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"Once the termites reach a certain stage, they have to molt. They cannot avoid that," said Dong-Hwan Choe, UCR entomology professor and senior paper author.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Venice resident Dennis Hathaway, author of “An Octogenarian’s Journal,” said he thinks “these kinds of debates are pretty non-edifying.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

It was "absolutely groundbreaking for the time", according to Dr Jean-Baptiste Gouyon, author of BBC Wildlife Documentaries in the Age of Attenborough.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The author poignantly describes Hepburn’s disappointment with a failed reconciliation with the father who deserted her when she was 6 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

When the insertions arrived in Florence, the covering letter from Riccardi included the sentence, ‘the author may alter or embellish the wording, so long as the substance is preserved’.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin