adaptation
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Potential scientific breakthroughs could be stymied: in medicine, agriculture and even climate change adaptation.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Greta Lee and Edmund Donovan star alongside the actor in this adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s novella about a group of intellectuals fascinated with a once-celebrated writer who now works at a post office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Her novel “Blonde” also stripped the agency from love goddess Marilyn Monroe and its own 2022 movie adaptation launched a thousand hot takes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Her star turn as Glinda in the film adaptation of "Wicked" earned her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
It was a hoary restatement of Lamarck’s idea—of adaptation morphing directly into hereditary change—decades after geneticists had pointed out the conceptual errors of Lamarckism.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Instead, the evidence points to an animal with a distinctive combination of sensory adaptations that developed over millions of years on an isolated island.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Although MCU works are usually not direct adaptations, Spider-Man was involved in both comic crossovers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The news about Games Workshop's screen adaptations came in its annual financial report, external, where it announced record-high results.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
He walks over to the cat and picks him up, and in previous adaptations of this story, this might signal that a disturbing act of animal cruelty is about to happen.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Nomadism, the hunter-gatherer lifestyle, and minimal investment in shelter and possessions were sensible adaptations to Australia’s ENSO-driven resource unpredictability.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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