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Researchers figure out what's caused devastating sea star epidemic
LOS ANGELES — A study published Monday offers long-awaited clarity on a more than decade-long marine mystery: What has been killing the sunflower sea star?
In 2013, something began ravaging sea stars along the West ...Read more
Why is Microsoft soaring while Amazon sinks? AI growing pains
Wall Street analysts who follow tech and cloud computing were all but popping Champagne last Wednesday.
Microsoft had reported stellar financial results and strong growth that could be connected to artificial intelligence...Read more
University of Maryland professor sorts through myths about long-term implications of solar farms
BALTIMORE — The Maryland Department of the Environment is pushing for 50% of the state’s electricity generation by 2030 to come from renewable energy resources, such as solar.
Solar projects in Maryland include ...Read more
Commentary: How California can cash in on federal incentives for green power before they disappear
California is often criticized for high electricity costs and slow development timelines. Rightly so: My electricity bill has doubled in a decade, and as a renter I can’t buy solar or batteries to cut the costs.
But ...Read more
Today's Word "factotum"
factotum \fak-TOH-tuhm\ (noun) - A person employed to do all kinds of work or business.
"Come back tomorrow and I'll give you an appointment, the factotum would say. Of course the arkhon kept everyone waiting, or his ...Read more
This Day in History, August 4
On August 4th, 1902, the Greenwich Foot Tunnel under the River Thames opened.
Word Gender
The following ten words can be divided into two groups of five words. The words within each group will share a common characteristic. What are the two groups? Which words belong in those groups?
dam late lice linger per son stern tent under use
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Canada wildfires worsen air quality across Midwest, Northeast US
Smoke and grit from hundreds of forest fires have spread across large parts of Canada and the northern U.S., sending air quality across the Midwest and northeast U.S. and Toronto to unhealthy levels.
Air quality ...Read more
Hurricane center tracks 3 Atlantic systems that could develop
The National Hurricane Center continued Sunday to track three systems in the Atlantic with the potential to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, it had ...Read more
Hurricane center tracks 2 Atlantic systems that could develop
The National Hurricane Center continued Sunday to track two systems in the Atlantic with the potential to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, it had ...Read more
Crypto mogul flies to space aboard latest Blue Origin flight
A Blue Origin rocket launched cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun and five others on a trip to the edge of space and back.
The flight lifted off Sunday at 7:42 a.m. local time from West Texas on a short suborbital ...Read more
Today's Word "perfervid"
perfervid \puhr-FUR-vid\ (adjective) - Ardent; impassioned; marked by exaggerated or overwrought emotion.
"To court their own discomfiture by love is a common instinct with certain perfervid women. Conflicting sensations ...Read more
This Day in History, August 3
On August 3rd, 1958, the USS Nautilus traveled under the Arctic ice cap.
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
Minneapolis air quality ranked among the world's worst
Minneapolis had the fifth worst air quality among 125 cites worldwide on Saturday morning, according to an international air quality monitoring platform.
IQ Air gave Minneapolis an air quality index (AQI) of 107, making ...Read more
One dead from severe Charlotte-area storms. Thousands without power on Saturday
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A driver died in a two-car wreck during intense storms that swept across the Charlotte region Friday night, a State Highway Patrol trooper said.
Gabriella Elise Cruz, 22, of Bryson City, died at the ...Read more
After 10th air quality alert, Michigan official urges Canada to do more about wildfires
DETROIT — As Michigan extends its 10th air quality advisory of the season through Sunday, some Michigan officials are urging Canada to do more about the wildfires and their negative impacts on Michigan's air quality.
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Hurricane center watching disturbance near Carolinas
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began watching a disturbance off the southeastern Atlantic coast near the Carolinas that has a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or ...Read more
High levels of E.coli found at Lake Tahoe beach after sewage leak
Officials are warning the public to stay out of the water near a popular resort on Lake Tahoe's southern shore this weekend after detecting "high levels" of E. coli bacteria Friday after a sewage leak.
Water quality ...Read more
Trump's billions in climate cuts have nonprofits scrambling to survive
If any nonprofit epitomizes the whiplash experienced by climate advocacy groups in the U.S. over the past few years, it’s Rewiring America.
Founded in 2020 shortly before former President Joe Biden was elected, the ...Read more
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