colonization

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"We saw up to 100-fold differences in the amount of cholera colonization as a function of diet alone," Hsiao said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

While NASA’s goal is to establish more of an outpost dedicated to expanding the reach of the U.S., others are planning something straight out of the works of Andy Weir or Robert Heinlein: colonization.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Geronimo’s people, who refused to submit to colonization, fought these wars on two fronts: against the U.S. in the north and Mexico in the south.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Portuguese colonization beginning in 1500, the forced migration of roughly 4 million enslaved Africans, and later waves of European and Japanese immigration produced what the authors describe as the richest genetic diversity in the world.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

Thus, early Australians and New Guineans were probably capable of intentionally traveling over water to visible islands, and were using watercraft sufficiently often that the colonization of even invisible distant islands was repeatedly achieved unintentionally.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond