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Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCreating the alphabet took thousands of years. kovalchuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus Curious Kids...
Meet the biology professor who named the surging ‘Kraken’ COVID variant. He has more to help make...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoEveryone knows the names of the major COVID variants Alpha, Delta, and Omicron. But last year, viral...
Nine down. 12 to go? What names remain on the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season?
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe formation and eventual arrival of Hurricane Idalia has put most of Florida on edge. And as...
Retired hurricane names. These will never, ever be used again. Is your name on the list?
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHaving your name associated with a tropical storm could be a compliment or a curse, especially if...
What do teens mean when they say ‘sigma’?
NBC Universal via AOL· 3 days agoWhat the sigma? Some know “sigma” as the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet but it’s also teen slang for a cool dude. According to Know Your Meme, sigma...
Rare Christian tattoo found on the foot of 1,300-year-old body in Sudan, experts say
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhile studying a medieval cemetery in Sudan, experts found several Christian symbols tattooed on the...
The 2023 Hurricane season is not over yet with Florida vulnerable to storms into November
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTropical Storm Sean sputtered to life early Wednesday in a watery no-man’s-land and on a harmless...
12 interesting things you probably didn't know about the 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' movies
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJohn Corbett and Nia Vardalos in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (2002).Playtone A third installment in...
There are several letters missing from lists of hurricane names. Why is that?
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe National Hurricane Center uses an alphabetical list of 21 names when it comes to tropical storms...
XBB, BQ.1.1, BA.2.75.2 - a variant swarm could fuel a winter surge
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor two years, coronavirus variants emerged, one by one, sweeping the globe. But this fall and...