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Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 3 days agoSuch a stupid dream — as if I’d prioritize my Instagram feed over a total solar eclipse, but my subconscious was clearly trying to tell me something. Several ...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 2 days agoOn Friday, Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years. Intense solar activity sent bursts of radiation toward Earth, causing fluctuations in the upper atmosphere ...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 4 days agoThe Sun is a hot mess right now. Sunspot R3664 now stretches across nearly 124,300 miles (200,000 kilometers), almost as big as the sunspot that appeared on the Sun’s surface during the Carrington ...
Senate president takes job with solar energy company
Maryland Matters via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSenate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) has just taken a job as general counsel and senior vice president with a renewable energy company. The...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 3 days agoThe idea that air frying is a new cooking technique is a myth. Your air fryer is just a little convection oven with a fan system that really blows. In Oregon, however, one tanker crash spilled ...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 4 days agoWhen gazing at this spectacle through clear skies, the Sun’s aurora, or atmosphere, becomes visible, the sky darkens to such a degree that stars are visible, and it gets discernibly colder.
How Boston's Eliot School desegregated — and resegregated
WBUR Boston· 3 days agoBy many measures, the Eliot K-8 Innovation School is a notable bright spot for Boston Public...
How to stare at the Sun, through art
The Economist· 2 days agoCHILDREN—and eclipse-watchers—are warned not to stare directly at the Sun. Ignore that advice and the result may be burnt retinas and partial blindness....
What the Tech: Still more gadget gift ideas for Father's Day - WAKA 8
WAKA Action 8· 7 days agoMany of them are really cool, but only a few are worthy of being the perfect Father’s Day gift. Dads...
Al Roker reflects on celebrating Father’s Day after the loss of dog Pepper
AOL· 5 days agoTODAY's Al Roker is mourning the death of his beloved family dog, Pepper, who died June 10. “She brought so much to our lives," Al said on the 3rd hour of TODAY on June 12. On Father's Day, ...
