fatal
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Understanding those processes could help researchers explain why certain hearts are more vulnerable to suddenly developing fatal electrical disturbances.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
Now, researchers at UC Berkeley have identified a previously overlooked warning signal in routine heart scans that could make it easier to recognize people at risk before a fatal event occurs.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
Although the teenager survived, what happened on Zugspitze on Sunday is reminiscent of a fatal incident on Austria's highest peak, the Grossglockner, in January 2025.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Also, how any sign of weakness could be fatal for France—at least the France as he envisions it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The theory was so seductive—so artfully vivid—that even the invention of the microscope was unable to deal the expected fatal blow to the homunculus.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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