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A native of Germany, Aschenbrenner graduated from Columbia University as the 2021 class valedictorian and briefly worked as a researcher at OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Five astronauts had briefly entered the docked Dragon spacecraft as a precautionary measure -- the capsule functions as a lifeboat of sorts in the case an evacuation is needed.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Many of her seizures are absence seizures, where people briefly lose awareness of what's going on around them.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The findings challenge the long-standing belief that prehistoric communities only passed briefly through high-altitude environments.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

She briefly contemplated jumping in the Boggy Crone River, before remembering it was frozen.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega