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Accept our king, our god, or else: The senseless "requirement" Spanish colonizers used

Across the United States, the second Monday of October is increasingly becoming known as Indigenous Peoples Day. In the push to rename Columbus Day, Christopher Columbus himself has become a metaphor for the evils of early colonial empires, and right.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgOct 2nd, 2024

Peaches spread across North America through Indigenous networks, radiocarbon dating and document analysis show

Spanish explorers may have brought the first peach pits to North America, but Indigenous communities helped the ubiquitous summer fruit really take root, according to a study led by a researcher at Penn State......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 23rd, 2024

Ted Cruz wants to overhaul $42B broadband program, nix low-cost requirement

Cruz claims grant program is "boondoggle," urges Biden admin to halt activities. Emboldened by Donald Trump's election win, Republicans are seeking big changes to a $42.45 billion.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

DirecTV announces termination of deal to buy Dish satellite business

DirecTV says it's ending deal after Dish debt holders refused to accept loss. DirecTV is pulling out of an agreement to buy its satellite rival Dish after bondholders objected to.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

Get ready for AI-dubbed YouTube videos

YouTube is reportedly rolling out its AI auto-translation tool to content creators in nine different languages including, Spanish, French, German, and Japanese......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

King tides return to the San Diego coast

King tides will sweep across San Diego beaches this weekend and a few others over the next few months, sending powerful waves surging against seawalls and making for unusually low tides—prime opportunities to explore tide pools......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 18th, 2024

Worm species thought to have disappeared has been appearing in photos of pygmy seahorses all along

A small team of marine scientists from the University of the Ryukyus, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the Kuroshio Biological Research Foundation, has found that a worm species thought to be missing since 1957 has been appearin.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 17th, 2024

Kristi Noem, Trump’s Nominee for Leader of the Department of Homeland Security, Has Rejected Climate Science

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security and its disaster agency has said people aren’t driving temperature increases and declined to accept federal climate money for disaster preparedness as governo.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024

The best movies on Peacock right now (November 2024)

The best movies on Peacock include Twisters, Die Hard, Ted, King Kong, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and more......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 9th, 2024

Reeking mud sparks health fears in Spain flood epicenter

The sea of mud and stagnant water submerging Spanish towns more than 10 days after the country's worst floods in decades has sparked a sickening stench and health fears......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 9th, 2024

New giant particle collider "right option for science": Next CERN chief

The next head of Europe's CERN physics laboratory said Thursday that he favored moving forward with plans for a giant particle collider far more powerful than the collider that discovered the famous "God particle"......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 7th, 2024

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review: king of the hill

AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D claims the top gaming CPU slot, stealing it away from, well, AMD itself......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 6th, 2024

New policy aims to introduce bilingual education in South Africa

Language has always been used as a political football in South Africa. This can be traced back to the competing English and Dutch colonizers, from the 17th to the early 20th centuries, each group trying to assert linguistic as well as economic and so.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Boeing strike ends after workers vote to accept “life-changing” wage increase

Workers vow to restore Boeing's iconic legacy as costly strike ends. More than 33,000 Boeing workers reached a tentative agreement Monday night to end a weekslong strike that quic.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Spain"s King and Queen Comfort Neighbors in Flood-Hit Valencia

Spain"s King and Queen Comfort Neighbors in Flood-Hit Valencia.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Spain dreads more flood deaths as more rain expected

Spanish rescuers plunged into inundated garages to find bodies on Monday, a day after furious crowds heckled and hurled mud at the king and the prime minister following devastating floods......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

‘Little more than a shack in a God-forsaken place’: The world’s worst border crossings

‘Little more than a shack in a God-forsaken place’: The world’s worst border crossings.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

The new Mac mini will be Apple’s fastest desktop Mac, as shown by M4 Pro Geekbench scores

The new will be Apple’s fastest desktop Mac, ever, eclipsing the M2 Ultra performance of Mac Studio and Mac Pro. The base M4 Mac mini will be blazing fast too, but for single core and multi-core, the M4 Pro is the new desktop king (We expect the h.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

‘We did what God put us here to do.’ School resource officers describe response to deadly shooting

‘We did what God put us here to do.’ School resource officers describe response to deadly shooting.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Record-breaking Saharan dust events hit Spain between 2020 and 2022, study confirms

A study by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), an agency dependent on the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain, concludes that the most intense Saharan dust events ever recorded in the air quality monitoring networks of.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024

Tap to Pay on iPhone expands to more countries

This morning, Apple announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is rolling out to more markets, with five new countries across Europe. Tap to Pay on the iPhone is the feature where businesses can use an iPhone as a contactless terminal to accept payments......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024