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Geiser said that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Academic studies, including randomized controlled trials, have found that microfinance doesn’t improve the economic conditions of most borrowers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

For the current study, researchers worked in a controlled laboratory setting using only a few grams of material and captured roughly 50 grams of CO2.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

"In this mission it would have likely been controlled remotely by a person with a joystick to make sure they got to the exact location of the crew," Clark said.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

She told me that we can’t afford to be controlled by our feelings—that we needed to be cool, calm, and collected.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer