classification

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Using a new classification approach, a study determined that artifacts from more than 12,000 years ago were actually dice used by North American hunter-gatherers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Critics have also voiced concern about the classification of African enslavement as "the gravest crime against humanity".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Using these patterns, researchers created a classification system that detected early liver disease, advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis with high sensitivity.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

Defense Department’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract vehicle reflects a shift toward acquiring commercial cloud services across classification levels.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

I believe, on hunch, that an inventory of our major disease problems based on this sort of classification would show a limited number of important questions for which the predictable answers carry certainty.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas