abilities

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The primary goals of the trip include testing the abilities of NASA's Orion spacecraft, as well as a rendezvous with lunar landers developed by the private space companies SpaceX and Blue Origin.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Even so, the study adds another remarkable skill to the growing list of abilities that make octopuses some of the most fascinating animals in the ocean.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

But Reilly, who calls himself a coward and claims to be no hero, regards his mutant abilities as “a part of me I wish never existed. With no power, there’s no responsibility.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Dementia describes symptoms that impact cognitive abilities, while Alzheimer’s disease is a specific and common type of dementia.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

The overall bluntness of much of my life, the enforced reality of it, kept me from completely believing in things like psychic abilities, especially those from animals or other possible fairy tales.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen