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As traditional electronics begin to reach their limits, photonics offers an alternative by using light instead of electrons to carry information.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

I figured Auriemma would clean up the mess in his postgame press conference, but instead he calmly leaned in to it, offering the pregame handshake delay as his explanation-slash-justification.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

With Iran’s air defenses largely degraded, they can instead rely on weapons such as laser-guided bombs, helping ease pressure on stockpiles.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

While we wanted to embed the game on Slate for you to play, but Greg told us no because of security concerns—you can play it here instead.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2026

She says we’ll jump right into getting to know each other, but since this is a writing class, we’ll write our introductions instead of saying them.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison