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scientist

[sahy-uhn-tist] / ˈsaɪ ən tɪst /


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The most authoritative, skeptical account of the subject is the 1996 book Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War by University of Chicago political scientist Robert Pape.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

But Rahul Verma, a political scientist at the Centre for Policy Research, cautions against reading too much into a single parliamentary debate.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

WASHINGTON—Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government scientist who became the face of the U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic, repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment on Wednesday amid questioning on Capitol Hill.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

“AIs are getting much more capable very rapidly,” said Ryan Greenblatt, chief scientist at Redwood Research, a nonprofit that works on AI safety and security research.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

But Jake had promised Mr. Farooqi that he wouldn’t reveal anything about the IK breakthrough until the scientist was confident he could re-create what he’d done with that first batch of jelly beans.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Many scientists now see dog aging as something they can detect earlier—and make interventions to slow—rather than as a fixed inevitability.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The discovery gives scientists a clearer picture of how complex features can repeatedly emerge in unrelated populations or in different branches of the same evolutionary family.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Already harsh, this current drought was made even more severe by human-caused climate change, according to a report published last week by the World Weather Attribution group of scientists.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

His accusers base this idea on questions raised by the first scientists who examined the virus in early 2021, literally days and weeks after it appeared and it was a pathogen new to everybody.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

The scientists relied on active research and the best scientifically based assumptions they could make.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh




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