origin
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Togelius’s and Hassabis’s origin stories are relics of a bygone era where gaming was the money-making machine and AI was a quixotic science experiment.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Debates about the underlying evolutionary mechanisms followed, even at the molecular level, but these discussions raced ahead without anchoring the origin of osteoderms in a clear evolutionary timeline leading to today’s reptiles.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
His marriage certificate from 1629—issued by the Oude Kerk, or Old Church, of Amsterdam—records his age that year as 22 and place of origin as Cartagena.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Epidemiological investigations are under way to establish the origin of the outbreak.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
One option—the one most frequently adopted—was to continue to use the terms of Latin origin: ‘natural philosophy’ and ‘natural philosopher’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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