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The findings suggest that libraries and archives may hold far more information about historical diseases than previously recognized.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Secret police employed a total of 150,000 informants during these four decades, according to estimates from the state security archives, but records survive for only around a third of them.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Mesmerized by the institution, the woman instead plunges into its archives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Following the singer's death, research by staff at Conwy council's archives suggested Parton's ancestors were from Machynlleth, in Powys, not Conwy as previously thought.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
It encompassed not only the vast archives, but the university, too, together with laboratories and glasshouses, medical theaters and music rooms, and even a celestial observatory.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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