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Rare Sierra Nevada red fox spotted near Tahoe, may be making a comeback
A rare and threatened species of red fox has been spotted in the Tahoe Basin for the first time since the mid-1900s, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced.
The Sierra Nevada red fox strolled through the...Read more
Colorado wolves pushed farther into the southern Front Range this month
DENVER — Two wolves roamed separately into the southern end of Colorado’s Front Range mountains in February, passing through watersheds west of Pueblo and Colorado Springs, a map released Wednesday by Colorado Parks ...Read more
Anthropic drops hallmark safety pledge in race with AI peers
Anthropic PBC, which for years billed itself as a safer alternative to artificial intelligence rivals, has loosened its commitment to maintaining its guardrails, one of the most dramatic policy shifts in the AI industry ...Read more
Deadly bird flu found in California elephant seals for the first time
The H5N1 bird flu virus that devastated South American elephant seal populations has been confirmed in seals at California's Año Nuevo State Park, researchers from the University of California, Davis and the University of...Read more
Southern California's celebrity eagles Jackie and Shadow welcome new egg after ravens destroy first clutch
LOS ANGELES — An egg-citing plot twist has emerged in what’s already been an eventful nesting season for Big Bear’s celebrity bald eagle couple
Jackie laid an egg on Tuesday afternoon, offering new hope for babies ...Read more
H5N1 bird flu found in California elephant seals for the first time
The H5N1 bird flu virus that devastated South America’s elephant seal populations has been confirmed in seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, researchers from the University of California, Davis and the ...Read more
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke reveals his medical incident reason behind Crew-11 return
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke announced Wednesday that it was his medical incident aboard the International Space Station in January that prompted the agency to return the SpaceX Crew-11 mission to Earth early.
“On Jan. 7,...Read more
NASA begins Artemis II roll back to the garage to try and hit April launch window
NASA has at least another 8 miles of terrestrial travel to accomplish before it can take on a 600,000-mile trip to space.
With a problem in the Artemis II rocket’s upper stage that cannot be fixed at the launch pad, ...Read more
Hi-Yo, 'Silver Bullet'!
"AI Fires Silver Bullet for Creating New Life," read a recent newspaper headline. The story below it reported that molecular scientists are using AI to design new organisms that destroy lethal bacteria such as ...Read more
Gadgets: A truly wireless charger
There’s a funny thing about most wireless smartphone chargers: They need a wire. Often a cable connects the charging pad to its power source. Twelve South’s PowerBug 35-watt magnetic wireless charger is the first I�...Read more
Babies earn cash and geese sprout fingers in this bizarre mobile game
BERLIN — "Tingus Goose - Weird Idle Game," a mobile and desktop game getting rave reviews on Apple's App Store, delivers on its name with a surreal mix of idle and puzzle mechanics, from bouncing babies that generate ...Read more
Preview: With ‘Monster Hunter Stories 3,’ a spin-off spreads its wings
Slowly but surely, “Monster Hunter Stories” has established itself as more than just a spin-off of Capcom’s famed action role-playing game. It has gone from a small project on the Nintendo 3DS to an ambitious ...Read more
Jim Rossman: AirDrop is coming to Android phones
The cell phone world is divided into two camps – iPhone users and Android users.
Apple curates new features for iOS and Google develops for Android, and they likely don’t spend a ton of time worrying about how their...Read more
What Trump's new tariffs mean for climate tech
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s global tariffs is shaking up the climate tech trade.
The Feb. 20 ruling is good news for companies like Tesla Inc., which have seen ...Read more
Today's Word "onomastics"
onomastics \o-neh-MAES-tiks\ (noun) - 1 : The study of the formation and origins of (proper) names; 2 : the system that underlies the formation of names and specialized nomenclature (related terms).
"Aubrey looked into ...Read more
Footnotes
A, who knows only French, publishes an article in an English magazine. At the end of the article are the following 3 footnotes:
1. I thank my friend B for translating the above article into English so that it could be published in this magazine.
2. I thank my friend B for translating the above footnote.
3. I thank my friend B for translating the above footnote.
Why are there only 3 footnotes when logically, A will have to go on forever to ...
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This Day in History, February 25
On February 25th, 1933, the USS Ranger, the first custom-built aircraft carrier, was launched.
SpaceX knocks out launch as NASA delays Artemis rollback
The cold weather didn’t delay SpaceX’s plans to launch another Starlink mission Tuesday, but did delay NASA’s plans to roll back the Artemis II rocket from the launch pad.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 29 of its ...Read more
Massachusetts Blizzard of '26 cleanup efforts barrel ahead; Boston schools set to reopen
BOSTON — Students are set to return to class in Boston after an extended February school vacation, thanks to the Blizzard of ’26 that dumped 17 inches of snow in the city and canceled two days of class.
Mayor Michelle...Read more
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