genesis

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What was the genesis of this show, anyway?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

James Whale’s 1935 freakquel, “Bride of Frankenstein,” imagined the companion briefly alive, sporting a white-streaked, electric-shocked bouffant before being killed by the Monster moments after her genesis.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Sustaining the momentum for disarmament, Reykjavik was the genesis of several crucial treaties that did indeed reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

What was the genesis of this year’s campaign?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

Ironically, even though embryology had launched the discipline of modern genetics, the reconciliation between genes and genesis would be a vastly more engaging scientific problem.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee