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"Today, I want to make a simple argument: if you build it, you are responsible for its risks."
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The changing climate and the continued destruction of our nature prevent that being a simple equation to calculate.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Scientists accomplished a similar feat decades ago in a tiny roundworm, but that animal has a relatively simple body with far fewer cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Before your next checkup, ask yourself a simple question: If the risk of cancer, heart disease or another debilitating disease became real for me tomorrow, what would I wish I had done today?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
I thought back a year ago, to our last Christmas with Togbe—the faces around the table, the meal we’d shared, their joy at my simple gifts—and the breath caught in my throat.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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“December’s strategy and outlook update is an opportunity to set out the next phase of delivering a simpler, stronger and more valuable BP,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
"By creating a device that can be injected rather than surgically implanted, we are making these therapies simpler, safer, and more accessible, while still maintaining precise control over nerve activity."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
When Madison’s Frances goes on a blind date, her online match says he appreciates that the internet makes it simpler for singles to pair up “within their own vector.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"The proposed changes will not be easy, but they are an important part of building a stronger, simpler and future-ready Royal Mail for our customers and colleagues."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Digby was advocating a much simpler chemical powder which could be dissolved in water and easily carried with one into battle.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Sir Ken said AI poses unknown threats, telling Thames House: "Put at its simplest, human history has given us no experience of facing an actor which is smarter than we are".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
In the simplest of terms, the auction passed that test.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Basic hypocrisy is the simplest answer; it comes as easily to some of us as breathing.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
The simplest assumption is that beyond our cosmic horizon, there is simply more universe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Again, the Chathams and the atolls had the simplest, most egalitarian societies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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