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The lushly poetic text by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba happens to have been written by the grandfather of one of Dudamel’s closest collaborators, film and theater director Alberto Alvero, who directed the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

To compete with the upstarts, DraftKings and its closest competitor, Flutter-owned FanDuel, each launched their own prediction markets—no small undertaking.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

For evolutionary science, they show why we must check our closest relatives before assuming a specific, or unique, cultural explanation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

SpaceX on Monday offered the closest look yet into its plans to eventually operate data centers in space, a technology it’s billed as central to its future.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

“He’s too little to eat yet, so we need to feed him formula. They don’t make skunk formula, so we use puppy formula. It’s the closest thing to mother-skunk milk.”

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold