observations

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For more than a century, neuroscientists have studied the human brain much as early cartographers mapped unknown lands: piecing together a vast landscape from scattered observations.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2026

If Dyson swarms do exist somewhere in the Milky Way, future infrared observations may finally reveal where they have been hiding.

From Science Daily • Jul. 10, 2026

Operating above Earth's atmosphere, Euclid avoids the infrared glow that limits ground based observations while surveying enormous portions of the sky at remarkable depth.

From Science Daily • Jul. 9, 2026

The book offers something many others can’t, which is scholarly analysis alongside the astute observations of a practitioner who has lived and worked with the people he’s discussing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

She was obliged to break off from these very pleasant observations, which were otherwise of a sort to run into great length, by the eagerness of Harriet’s wondering questions.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen