colonies

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"Now we have a facility with established aged mouse colonies, which lowers the cost and time barriers to aging research," he said.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Because his bee boxes — the structures used to house his colonies — all burned, Teller’s costs will go up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The decrees, the first of which were written under Louis XIV, ruled over the lives of enslaved people in the colonies.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Article 91 of the new constitution read: “The regime of the French colonies is determined by special laws.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

European immigrants were also deemed poor candidates for slavery, not because of their race, but rather because they were in short supply and enslavement would, quite naturally, interfere with voluntary immigration to the new colonies.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander