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Missing Word 52

Newest Brain Teasers - Wed, 20/03/2024 - 08:00
A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out?

T _ _ _
C _ _ _ TEL
_ _ _ H
W _ _ _


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Missing Word 51

Newest Brain Teasers - Wed, 20/03/2024 - 08:00
A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out?

AL _ _ _
_ _ _ P
SE _ _ _
_ _ _ BLE


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Anagram Grid 4

Newest Brain Teasers - Wed, 20/03/2024 - 08:00
Your challenge is to arrange anagrams of the following four words:
PANE, SEAR, TAME, and SIMA,
but not necessarily in this order, horizontally (i.e. in rows) such that these anagrams form a 4x4 word grid, with the anagrams of the above words going across horizontally, and four words going down vertically.

Don't let your brain get gridlocked!


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Chain of Missing Links

Newest Brain Teasers - Wed, 20/03/2024 - 08:00
For each of the following, find the "missing link" word related to the pair of words given. Each missing link word can be added after the first word of the pair, and inserted before the second word of the pair to form two two-word terms.

Example: hidden, chest Answer: treasure (hidden treasure, treasure chest)

Additionally, the "missing link" (answer) word of a given word pair combines with the "missing link" (answer) word of the subsequent word pair forming another two-word term, such that they form a continuous "chain" of word pairs from clue 1) through clue 6). As required, use this as an extra clue to find the next missing link word.


1) baseball, ring
2) wedding, edition
3) birthday, card
4) dark, race
5) house, fishing
6) disco, game


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Strategic Blunder

Newest Brain Teasers - Wed, 20/03/2024 - 08:00
What idiom is represented by the following?

Combust:
1. London, Brooklyn, Golden Gate


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Daily Brain Teaser for Mar 20, 2024

Daily Brain Teaser - Wed, 20/03/2024 - 02:00
Alphabetical Conundrums

Why is K like a sunrise?
Why is L like a warm furnace?
Why is M a favorite with miners?
Why is N like a pig?
Why is O the only of five vowels that you can hear?


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DeepMind and Liverpool FC develop AI to advise on football tactics

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 19/03/2024 - 18:00
An AI model trained on data from Premier League matches can help football coaches devise tactics for attacking or defending corner kicks
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Nvidia's Blackwell AI 'superchip' is the most powerful yet

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 19/03/2024 - 11:59
A computer chip featuring over 400 billion transistors can train artificial intelligence models faster and using less energy, says Nvidia - but it is yet to reveal the price tag
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Titan’s sand dunes may be made of smashed up small moons

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 18/03/2024 - 13:00
The sand dunes that splay across the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan may be made of the ground-up remains of ancient irregular moons, rather than atmospheric particles
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Miniature furniture 3D printed using ink made from recycled wood

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 15/03/2024 - 20:00
Waste wood can be reconstituted into a form that can be 3D printed and used to produce furniture or other objects
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The strange phenomena visible during April's total solar eclipse

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 15/03/2024 - 17:00
A total solar eclipse is an incredible experience, explains Patricia Reiff at Rice University in Texas. Here are some of the strange phenomena visible during April's event
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Perfectly straight ridges may cover the poles of Saturn’s moon Titan

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 15/03/2024 - 17:00
Saturn’s moon Titan may have hundreds of strange ridges called yardangs that could teach us how the icy moon’s geology and conditions vary across its surface
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Starship launch: Third flight reaches space but is lost on re-entry

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 14/03/2024 - 16:55
The world’s most powerful rocket, Starship, launched from Texas and reached an altitude of more than 230 kilometres, travelling further and faster than it has done before. But it seems to have been destroyed on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere
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What Does HDMI Stand for? Here's How HDMI Works

howstuffworks - Thu, 14/03/2024 - 16:40
HDMI is more than a port on the back of a TV (and the often expensive cable that fits inside). It's a set of rules for allowing high-definition electronic devices to communicate.

Starship launch 3: What time is the SpaceX flight today?

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 14/03/2024 - 12:14
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for the third launch of its massive Starship rocket, following two failed missions, with coverage beginning at about 13.25 GMT. What will the company be hoping for and what can we expect?
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