discovery
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Seven years on, Miriam has become more insistent in her denial that what happened to Oscar may never be known, despite the ominous discovery of his wallet in a public bathroom toilet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Lorena Lopez, an assistant extension professor in NC State's Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and a co-author of the study, explained that the discovery brings both encouraging and troubling news.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
If a discovery is made that makes even some “impossible” math problems solvable with today’s computers, our digital locks could weaken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The discovery not only resolves a problem that challenged chemists for more than six decades but also demonstrates how unexpected chemical reactions can reveal possibilities that researchers once considered beyond reach.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
In the history of culture the discovery of zero will always stand out as one of the greatest single achievements of the human race.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Both discoveries are remarkable because astronomers made them using only a small amount of the data Rubin is expected to collect over its lifetime.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Lindell objects in particular to claims that postquantum cryptographic algorithms, which are gradually being implemented, might be vulnerable enough to AI’s mathematical discoveries to force us to rethink the safeguards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
You came to Salon for the journalism, the dialogue, the essays, the criticism, the unexpected discoveries and the sense that there was a place on the internet where ideas mattered.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
This could counteract the gradual loss of altitude that threatens the telescope's future and potentially allow it to continue making scientific discoveries for additional years.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
The really remarkable cases are those of prospective discovery, since they straightforwardly refute the claim that all discoveries are necessarily retrospective constructions.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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