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Breakfast in Bed
One night Hugh was at work at the recycling plant when he received an unexpected telephone call from a neighbor, listened to what the neighbor said, slammed down the phone and left work and drove straight home. On entering his house Hugh crept upstairs and found his wife in bed with a stranger. He wasn't angry but he was surprised. In fact he crept back down stairs and made his wife some breakfast, which he took up for her to eat in bed.
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Do offshore wind farms harm whales? Experts weigh in as Trump labels them 'dangerous'
In recent months, President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly said offshore wind turbines are harming, and perhaps killing, whales.
“They’re dangerous,” he said during a Jan. 7 news conference, citing a string of ...Read more
Use of PFAS-tainted sludge as fertilizer raises cancer risk on farms, EPA says
Farm families that consume milk, eggs and beef they raise themselves face an increased risk of cancer if their fields were fertilized with PFAS-laced sewage sludge, the EPA reported this week.
The results do not suggest ...Read more
SpaceX catches booster again, but loses Starship upper stage during test flight
SpaceX sent up its first test flight of the year for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas, catching the booster for just the second time back at the launch site, but suffering a loss of the upper stage.
The ...Read more
Writing on clay tablets -- uncovered in Iraq -- reveal hidden history of ancient city
An ancient game board, building remains and three clay tablets recently discovered by archaeologists in northeastern Iraq provide new details about Mesopotamian life.
The clay tablets are the first cuneiform tablets from ...Read more
Ancient burials reveal 'remarkable' women-dominated society in UK. 'Relatively rare'
When the Romans reached Britain in the first century, they were shocked to find “remarkable” women standing in their way.
Female tribal leaders Cartimandua and Boudica became legends, leading uprisings that destroyed ...Read more
In its final days, Biden administration pitches sweeping subsistence protections in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out last-minute plans to add protections for more than 3 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska for subsistence resources.
A portion of the...Read more
Extreme cold from NY to Texas threatens to topple records
A blast of extreme cold is poised to descend on the central U.S. this weekend before spreading to New York and the rest of the East Coast, testing power grids and threatening to break temperature records.
Frigid ...Read more
Where is Tahlequah? What we know about the mother orca and her calf
SEATTLE — This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, when she carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles.
Tahlequah was last seen still carrying her latest calf — dead...Read more
Trump's second Inauguration Day will be one of the coldest on record
As America anticipates the second inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, Jan. 20, weather forecasters say this swearing-in ceremony will be one of the coldest on record.
Though the sun will be out, most ...Read more
Blue Origin New Glenn reaches orbit on debut launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin managed something no commercial rocket company has ever done successfully by reaching orbit on the first try with its New Glenn rocket during an overnight launch early Thursday.
The ...Read more
'A project of the year.' New Miami-Dade facility helps keep wastewater out of the sea
MIAMI — Miami-Dade is a significant step closer to a state-mandated goal of re-using its wastewater, rather than pouring the partially treated stuff into the sea.
On Wednesday, the county and Florida Power & Light ...Read more
How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means for protecting homes today
The fires burning in the Los Angeles area are a powerful example of why humans have learned to fear wildfire. Fires can level entire neighborhoods in an instant. They can destroy communities, torch pristine forests and ...Read more
Bone-chilling cold from NY to Texas threatens to topple records
A blast of extreme cold is poised to descend on the central U.S. this weekend before spreading to New York and the rest of the East Coast, testing power grids and threatening to break temperature records.
Frigid ...Read more
The new app that is an essential tool for tracking California wildfires
An app built on an off-the-grid ranch in rural Sonoma County, California, supported by solar panels, satellite internet service and a small nonprofit team, is serving as a critical tech hub for free, fast and reliable ...Read more
Today's Word "discursive"
discursive \dis-KUR-siv\ (adjective) - 1 : Passing from one topic to another; ranging over a wide field; digressive; rambling. 2 : Utilizing, marked by, or based on analytical reasoning -- contrasted with intuitive.
"In ...Read more
This Day in History, January 16
On January 16th, 1970, Buckminster Fuller received a gold medal from the American Institute of Architects.
Jerry Mayor of Smellville
One day Jerry Mayor from Smelliville was visiting the neighbouring country of Madadia and was sitting in the Penistone mainline railway station. He was sitting very uncomfortably in the waiting room and was staring intently at two doors that were at the opposite end of the room. Jerry Mayor was not a happy man at that point. In fact he was in dire distress. He then noticed a young man enter one of the doors. Instantly Jerry, with a great smile...
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California backs out of clean truck and train regulations ahead of Trump administration
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California withdrew plans for pioneering clean-air regulations targeting diesel trucks and trains Tuesday, citing challenges posed by the incoming Trump administration. The state rules faced an ...Read more
SpaceX pushes 1st Starship test launch attempt to Thursday
SpaceX is ready to send up its first test flight of the year for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas, but delayed it one day to Thursday, when the company will once again go for a booster catch back at the ...Read more
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