life

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One influential idea is that natural selection becomes weaker later in life, allowing harmful biological processes to emerge with age because they have less impact on reproduction and survival earlier in life.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Kurtz said the evacuations were a precautionary measure, “so if anything bad were to happen, we’re dealing with property damage and not life safety.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Leo Tolstoy wrote that there is no happiness in life — only its glimmers.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The mission of SpaceX is to “make life multiplanetary, to understand the true nature of the universe and to extend the light of consciousness to the stars.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

One, the observable, external life, grew every day more horrible.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom