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At the same time, Dean likes to roam through breezy soft rock, ghostly piano laments and bossa nova by way of Dionne Warwick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The project, released just before Coachella, blended a diverse range of rhythms such as pop, Brazilian funk, R&B and bossa nova -- a mix that, for Sonza, is the essence of Brazil.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
The observations instead point to multiple ways a nova can unfold, including several outflows and delayed release of the star's outer envelope, reshaping how scientists understand these explosive episodes.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Pair the bagels with hand sliced nova salmon, cream cheese, and a slice of tomato for a true feast.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
Nevertheless, the nova marks, quite precisely, the beginning of the Revolution, as the death of the archduke marks the beginning of the war.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The researchers estimate that the rate of ONe novae peaked around 8 billion years ago, meaning that phosphorus would have been readily available when the Solar System started to form around 4.6 billion years ago.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024
The theory suggests a type of stellar explosion known as ONe novae as a major source of phosphorus.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024
What if these novae were actually the remnants of technological civilizations like ours, which had in fact discovered the dreaded "detonator" referenced by Rutherford?
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023
"I was looking for a much more common type of outburst called novae."
From Scientific American ● May 3, 2023
The super-bright novae are called, logically enough, supernovae.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Infrared data can yield signals of colder material, in contrast to bright visible light signals that often come from novas and other powerful events.
From Scientific American ● May 3, 2023
Strongly influenced by the subtle bossa novas sung by João Gilberto, Ms. Costa began performing in her teens.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
There’s so much music in Berlin’s stories, from the “Cielito Lindo” guitar players of her youth to her own music: Buddy Holly, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, the bossa novas of Astrud Gilberto.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2018
The Brazilian duo Minas will perform jazz sambas and bossa novas.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2015
Arguments over the location of novas and comets in the heavens thus continued even after 1610, after which date the traditional Ptolemaic system was abandoned by all competent participants.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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