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'Save the whales' worked for decades, but now gray whales are starving
Recently, while sailing with friends on San Francisco Bay, I enjoyed the sight of harbor porpoises, cormorants, pelicans, seals and sea lions — and then the spouting plume and glistening back of a gray whale that gave me...Read more
Arizona draws a line on groundwater use after letting Saudi-owned company pump freely for years
For years, the water table has been dropping beneath thousands of acres of desert farmland in western Arizona, where a Saudi-owned dairy company has been allowed to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow hay for its...Read more
How Seattle's weather wonks sparked a Northwest tempest in a teapot
Even in this era of Real Housewives and celebrity boxing on Netflix, you haven’t seen a real fight until you’ve watched weather nerds battling over a botched forecast.
Take the Christmas Eve Windstorm That Never ...Read more
Why California is keeping this unusual solar plant running when both Trump and Biden wanted it closed
The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it’s incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year. The Trump administration wants to see this unusual power plant closed, and in a ...Read more
Today's Word "effrontery"
effrontery \ih-FRUN-tuh-ree\ (noun) - Insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; insolence.
"Passionately she sang of Yoshitsune, her love and yearning for him, and her joy that he had successfully managed to evade ...Read more
This Day in History, January 13
On January 13th, 1854, Anthony Faas patented the accordion.
Dogs
There are two dogs, a black one and a white one. One is male. What is the probability they are both male?
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SpaceX knocks 3rd Space Coast launch of 2026; readies for Crew-11 return
SpaceX launched its third mission of the year from Florida's Space Coast on Monday afternoon while preparing for the early return later this week of Crew-11 from the International Space Station.
A Falcon 9 lifted off from...Read more
Avian flu death count rises to 32 birds at Orlando's Lake Eola, including 26 swans
ORLANDO, Fla. — Avian flu has been blamed for the deaths of 32 birds at Lake Eola Park since Dec. 17, including 26 of the city’s signature swans.
All of the dead swans are Royal Mute swans, and 23 of the 26 belonged ...Read more
Today's Word "parse"
parse \PAHRS\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To resolve (as a sentence) into its component parts of speech with an explanation of the form, function, and syntactical relationship of each part. 2 : To describe grammatically by ...Read more
This Day in History, January 12
On January 12th, 2005, the Deep Impact space mission launched from Cape Canaveral.
Acquainted
You and your spouse invite four other couples to a party. During the course of the conversation, it is discovered that, prior to the party, each person except you was acquainted with a different number of the people present. Assuming the acquaintance relationship is symmetric (i.e., if you are acquainted with someone, that person is also acquainted with you), then how many people did your spouse know prior to the party? How many people did you...
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Florida bill would ban the capture of endangered marine wildlife for aquariums
TAMPA, Fla. — Floridians were enraged last summer when a viral video showed men offshore Panama City capturing a giant manta ray, a federally threatened species, and hoisting the animal onto their boat.
That anger only ...Read more
Plastic pellets known as 'nurdles' are polluting beaches and waterways
SEADRIFT, Texas — Aboard an aluminum skiff or one of her five kayaks, fourth-generation shrimper and fisherwoman Diane Wilson often plies the coastal bays and streams near her tiny hometown of Seadrift, Texas.
But ...Read more
Today's Word "wayworn"
wayworn \WAY-worn\ (adjective) - Wearied by traveling.
"These beautiful and verdant recesses, running through and softening the rugged mountains, were cheering and refreshing to the wayworn travellers." -- Washington ...Read more
This Day in History, January 11
On January 11th, 1908, the Grand Canyon National Monument was created.
Three Creatures
There were three creatures outside a building. One of the creatures did not move itself but entered the building and knew that it was in the building. The second creature moved itself, entered the building, and knew that it was in the building. The last creature did not move itself but entered the building, and the creature did not know that it was in the building. What are the three creatures?
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NASA targets Artemis II rollout to pad, details launch options
ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA could be sending a crew on the Orion spacecraft out past the moon in less than a month if everything falls into place. But first the agency has to get its rocket to the launch pad.
That could as ...Read more
'It is scary': Oak-killing beetle significantly expanding range in SoCal
LOS ANGELES — A tiny beetle responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of oak trees in Southern California has reached Ventura County, marking a troubling expansion.
This is the farthest north the goldspotted oak ...Read more
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