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curiosity

[kyoor-ee-os-i-tee] / ˌkjʊər iˈɒs ɪ ti /




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There’s Harley Russell, ribald proprietor and performer at the Sandhills Curiosity Shop in Erick, Okla. There’s Fran Houser, the late, widely beloved proprietor of the Midpoint Cafe in Adrian, Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Because Curiosity only carries about two cups of TMAH, researchers had to carefully plan the experiment and select the best possible sampling site.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

"Curiosity got the better of me and I watched a tutorial… Not that I needed it at all at the time."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

"This experiment's never been run before on another world," Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity mission told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Curiosity would not be sated until the mechanical finches that were now so abundant around the globe had evolved to fly to the limits of the atmosphere.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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