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Should Washington state test human waste fertilizer for PFAS?
SEATTLE — Farmers across Washington already spread thousands of tons of fertilizer from human waste on their crops each year, but there's a major blind spot when it comes to potential contaminants.
Fertilizers made from...Read more
Overnight SpaceX launch to use booster for record 26th flight
ORLANDO, Fla. — An overnight SpaceX launch planned for early Saturday will use a booster that’s already flown to space 25 times.
A Falcon 9 is targeting 1:14 a.m. carrying 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveal ...Read more
Lake Victoria is turning green – the deadly bacteria behind it
Lakes, natural and man-made, provide water, food and habitats for wildlife, as well as supporting local economies. Around the world, though, there’s a growing threat to lakes: toxic bacteria which turn the water green...Read more
Future of offshore wind on West Coast is murky under Trump
Companies and public officials in the Northwest had high hopes that the offshore wind industry could inject great quantities of cash and jobs here.
But they've encountered a four-year snag.
Just hours into his second ...Read more
How does that atmospheric river flow? Scientists modernize research to understand
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- While most look for ways to avoid the steady rain falling from atmospheric rivers, some take advantage of the unwieldy weather patterns to improve forecasts and to help control, and ultimately ...Read more
Shark attacks tourist off Caribbean island when she pursues it for photo, cops say
A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after she was attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark for a photo, according to investigators.
It happened Friday, Feb. 7, off a beach in the Turks...Read more
Today's Word "inculcate"
inculcate \in-KUHL-kayt; IN-kuhl-kayt\, transitive verb) - To teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction.
"As we have said, Franval was generously endowed with all the charm of youth and all the talents which...Read more
Young Love
Read this rebus backward to reveal a famous song.
2 T T T T
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This Day in History, February 14
On February 14th, 1879, The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
Warning of 'life-threatening' debris flows as torrential rains, flash floods hit LA County
LOS ANGELES — The biggest rainstorm of the season slammed into Southern California on Thursday, bringing with it flash floods, severe thunderstorms and the possibility of “life-threatening” debris flows just a month ...Read more
Atmospheric river storm slams into LA County, bringing mudslides and flooding, and trapping cars
LOS ANGELES — Just a month after fierce Santa Ana winds propelled a firestorm across Los Angeles County, residents faced another extreme weather event Thursday. The biggest storm of the season so far hit Southern ...Read more
Veterinarians perform cataract surgery on bald eagle in Florida
BRANDON, Fla. —A team of veterinary surgeons performed cataract surgery on Thunder, a resident bald eagle at Moccasin Lake Nature Park in Clearwater, at a clinic in Brandon on Thursday.
Thunder was rescued after being ...Read more
California aims to limit pesticide. Central Valley farmworker communities say it's not enough
Farmworker communities are protesting the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s proposal to limit the pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene, arguing the measures don’t go far enough to protect against long-term ...Read more
Extreme drought lingers in Las Vegas, even with light rain
LAS VEGAS — This week may have brought an end to the Las Vegas Valley’s second-longest dry streak in recorded history, but don’t expect the light mist to reverse the region’s drought.
Almost all of Clark County ...Read more
‘Exoborne’ playtest offers chance to play a new twist on the extraction shooter
The extraction shooter is having a moment. The gameplay mode that gained popularity in “Tom Clancy’s The Division” has flourished into a growing subgenre. It’s characterized by gameplay loop, in which players ...Read more
Florida power company has a deadline to clean up salty pollution under Turkey Point. It won't make it
MIAMI — A giant plume of super salty water has been lurking underneath the Turkey Point power plant for years, tainting the surrounding groundwater along the coast of south Miami-Dade County.
Florida Power & Light, ...Read more
Today's Word "edacious"
edacious \i-DAY-shus\ (adjective) - Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
"Occasionally the road must be set back, and once the lighthouse was moved back from the cliffs, eaten away by the edacious tooth of the sea." -- ...Read more
Paris Pairs
The following sentences can be completed by adding two words that are anagrams of one another. Each word has only four letters. Enjoy!
1. If you prick your finger while picking a ____, it may be very ____.
2. If you take a ____ at the Mad Hatter's party, you still may not get a sip of his ____.
3. If you need some stamps, then you must ____ by the ____ office.
4. If you eat a whole ____ of a wedding cake, you may develop a spare ____ ...
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This Day in History, February 13
On February 13th, 1633, Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
Flightless grasshopper thought to be extinct is rediscovered in Virginia 80 years later
Zoologist Andrew Rapp spent four hours hunched over looking through brush and scouring the short grass on the side of the road until he locked eyes with a creature once believed to be extinct.
He had to be careful not to ...Read more
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