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COP31: Governments are failing to rein in emissions from their own power plants
World leaders meeting at the annual U.N. climate summit in November 2026 are wrestling with a persistent challenge: how... Read More
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Do mosquito repellent patches work? Experts weigh in on the buzz
LOS ANGELES — You may have seen them passed around at the playground or park — tiny, candy-colored stickers, often bearing bright cartoony faces, hearts or flowers, meant to repel mosquitoes. Hikers and urban walkers ...Read more
Illinois River tagging effort to count invasive carp and help protect Lake Michigan
CHICAGO — The fish, caught in a net with dozens of others like it, had just been brought to the boat ramp and placed in one of several large, water-filled tubs, where it patiently waited its turn.
Soon enough, it was ...Read more
This Day in History, November 10
On November 10th, 1871, Henry Morton Stanley located Dr. David Livingstone, uttering the famous quote, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Global carbon emissions set to dip in 2026 after Iran war oil surge
Global carbon emissions are falling this year, a drop explained more by the recent oil shock than by countries’ gradual transition to clean energy.
Carbon dioxide pollution from burning fossil fuels will decline by 0.4...Read more
Today's Word "pelf"
pelf \PELF\ (noun) - Money; riches; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten.
"A life-long con man, Jason was always just one big scam away from taking his pelf and retiring for good."
Pelf comes ...Read more
Hollywood Quest
Five men at a board games club meet once a week to play their favourite board game 'Hollywood Quest'. In this game each space is colour coded one of five colours, each one representing a category of questions.
The five categories are Books, Celebrities, Films, Music, Television.
The five colours are blue, green, grey, orange and purple.
Can you name all five men, their favorite categories and the colours represented by those categories?
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NYC Ferry to use vessels as marine science classrooms in the off-season
NEW YORK — Starting this off season, a portion of New York City’s ferry fleet will be temporarily reinvented as science classrooms on the waterways.
On Monday, NYC Ferry, the Economic Development Corporation, and an ...Read more
NASA needs more astronauts, and applications are now open
NASA has only 32 active astronauts right now, and the agency wants more.
“There is no single résumé that makes somebody an astronaut,” said NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, standing in front of a gaggle of ...Read more
How protection of public land shapes political strategies in the American West
Public lands are intricately woven into the fabric of America. Years of data confirms that a majority of Americans, regardless of their political beliefs, want public lands to remain in federal hands – though not ...Read more
High surf and strong rip current in Southern California raise risk of flooding and hazardous swim conditions
LOS ANGELES — Coastal flooding and rip current risks remain a concern for Los Angeles and San Diego county beaches through Tuesday with a second uptick of high tides and strong surf expected later this week, according to...Read more
5 ways countries stymie climate negotiations without actually saying ‘no’
Nearly every country in the world has acknowledged that climate change is a serious problem. It’s hard to ignore, as billions of people suffer through increasingly destructive storms and extreme heat.
In ...Read more
What to watch at COP31 as midterms, Brazil deliver climate boost
Turkey will host climate negotiators from nearly 200 countries for annual talks, just weeks after the United Nations warned the world is all but certain to blitz past a target of limiting planetary warming to 1.5 Celsius. ...Read more
This Day in History, November 9
On November 9th, 1887, the United States received the rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Leg Travel
A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can't be true. Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?
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Global climate talks open with big questions and shrinking goals
Climate negotiators from almost 200 countries will spend the next two weeks at an annual United Nations summit under a dark cloud of waning ambition to tackle rapidly rising global temperatures.
The negotiating agenda at...Read more
Record water levels caused by tides, El Niño are giving a stark preview of future sea level rise
SAN DIEGO — A highly unusual combination of warm water and king tides is damaging animal habitats in Mission Bay and providing a stark preview of how the bay might look if sea levels rise as much as predicted in coming ...Read more
A UC Riverside scientist skied deep into the Sierra to track microplastics in snow
LOS ANGELES — Microscopic shards of plastic have been found everywhere scientists have looked, from the depths of the ocean to the clouds above.
Now a UC Riverside environmental scientist with a particular set of ...Read more
This Day in History, November 8
On November 8th, 1965, the British Indian Ocean Territory was formed.
The Extra Dollar
Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29. Where is the ...
View full teaser and answerFlood damage forces lengthy highway closures in southern Colorado
DENVER — Drivers and southern Colorado residents should expect two main highways to remain closed for an extended period of time after back-to-back floods damaged or destroyed parts of the roadways earlier this week, ...Read more
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