8/28/2020: Wildfires Hit California's Redwoods And Condors

Today's Article: Wildfires Hit California's Redwoods And Condors
From: NPR
Readability Score: 9.6

Raging fires threaten endangered California condors and 1000 year old Redwoods.

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Readability Score: 9.6

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3/23/2020: Coronavirus vs. Constitution: What can government stop you from doing in a pandemic? - In Earth's early history, a day was 23.5 hours and a year lasted 372 days

Today's Article: Coronavirus vs. Constitution: What can government stop you from doing in a pandemic?
From: Sacramento Bee
Readability Score: 11.7

Can the government stop you from assembling in public during a pandemic?

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Readability Score: 9.0

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1/2/2018: Gassy Cows Warm The Planet. Scientists Think They Know How To Squelch Those Belches - Four Ways A Bitcoin Bubble Plays Out

Today's Article: Gassy Cows Warm The Planet. Scientists Think They Know How To Squelch Those Belches
From: NPR
Readability Score: 10.5

Livestock account for 14.5 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, with over half of that coming from cattle. Scientists may have found a way to reduce that while still letting us eat our beef and dairy...

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Today's Alternate Article: Four Ways A Bitcoin Bubble Plays Out
Readability Score: 8.1

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2/24/2017: Cosmos Controversy: The Universe Is Expanding, but How Fast? - Fearing 'Feral Hog Apocalypse,' Texas Approves Drastic Measures

Today's Article: Cosmos Controversy: The Universe Is Expanding, but How Fast?
From: New York Times
Readability Score: 12.8

A small discrepancy in the value of a long-sought number has fostered a debate about just how well we know the cosmos.

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Today's Alternate Article: Fearing 'Feral Hog Apocalypse,' Texas Approves Drastic Measures
Readability Score: 9.1

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11/28/2016: Stephen Hawking Just Gave Humanity a Due Date for Finding Another Planet - Officers Buy Bike for Teen Who Walked Hours to Work

Today's Article: Stephen Hawking Just Gave Humanity a Due Date for Finding Another Planet
From: Washington Post
Readability Score: 13.6

We have 1,000 years.

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Readability Score: 7.7

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10/21/2016: Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal - Surprise! Aroldis Chapman Isn't as Unhittable as You Think

Today's Article: Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal
From: New York Times
Readability Score: 12.9

HFCs are just a small percentage of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, but they function as a sort of supercharged greenhouse gas, with 1,000 times the heat-trapping potency of carbon dioxide.

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Readability Score: 7.7

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