phenomenon

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The Amazon MGM film stars Ryan Gosling as a teacher-turned-astronaut who awakes on a spaceship with a mission to save Earth from a sun-dimming phenomenon.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

None of these summer-style temperatures in early spring bodes well for the actual summer ahead, in which a “Super El Niño” is predicted to unleash itself, a weather phenomenon some are calling “Godzilla El Niño.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The team turned to the Talbot effect, a classical optics phenomenon first described in 1836 by Henry Fox Talbot.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Some are mentally soothed by repeating specific words or phrases, a phenomenon known as echolalia, which can be misinterpreted by someone unfamiliar with the trait as mocking or uncooperative.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

They’ll think it’s a little too coincidental that this would be a naturally occurring phenomenon, even though it was my own family legends that brought me to this work.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste