survival

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A 38-year-old man from Tehran said he has built up a survival kit of canned goods, water, power banks and rechargeable emergency lights just in case.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

The four astronauts will also spend some time testing their "Orion crew survival system" spacesuits.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Conor: It surely has to be Premier League survival.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Consequently, we need to think of science as being the result of an evolutionary process where good science has had, over the last five centuries, a better prospect of survival than bad science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton