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culture

[kuhl-cher] / ˈkʌl tΚƒΙ™r /




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The BBC previously heard from under-30s that were opting out of drinking culture and getting their "social fix" from the gym.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“We’re almost like a loose confederation of small specialty stores, and I think that creates such a rich culture for us,” Mahady said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

His proposed solution is “radical transparency” — a familiar Silicon Valley mantra with an ironic resonance given Theranos’ notorious culture of secrecy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

There’s also a propensity in our culture to believe in some superhuman aspect of genius, which I think your documentary gets at very well.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

He visited Bobby in the jail and gave him a copy of The Apostle of Common Sense, a book about the writer G. K. Chesterton, which covered various matters of religion and culture.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

But the diversity of cultures in the United States means there is no standard rule when it comes to birthday dinners, which is perhaps why the debate continues online.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

To investigate the receptor, the researchers used live cultures of human brain cells along with slices of brain tissue collected during neurosurgery.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

We learned how to be curious about the world from an early age and the importance of knowledge of other cultures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

I’ve always found this is one element that has connected me with many different cultures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Luckily, the ubiquitous nature of music and arts as an expressive form found in all cultures, allows for extensive exchanges of ideas from all corners of the globe.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

These included organoids, which are miniature tumor models grown from patient tissue, as well as human cancer cells cultured in laboratory dishes and implanted into mice.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

"We found stark separation between the glycoconjugates of cells cultured in conventional medium versus those cultured in a medium that better reflects the nutrient composition of the human body," said Tharp.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Pearl diving has all but disappeared, particularly after the mass production of cultured pearls on farms after World War I. In Gulf countries, the extinction of this profession converges with a familiar story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Driving the interest are several fast-proliferating chains that offer probiotic-rich yogurts made with cultured milks that contain healthy bacteria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Bayona had had the girl’s sputum cultured and sent everything to the Massachusetts State Lab, quietly bypassing the Peruvian national lab in order to protect his friend from scrutiny.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

There, he spent his days culturing cells and running experiments in a Minneapolis Veterans Affairs laboratory until 2016, when he left GeneSegues but stayed in Minnesota.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

"Everything you'd need to start exploring fungi and computing could be as small as a compost heap and some homemade electronics, or as big as a culturing factory with pre-made templates," said LaRocco.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2025

Culturing skin microbiota in the lab setting can be challenging due to several reasons such as difficulty in replicating the unique environment of skin and the lack of effective culturing methods.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

Suspended in water, the legs of the new robot are made of 3D-printed elements, flexible rubber, and skeletal muscle tissue grown by culturing rat cells in a lab.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 26, 2024

As Gey flew from one lab to another, demonstrating his culturing techniques and helping to set up new laboratories, he always flew with tubes of Henrietta’s cells in his breast pocket.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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