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The connectome may also reveal basic principles that apply to nervous systems across species, including humans.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

“I think folks are catching on that it is time to go back to diversification and basic principles of investing,” he says.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

"The immediate first aid they did as well as all the other locals who administered first aid applying basic principles absolutely saved me", he said.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“His actions in this case ... show an abandonment of some of the most basic principles of fairness.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

The basic principles involved had been described by Euclid and were well understood in the Middle Ages.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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