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"One of the worm's bacterial symbionts stores enormous amounts of carbon as PHA," says corresponding author Nicole Dubilier, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
The author of the BCA note, Doug Peta, said that in the early 1980s, the value of equity portfolios and mutual fund holdings was far less than half of households’ disposable income.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
"This was the real surprise," says first author Caroline Zeidler from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Mr. Roth is the president of Wesleyan University and the author of “Memory, Trauma, and History: Essays on Living With the Past” and, most recently, “The Student: A Short History.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“You’re saying that our grandmother was a famous author? Or she would have been, except this Madeline woman plagiarized her story?”
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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All of the study authors are affiliated with either the Glenn Biggs Institute or The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The authors report that it didn’t work: “Checklists and templates are tempting, but they often result in employees ‘turning off their brains,’ going through the motions instead of thoughtful application.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The 10-day event, which will take place from 9 to 18 October, will see more than 500 authors, journalists and celebrities appear at stages, halls and tents spread out across the market town.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
This failure, the authors explain, was driven by a violation of incentive alignment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Nineteenth-century authors tended to interpret history as a progression from savagery to civilization.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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When questioned about the Wells Fargo case, the department’s internal memo says, Barragan denied that he authored a supervisory inquiry and request for a criminal investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Nearly four decades since he co-founded the biotech Regeneron, Yancopoulos has more than 1,000 patents worldwide, including 77 granted in the U.S., and has authored more than 500 scientific papers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The blueprint has been authored, external by the Re:State think tank which Burnham was involved with until he stepped down as mayor of Greater Manchester.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
But in fact, they were authored by the same man, Chief Justice John Roberts, and released at the exact same time.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
By the time I retired in 1986, after thirty-three years at Langley, I had authored or coauthored twenty-six research reports and tutored countless students.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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The artists credited with creating Franklin and authoring his books did not respond to requests from the BBC for comment.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
He led the major leagues in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage in 2025, all while authoring his fourth 50-homer campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
For the next couple of months, Ben Mathis-Lilley will be authoring the newsletter, and he loves receiving unconstructive criticism in the form of email.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2025
When it came to authoring his memoirs, Wolf turned to none other than Bruce Springsteen, the author of the bestselling "Born to Run" autobiography, for advice.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2025
To be sure, men and women have long been authoring their own content, beginning with drawings on cave walls up through Gutenberg and the typewriter.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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