modern
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Multitasking is a reality of modern life, yet scientists have long debated what is actually happening inside our brains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
At Santa Croce, the world's largest Franciscan church, Giotto's frescoes bear witness to his innovations, including modern spatial techniques such as foreshortening and human figures imparted with a fleshy weightiness.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
For all the injuries plaguing baseball’s modern era, players are also recovering from them better, and more consistently, than ever, according to Dodgers head physician Neal ElAttrache.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
That connection exists despite the likelihood that Neanderthals differed substantially from modern humans in many aspects of cognition.
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
In the mid-1960s, he turned his attention to writing books and achieved tremendous success with his creation of one of the most beloved characters in modern adventure fiction.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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