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A proposed data centre spanning 101 acres would have a "heartbreaking" effect on the landscape and wildlife, campaigners have warned.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Archaeological remains are often dated using radiocarbon techniques that can produce time windows spanning many decades or even more than a century.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Through works spanning two centuries and more than 60 tribes and nations, the exhibition shows how these often marginalized groups represented, celebrated and advocated for themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Sally Field has won the Emmy for lead actress in a limited series or movie for Netflix’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” the latest addition to her gallery of awards spanning her multi-decade career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Labor on the dam—which satellite photographs show to be a substantial concrete structure spanning a wide river, with turbines and spillways hugging the northern bank—went on around the clock.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
