have been too much to ...Read more
English Lesson
Which word in group B belongs in group A?
A) 1. automatic 2. biology 3. thermal.
B) 4. international 5. transport 6. antiwar.
View full teaser and answer
This Day in History, April 19
On April 19th, 1775, the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired, beginning the Revolutionary War.
Why did four whales wash up in San Francisco Bay in a week and a half?
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The juvenile minke whale had been spotted swimming around San Francisco Bay for nearly a week by the time she beached herself off the coast of Emeryville April 8. Scientists had thought she seemed ...Read more
Want your own personal satellite? Here's how and what it'll cost
The Las Vegas-based company that would operate the future Las Vegas Spaceport west of the city is offering wealthy customers a chance to own their own military-grade personal satellite.
United Spaceports Corp., the ...Read more
Inside Knowledge
Popular Stories
- Colorado and Denver told owners to cut their buildings' carbon emissions. Did the rules go too far?
- ULA knocks out 1st launch of year with Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites
- Audit finds 55-year lapse in DNR's reporting of land inventory
- Proposed change could reshape Endangered Species Act. Here's how it affects Washington state
- EPA plans action to address PFAS, including 'polluter pays'
Comics
