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Thu. 06/09 - Heat Waves May Get Names, Like Hurricanes


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Heat waves in the future could come with their own names, and we might be able to keep safe from them thanks to advances in smart window technology. Plus, Europe’s largest ever land dinosaur has just been discovered. And why Wendy’s is temporarily retiring their vanilla Frosty’s.

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Heat waves could soon have names (Axios)
  • How smart windows save energy (Knowable)
  • Europe's 'largest ever' land dinosaur found on Isle of Wight (BBC)
  • Bones found on Isle of Wight may be from Europe's biggest predator dinosaur (The Guardian)
  • Why the World's Biggest Dinosaurs Keep Getting Cut Down to Size (Scientific American)
  • Archaeologists May Have Found The Remains of Europe's Largest Ever Land Predator (ScienceAlert)
  • The T. Rex Still Rules Over the Rest (The Ringer)
  • Wendy’s Is Replacing Vanilla Frosties With Strawberry Ones This Summer (Mental Floss)
  • Wendy's Adds Strawberry Frosty to the Menu, Kills Off the Vanilla Frosty (Thrillist)
  • Wendy's is finally selling this 'highly anticipated' Frosty flavor (CNN Business)
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