Sensors detect California cliff collapses hours to days before failure, report says

Following a four-year study, scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography released a new report to determine whether an early warning system could detect a landslide before it happens. The “California Coastal Landslide Early Warning Research” report found that a network of in-ground sensors can provide a reliable warning of impending…Continue Reading

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The Smithsonian Institution has responded to the White House’s  162-page document released over the July Fourth holiday weekend criticizing the group and the National Museum of American History for “extreme political activism.”  In a letter obtained by The Washington Post, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch wrote to staff members thatContinue Reading

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The Associated Press spoke to filmmaker Christopher Nolan, and his cast, about the epic undertaking of adapting “The Odyssey” for the big screen. The cast interviews include Matt Damon (Odysseus), Anne Hathaway (Penelope), Tom Holland (Telemachus), Zendaya (Athena), John Leguizamo (Eumaeus), Lupita Nyong’o (Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra) and HimeshContinue Reading

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Residents of Houston’s Magnolia Park left flowers and candles at the spot where construction worker Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE officer, as neighbors said there was ‘no justice’ and called for answers over his killing. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #Houston #LorenzaSalgadoAraujo #ICEShooting #MagnoliaPark #HoustonEastEnd #ICE #Immigration #ImmigrationEnforcementContinue Reading