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This Day in History, June 11
On June 11th, 1184 B.C., it is believed that Troy was sacked and burned.
Wearing a computer on your face? Snap looks to take on rivals with new augmented reality glasses
For years, Snap has envisioned a future where people wear glasses to view and interact with computer-generated images without having to scroll through their smartphones.
The Santa Monica, California-based tech company ...Read more
SpaceX plans up to 76 Starship launches annually from old Delta IV launch site
The first of two Environmental Impact Statements around SpaceX plans for Starship launch sites on Florida's Space Coast was released last week, and it lays out the company’s plans to fly as many as 76 times a year from ...Read more
SpaceX launches Starlink mission while Axiom Space waits out weather
Tuesday morning’s weather was nice enough on the Space Coast for one of two planned launches, but high winds in a potential abort site forced the human spaceflight plans of Axiom Space and SpaceX to push the Ax-4 mission...Read more
'PayPal Mafia': How power trio of Musk, Thiel and Sacks rode Silicon Valley startup success into Trump White House
First Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and David Sacks upended America’s financial-services industry with an innovative Silicon Valley startup called PayPal that rocketed to dominance as the internet took hold.
Now the ...Read more
California's Salton Sea is emitting foul-smelling hydrogen sulfide gas, triggering health concerns
LOS ANGELES — On scorching days when winds blow across the California desert, the Salton Sea regularly gives off a stench of decay resembling rotten eggs.
New research has found that the shrinking lake is emitting the ...Read more
Today's Word "agon"
agon \AH-gahn; ah-GOHN\ (noun) - A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
"The course was a survey of recorded western sport history as measured against the ...Read more
Around and Back in 12
Start with a 6-letter word. Replace one letter to find the next word. No word is repeated in the trip until we are back to where we started. Clues are given along the way.
1. block and tackle
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3. recycled glass
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5. decorative moulding
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7. online purchase software
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9. paid a visit
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11. hauled
12 (we are back !)
This Day in History, June 10
On June 10th, 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded.
Apple debuts Liquid Glass interface at design-focused WWDC event
Apple Inc. unveiled a new operating system interface called Liquid Glass at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, an event that focused heavily on aesthetics and design elements rather than software breakthroughs.
...Read more
Amid Musk threat to decommission SpaceX Dragon, NASA reveals more Boeing Starliner delays
As the fracas between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump escalated last week to the point of Musk threatening to decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, NASA revealed even more delays to Dragon’s alternative, Boeing...Read more
This California company converted a diesel tugboat to electric power
CHULA VISTA, California — It took some work and cost a pretty penny, but a Chula Vista boatbuilding and repair company recently converted a tugboat from diesel power to all-electric at its shipyard that covers 1 million ...Read more
Today's Word "preternatural"
preternatural \pree-tuhr-NACH-uhr-uhl; -NACH-ruhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Existing outside of nature; differing from the natural; nonnatural. 2 : Surpassing the usual or normal; extraordinary; abnormal. 3 : Beyond or outside ...Read more
Crafty Words
Take the list of words below and arrange them into 3 sentences that all have something in common. Each word is only used once each time they appear in the list. ('A' can be used 4 times as it's in the list 4 times.) Punctuation is not an issue in this teaser.
A, A, A, A, ANIMALS, BAR, BAT, DAN, DROOP, I, I, IN, IN, IS, IT, NET, OR, POOR, SAW, SLAM, TEN, WAS
What are the sentences and what do they have in common?
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This Day in History, June 9
On June 9th, 1534, Jacques Cartier diescovered the St. Lawerence River.
California tsunami: Here's where damage and casualties could be the worst
Tsunamis pose a risk to the entire California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?
A single tsunami likely won't cause the worst-case scenario for every region. But in total, more than 680,000 ...Read more
Today's Word "embonpoint"
embonpoint \ahn-bohn-PWAN\ (noun) - Plumpness of person; stoutness.
"It was a girl called Tinker Bell exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf, cut low and square, through which her figure could be seen to best advantage. ...Read more
Weather-ectomy
Six words have had their weather terms removed. The weather terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each weather term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD).
Group A: cloud, hail, rain, sleet, storm, wind
Group...
This Day in History, June 8
On June 8th, 1949, celebrities such as Danny Kaye and Helen Keller were named members of the Communist party during the Red Scare.
Today's Word "militate"
militate \MIL-ih-tayt\ (intransitive verb) - To have force or influence.
"Where you frequent a house it may militate very much against a girl's making a desirable settlement in life, and prevent her from accepting offers ...Read more
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