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This Day in History, August 28
On August 28th, 1884, the first known photograph of a tornado was made. Read More
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California Legislature passes bill to track use of 'forever chemicals' by farms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would require the state to track the use of pesticides that contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS chemicals, ...Read more
Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic, hurricane center says
The National Hurricane Center on Thursday said Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the Atlantic after becoming more organized overnight.
In the NHC’s 5 p.m. EDT advisory, the center of Dolly was located about 1,425 miles ...Read more
From beaches to battery fires, California moves to outlaw disposable vapes
Vape pens and other disposable e-cigarettes could soon be illegal in California.
On Wednesday, the state assembly approved Assembly Bill 762, which if signed by the governor, will make the battery-powered disposable ...Read more
Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years – here’s how my team made the discovery
Temperatures have warmed dramatically across the equatorial Pacific Ocean in 2026, signaling the onset of a strong and potentially historic El Niño. These events can affect weather around the world, and the intensity ...Read more
Today's Word "clerisy"
clerisy \KLER-i-see\ (noun) - The well-educated class; the literati; the intelligentsia.
"While Terry fancied himself one of the clerisy, his friends thought of him as nothing so much as a know-it-all and blowhard."
From...Read more
Words with GH
Five words that contain GH as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words?
GH---, -GH---, ---GH-, ----GH, ---GH--
Pool: A, A, E, I, M, O, O, O, R, R, S, S, S, T, T, T, T, U, U, W
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Alphabet loses $700 billion in market value as AI questions rise
For much of the last year, Alphabet Inc. has been the Big Tech stock to beat as investors bet that it was the most-likely winner from the artificial intelligence boom.
Alphabet shares hit an all-time high on May 13 after...Read more
Tropical Storm Dolly likely to form today, hurricane center says
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Thursday said Tropical Storm Dolly could form today in the Atlantic, but it may not last that long.
As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, an area of low pressure ...Read more
Rare bird draws flocks of Southern California birders to this Irvine marsh to get a glimpse
LOS ANGELES — For the last two weeks, a little bird with big feet has turned a 320-acre marsh in Irvine into one of the hottest birding destinations in Southern California.
Hundreds of birdwatchers have flocked to the ...Read more
Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as wildfires stretch crews to the limit
When a wildfire threatens a community, most people don’t think to ask whether the firefighters coming to help slept enough the night before, recovered from the previous day’s shift or have enough energy left for ...Read more
Astronomy and space sciences are soaring right now with kids. Keeping them engaged is much harder
DENVER -- Between the Artemis II moon mission in April, the recent cosmic light shows from solar and lunar eclipses, and the Perseid meteor shower, excitement for real-life astronomy is soaring among kids.
All you have ...Read more
This Day in History, August 27
On August 27th, 1962, the Mariner 2 was launched.
Ling o'Tree
Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of tree. The other word is that tree with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (pine spine), a letter deleted anywhere (larch arch), a letter changed anywhere (birch birth). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No tree is used more than once.
1) This is an older tree.
2) This is a well-known tree.
3) This is a feeble tree.
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Big oil and gas companies are partly responsible for California's water woes, study finds
LOS ANGELES — In the last few years, multiple studies have shown that global warming is intensifying drought and worsening water scarcity in California and the western United States.
Now, scientists have found that a ...Read more
Why Trump’s plan to rescind the Roadless Rule protecting national forests will struggle in court
Over 368,000 miles of roads wind through U.S. national forests, eight times more than the entire interstate highway system. Many are heavily eroded and prone to landslides, and driving vehicles on them can spread ...Read more
Disappearing lakes, old photos and AI are helping scientists map Arctic permafrost thaw in near-real time
Florida gets a lot of attention for its sinkholes, especially when they swallow cars and entire houses. But its sinkhole risk has nothing on Alaska’s.
Much of Alaska’s soil is permafrost – ground that ...Read more
Hurricane center still tracking 1 Atlantic system, but drops development chances
The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday was back to tracking just one Atlantic system, but also dropped its chances that it could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. ...Read more
Time limits, 'school mode': Meta agrees to curb kids' access
Meta Platforms Inc. agreed to implement a raft of restrictions for teens on its Facebook and Instagram apps as part of a multibillion-dollar settlement with multiple U.S. states on Wednesday. The landmark agreement ...Read more
Bill Gates warns of job losses, rising harm in plea for AI policies
Bill Gates wants to tax robots.
Specifically, Gates is calling for a tax on artificial intelligence automated systems, like tokens and robots, that employers may use to slowly replace human workers as the technology ...Read more
Less Space Coast launches in store as SpaceX pulls back on Falcon 9
ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX drove the Space Coast’s record 109 launches last year with a frenetic pace of missions dedicated to its Starlink internet constellation.
That spigot has been turned off, the company’s vice ...Read more
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