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Everyday golfers are usually thrilled—and surprised—if they are able to escape a bunker in one shot, let alone get the ball close enough to the hole for a one-putt to save par.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The Cy Young is obviously based on the player’s pitching statistics, which would have to be so superior to then be awarded the MVP over another player’s hitting performance alone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

When we trust systems we can’t see into, we lose the capacity to recognize—let alone resist—how they’ve been built to shape our behavior.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

The findings challenge the traditional neuron-focused view of fear, showing that neurons do not act alone in generating fear memories.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

“We are alone here. We only came yesterday, from Dresden. We escaped from the city.”

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo