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discovery

[dih-skuhv-uh-ree] / dɪˈskʌv ə ri /




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Advocacy group Women for Change said the discovery of these bodies was angering.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Critics of AI safety campaigners say those issuing dire warnings overstate the risks of novel technology and that the advances AI enable in workplace productivity, drug discovery and more outweigh the risks.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

While such treatments remain a future goal, the discovery provides direct evidence that the adult human heart has at least some natural capacity to rebuild muscle after an attack.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

AIs are already being used to answer decades-long unsolved complex mathematical problems, and have assisted scientists in speeding up scientific discovery and even designing new viruses.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

It made sense to many nineteenth-century Americans that their greatest inventor would be involved in this new discovery of spirit communications.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Rather than suggesting that physicists have lost their way, the findings point to areas where major discoveries may still be possible.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Among the discoveries was a typed schedule detailing Queen Elizabeth II's plans to host a diplomatic reception in her Silver Jubilee year of 1977.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

We can’t calculate the discoveries that never happened.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

In attack, Christos Tzolis' impact since arriving from Club Brugge in a deal worth about £35m means the Greece international has been heralded as one of the discoveries of the summer.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The story of Galileo’s discoveries is, it seems, straightforward.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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