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curiosity

[kyoor-ee-os-i-tee] / ˌkyʊər iˈɒs ɪ ti /




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There’s Harley Russell, ribald proprietor and performer at the Sandhills Curiosity Shop in Erick, Okla. There’s Fran Houser, the late, widely beloved proprietor of the Midpoint Cafe in Adrian, Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified a wide range of organic molecules on Mars, including compounds that scientists consider key ingredients for the origin of life on Earth.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

"Curiosity got the better of me and I watched a tutorial… Not that I needed it at all at the time."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin rover, which has a much longer drill than Curiosity, will take the chemical to Mars.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

They were eventually used in naturalist Georgius Rumphius’s 1705 book, The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman




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