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scientist

[sahy-uhn-tist] / ˈsaɪ ən tɪst /


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“There’s a lot of unknowns,” said Sasha Travaglio, a spokesperson for the Santa Rosa Island fire Burned Area Emergency Response team, which includes a hydrologist, a soil scientist, an archaeologist, a paleontologist and a botanist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

That makes sense, given that the stock market largely values companies by future potential, says Kelly Tang, Bendable’s chief data scientist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

A team led by Los Alamos scientist Roxana Bujack used geometry to build a mathematical definition of color perception based on hue, saturation, and lightness.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

On a day that Nandini Harinath describes as the most important of her life, the Indian space scientist turned up to the office in a vibrant red and blue silk sari.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

A young physicist named Edward Teller sat on a train with a fellow scientist, Otto Frisch.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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