experiment
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In late June, detectives carried out an investigative experiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Let’s jump down this legal escape hatch via a recent experiment conducted at Harvard Business School.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
The primary objective of the experiment was to establish that an exceptionally thin layer of engineered muscle tissue could generate enough force for swimming.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
One cyber security researcher told me he'd been up all night trying to do it as an experiment, but it was proving very difficult.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
C.C. was still trying to figure out a proper experiment to examine it.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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Laboratory experiments with liver cells isolated from mice showed that pyruvate and fructose worked together to increase fat storage in those cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Once undocked, the Orion crew will spend the rest of their mission carrying out additional tests of their capsule and carrying out science experiments, before returning home.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Further experiments helped the researchers identify a possible biological explanation for the increased liver fat.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Because the effects differed so greatly from what earlier experiments had suggested was possible, the researchers needed extensive additional testing to confirm their observations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
But this was the first time he had published the results of a series of experiments.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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And McDonald’s has experimented with this vision before.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
The team also experimented with a simpler approach that involved burning birch bark near a solid surface, such as a stone.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Ms. Browne recounts how Darwin experimented with “cascades of ideas” and “oscillated between recording things he had read or heard and tackling on his own the deepest themes of metaphysics.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
This focused exhibition brings together a selection of Jack Whitten’s work from the 1980s, a particularly energized period in his 60-year career when he experimented with form, material and meaning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
High-ranking clergymen experimented with the dangerous ideas of the void and the infinite, even though the ideas struck at the core of the ancient Greek philosophy that the church cherished so much.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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I went into the recipe expecting exactly that, was delighted to find it delivered and started experimenting with the same trick in soups of my own.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
He picked up his father’s old guitar and began learning to play, experimenting with the strings and teaching himself along the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The lawsuit carries constitutional implications for other places around the U.S. experimenting with second-home taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Researchers can refine scanning methods and computer algorithms on expendable models rather than experimenting directly on irreplaceable ancient artifacts.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Try experimenting with the Dorian D-to-D scale or Mixolydian G-to-G scale.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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