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The study builds on earlier research from the same team that developed a technique for selectively concentrating whey proteins.

From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026

When a US judge found fabricated quotes in a lawyer's brief earlier this year, the attorney admitted he had used Claude, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to write the document.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

Axios earlier reported that Anthropic staff went to Washington for the talks with the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Raducanu played two singles matches on Saturday because of rain disruption earlier in the week and slipped on the baseline during her quarter-final win over Kamilla Rakhimova.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

I thought about the ladies featured in magazines wearing sequined dresses and feather boas, the yellow Packard on the movie set earlier today, the patterned velvet and scrolled-arm furniture in the department store windows.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu