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This Day in History, April 2
On April 2nd, 1513, Ponce de Leon became the first known European to set foot on Florida. Read More
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Biotech companies shed hundreds of Bay Area jobs in fresh layoffs
Life sciences companies have decided to chop hundreds of Bay Area jobs in a fresh wave of layoffs that hint at ongoing turbulence in the region’s biotech sector, state labor agency posts show.
All told, the biotech ...Read more
World's largest wildlife crossing reaches critical milestone. Now what?
LOS ANGELES — Monday was momentous for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing although it still looked like a bridge to nowhere from the 101 Freeway, where more than 300,000 vehicles stream endlessly every day.
Nearly ...Read more
This Day in History, April 1
On April 1st, 1826, Samuel Morey patented the internal combustion engine.
Private SpaceX mission launches humans on 1st polar orbit
SpaceX launched a private mission Monday night sending humans on the first polar orbit of the Earth.
The four civilians climbed aboard the Crew Dragon Resilience on Monday night, launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket from ...Read more
Today's Word "perspicacity"
perspicacity \pur-spuh-KAS-uh-tee\ (noun) - Clearness of understanding or insight; penetration, discernment.
"Perspicacity to see what you want isn't much use without power to get it. And power's not worth much without ...Read more
The Olympics
The Netherlands normally dominate in speed skating in the Winter Olympics, yet in 1944, they didn't win a single medal. Who did?
View full teaser and answerMicrosoft turns 50: 4 employees recall their early years
Fifty years ago, two kids from Seattle flipped the tech industry on its head.
While all the big brains in personal computing were focused on machines — "microcomputer" hardware — Bill Gates and Paul Allen were ...Read more
Today's Word "wastrel"
wastrel \WAY-struhl\ (noun) - 1 : A person who wastes, especially one who squanders money; a spendthrift. 2 : An idler; a loafer; a good-for-nothing.
"When I was a student in Lawrence, Kansas, there was a wastrel in the ...Read more
Letters and Numbers
Using a combination or letters and/or numbers to sound out the answers, can you solve the clues? (The first one is free)
1. Not difficult - EZ (Easy)
2. Unoccupied
3. To do better than others
4. Defeated
5. A number (use only letters for this one)
6. A sport
7. Freezing
$5 billion proposal for salmon restoration aimed at addressing tribal lawsuit
SEATTLE — State lawmakers revealed a proposal Monday that would authorize special bonds to raise an additional $5 billion for salmon recovery projects stemming from the state’s long-running tribal fishing rights ...Read more
75% of scientists in US weigh leaving amid Trump 'disruptions to science,' poll finds
The American scientific community could soon be plagued by a brain drain, recent polling suggests.
In a survey of U.S.-based scientists conducted by Nature, 75% of respondents said they were “considering leaving the ...Read more
SpaceX launches 1st of 2 Monday launches; human spaceflight up next
SpaceX had two rockets at two pads on the Space Coast on Monday. After a successful first launch of the day, it’s down to one.
That’s because a Falcon 9 carrying 28 Starlink satellites lifted off at 3:52 p.m. Eastern ...Read more
Nasdaq 100's worst quarter in years sealed by AI bubble fears
In a quarter marred by tariff uncertainty, U.S. government spending cuts and the threat of recession, it is fears about a bubble brewing in artificial intelligence that have dealt the latest blow to the Nasdaq 100.
The ...Read more
FAA closes investigation into Blue Origin New Glenn booster failure
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that it will allow Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to fly again, following a review of the January mishap in which the rocket made a successful debut launch but crashed ...Read more
Boeing Starliner commander shares blame for spacecraft failure, but would fly on it again
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore put some of the blame on himself when asked who was responsible for Boeing Starliner’s failure on last year’s Crew Flight Test.
He and crewmate Suni Williams flew up to the International ...Read more
US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise
Earthquakes and the damage they cause are apolitical. Collectively, we either prepare for future earthquakes or the population eventually pays the price. The earthquakes that struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025, collapsing...Read more
Microsoft rode the cloud to new heights. Can it do the same with AI?
When Satya Nadella entered Microsoft’s C-suite in 2014, the company wasn’t one of the tech darlings dazzling Wall Street.
After founder Bill Gates turned the CEO role over to Steve Ballmer in 2000 and until Ballmer ...Read more
3 children killed by falling tree during severe storm in Michigan
Three children were killed and three more people were injured when a tree landed on their car Sunday in Michigan.
An 11-year-old girl, a 4-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl were killed in the tragedy in Climax Township, ...Read more
Whitmer declares state of emergency after weekend storm in northern Michigan; thousands still without power
DETROIT — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency, and nearly 49,000 energy company customers in northern Michigan were without power Monday, days after an historic ice storm knocked out power to...Read more
SpaceX will try for 2 Monday launches including next human spaceflight
SpaceX has two rockets at two pads set for launch Monday on the Space Coast.
First up is a Falcon 9 carrying 28 Starlink satellites targeting 3:32 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch...Read more
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