The Thursday, October 8, 2026 Edition
Iran Strike Plans, Hurricane Isaias, and a 194-Year-Old Tortoise
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The number of decimal places to which a new atomic clock built by physicists in Singapore can measure time — the most accurate ever designed. It could run for hundreds of billions of years without losing a second, more than 20 times the current age of the universe.
Source: Fast Company
Today: The Guardians face the White Sox in ALDS Game 4 after Cleveland extended the series, with a spot in the ALCS still at stake.
Monday, Oct. 12: U.S. bond markets close for Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day, the federal holiday.
- 1871The Great Chicago Fire begins, destroying much of the city over two days
- 1945Percy Spencer files the patent for the microwave oven
- 1956Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in World Series history
- 1967Che Guevara is captured by Bolivian forces, a day before his execution
How a trillion-dollar hedge fund borrowing spree became Wall Street's cash cow
How a trillion-dollar hedge fund borrowing spree became Wall Street's most lucrative cash cow. (Read, paywall)
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He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case.
Why a confessed murder from the Afghanistan war led nowhere — the U.S. military promptly closed the case. (Read)
The Intercept · Nick Turse
The ghetto on the lagoon
How a Venetian island in 1516 became the world's first ghetto — the making of a word and a place. (Read)
Aeon · Alexander Lee
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