survival

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Her children are creepily strange and familiar at once, body-snatchers whose survival skills far outpace her own.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Researchers believe the exaggerated length of the male palps may serve a crucial survival function.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Its founder Ella Rauen-Prestes said after years of steady growth, the focus right now was "simply survival".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

On the schedule for day five, according to NASA, is testing of the astronauts' "survival" suits.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Since survival was a practical matter, some of the rules of segregation that were strictly enforced in other locations didn’t exist to the same extent in Oakhurst.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson