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Although the findings are promising, more research is necessary before doctors can use these brain changes as a reliable diagnostic tool.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
"If successful, this will mark the first full recovery of an orbital launch system and a breakthrough moment in making Starship a reliable, rapidly reusable rocket," SpaceX said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman called one source of our misplaced confidence “belief in the law of small numbers”: We expect a handful of observations to give us a reliable picture of the whole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
At the same time, Casemiro's set-piece prowess provided United a reliable way to break the deadlock against deep defences - something they have struggled with this season.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Neither Picasso nor Apollinaire were reliable witnesses to their own lives.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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