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Space station leak investigation prompts NASA, Axiom Space to postpone launch
An ongoing leak on the Russian side of the International Space Station has prompted an indefinite postponement of a ... Read More
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Carpenter bees can chew through your California home. How to get rid of them
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Notice giant black bees buzzing around your backyard?
That could spell trouble for your deck or fence, according to David Headrick, Cal Poly professor emeritus of entomology and pest management.
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This Day in History, June 12
On June 12th, 1859, the Comstock Lode was discovered in Nevada.
Extreme heat has killed 3 people already this year in Southern Nevada
Extreme heat is already killing people this year as Southern Nevada braves its first string of days in triple-digit temperatures.
Heat has been a factor in three deaths so far, according to a Wednesday news release from ...Read more
'Extremely distressing' Chesapeake Bay blue crab populations call for curtailing harvest, experts say
NORFOLK, Va. — Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say.
Each winter, the Maryland Department of Natural ...Read more
Today's Word "refractory"
refractory \rih-FRAK-tuh-ree\ (adjective) - 1 : Stubbornly disobedient; unmanageable. 2 : Resisting ordinary treatment or cure. 3 : Difficult to melt or work; capable of enduring high temperature.
"Before they were ...Read more
Freezing Point
The freezing point of pure water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius). However, by simply adding a common household ingredient, you then can easily cool the water 20 degrees past the freezing point, and still keep it in liquid form.
How is this possible?
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Rivers can supercharge Gulf hurricanes, study finds
TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Idalia caught forecasters by surprise in 2023 when the storm rapidly intensified into a major hurricane overnight as it hurtled toward Florida’s west coast.
The Gulf of Mexico was record-hot ...Read more
College grads are lab rats in the great AI experiment
Companies are eliminating the grunt work that used to train young professionals — and they don’t seem to have a clear plan for what comes next.
AI is analyzing documents, writing briefing notes, creating Power Point ...Read more
Man smuggling exotic protected birds in cardboard box is detained in California, feds say
A California man arrived to the U.S. from Mexico with a commercial amount of alcohol, candy, snacks and soda in his car — as well as seven exotic, protected birds inside a cardboard SKYY vodka box, according to court ...Read more
18th gray whale washes up dead on California coast -- and experts are stumped
A body of a gray whale found on a San Francisco Bay Area beach marks the 18th death of 2025 for the marine mammals in the region, experts reported.
The dead male gray whale washed up at Lands End on Saturday, June 7, the ...Read more
'It just takes one storm': Hurricane-season preparation urged in South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Palm Beach County officials on Tuesday urged the public to stay vigilant for storms now that the six-month hurricane season has started. And they’re telling residents how to prepare.
The region...Read more
Nvidia CEO sees tenfold boost to Europe's AI computing power
Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang projected that Europe’s artificial-intelligence computing capacity will increase by a factor of ten over the next two years, with more than 20 so-called AI factories in ...Read more
Venture capital investment is rising in Los Angeles -- and not just for AI startups
Early this year, private equity firm Blackstone bet big on the future of artificial intelligence by investing $300 million in a Los Angeles company that’s been around for more than two decades.
The company, DDN, helps ...Read more
California 'strike team' aims to keep wolves from attacking cattle on ranches
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California wildlife officials may use “injurious” techniques to chase wolves away from cattle ranches in the state’s Sierra Valley and Siskiyou County rangeland this summer, part of a new ...Read more
Mispronunciation of 'Nuclear' Goes 'Noo-kyoo-lur'
President Donald Trump deserves credit for having one talent that many previous presidents have lacked: pronouncing the word "nuclear" correctly.
Commanders in chief from Dwight Eisenhower to Jimmy Carter to George ...Read more
Jim Rossman: What to do when your cloud storage is full?
I got a question from a friend last week who received an email message from Apple about his iPhone.
The message read, “Your iCloud storage is full. Because you’ve exceeded your storage plan, your documents, contacts...Read more
Gadgets: A powerful portable speaker
Tribit's StormBox Lava portable wireless (Bluetooth 5.4) speaker is as advertised: powerful, great-sounding and portable.
The powerful bass-heavy, room-filling sound comes from 80 watts of internal speakers consisting ...Read more
Kangaroo hopping around Florida road highlights problems with exotic pets
ORLANDO, Fla. — The stunning sight of a kangaroo hopping down a busy St. Cloud road made headlines last month and, for the animal sanctuary that took in the wayward marsupial, provided another reminder that ordinary ...Read more
Today's Word "collegial"
collegial \kuh-LEE-jee-uhl; -juhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Characterized by or having authority or responsibility shared equally by each of a group of colleagues. 2 : Characterized by equal sharing of authority especially by ...Read more
"Force"
A man wanted to encrypt his password but he needed to do it in a way so that he could remember it. His password is 7 characters long. The password consists of letters and numbers only (no symbols like ! or <). In order to remember it he wrote down "You force heaven to be empty" Can you guess what his password is?
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