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Sharks 'adapting their movements and routines,' great white researchers discover
Do great white sharks change their behaviors in different environments, or do the apex predators follow the same routines regardless of location?
Researchers recently set out to solve this shark puzzle, as they reportedly...Read more
Hurricane center watching blip in Atlantic. No threat but hints at busy season ahead
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is already watching something in the Atlantic, and it’s only April.
The low-pressure area in question is a thousand miles away from inhabited land and expected to dissolve in the ...Read more
Health care is a tough arena for AI to make a difference
It was a warp-speed tour of what's happening with artificial intelligence in medicine.
Chris Manrodt, an R&D manager for Philips' medical imaging business in Plymouth, Minnesota, last Friday gave a presentation to several...Read more
How trains linked rival port cities along the US East Coast into a cultural and economic megalopolis
The Northeast corridor is America’s busiest rail line. Each day, its trains deliver 800,000 passengers to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and points in between.
The Northeast corridor is also a name...Read more
A thought for the day
A thought for the day: Hollywood is like an empty wastebasket. -- American dancer/actor Ginger Rogers
Other Notable Events for April 25
On this date in history:
In 1507, German geographer and mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller published a book in which he named the newly discovered continent of the New World America after the man he mistakenly ...Read more
Notable Birthdays for April 25
Those born on this date include:
- Oliver Cromwell, lord protector of England, in 1599
- inventor/physicist Guglielmo Marconi in 1874
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1906
- ...Read more
Astronomy
Today is Thursday, April 25, the 116th day of 2024 with 250 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus. Evening star is Jupiter.
Today's Word "effulgence"
effulgence \i-FUL-juhn(t)s\ (noun) - The state of being bright and radiant; splendor; brilliance.
"The moment Sri Caitanya appeared, His beauty and effulgence transfixed everyone." -- N. S. Narasimha, 'The Way of the ...Read more
Colored Keys
After recent events, Question Mark is annoyed with his brother, Skid Mark. Skid thought it would be funny to hide Question's wallet. He told Question that he would get it back if he finds it. So, first off, Skid laid five colored keys in a row. One of them is a key to a room where Skid is hiding Question's wallet. Using the clues, can you determine the order of the keys and which is the right key?
Red: This key is somewhere to the left of the...
View full teaser and answerThe Data Is/Are In: Latin Plurals Are Tricky
Datum or data? Medium or media? Stratum or strata?
Here's a quick review of these double-dealers:
-- Datum/data: "Datum" means "a single piece of information," and its plural form is "data." But because information is ...Read more
‘Dune: Awakening’ takes fans to Arrakis and forces them to survive a wasteland
“Dune” may not seem like a natural setting for a survival MMO. Players explore the desert planet of Arrakis and resources appear scarce, but the developers at Funcom are huge fans of Frank Herbert’s work and ...Read more
Jim Rossman: Helping mom secure her online banking
I spent a recent weekend visiting with my mom, and she had a rather short list of technical things she needed my help with on this trip.
The first was easy – she has a new Wyze doorbell and it had lost its connection ...Read more
Gadgets: Make your phone truly hands-free
Ohsnap's Snap 4 Luxe is a multifunctional accessory that truly makes smartphones hands-free. It attaches to the back of a phone and is ready to stick to any metal surface around your house or office. With the ...Read more
‘Bitcraft: Age of Automata’ wants players to rebuild civilization from the ground up
The developers behind “Bitcraft: Age of Automata” want you to build the world from the ground up. Villages, towns, cities, nations and empires are all in players hands. That’s how Clockwork Labs envisions for its ...Read more
Illinois residents encouraged to destroy the eggs of invasive insects to slow spread
CHICAGO — While Chicagoans were alarmed to learn the spotted lanternfly had been found in Illinois last year, experts say spring is the time to take action against that insect — as well as another damaging invasive ...Read more
Steelhead trout, once thriving in Southern California, are declared endangered
Southern California’s rivers and creeks once teemed with large, silvery fish that arrived from the ocean and swam upstream to spawn. But today, these fish are seldom seen.
Southern California steelhead trout have been ...Read more
Climate change supercharged a heat dome, intensifying 2021 fire season, study finds
As a massive heat dome lingered over the Pacific Northwest three years ago, swaths of North America simmered— and then burned. Wildfires charred more than 18.5 million acres across the continent, with the most land ...Read more
Other Notable Events for April 24
On this date in history:
In 1704, the Boston News-Letter became the first U.S. newspaper to be published on a regular basis.
In 1800, the U.S. Congress established the Library of Congress.
...Read more
Notable Birthdays for April 24
Those born on this date include:
- French Roman Catholic St. Vincent de Paul in 1581
- British novelist Anthony Trollope in 1815
- French Gen. Philippe Petain in 1856
- U.S. artist Willem de ...Read more
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- ‘Dune: Awakening’ takes fans to Arrakis and forces them to survive a wasteland
- How trains linked rival port cities along the US East Coast into a cultural and economic megalopolis
- Gadgets: Make your phone truly hands-free
- Jim Rossman: Helping mom secure her online banking
- ‘Bitcraft: Age of Automata’ wants players to rebuild civilization from the ground up