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discovery

[dih-skuhv-uh-ree] / dɪˈskʌv ə ri /




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That's where many residents are still dealing with the fallout from the discovery that their homes were built with a potentially dangerous building material.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The discovery was made possible by advanced spatial analysis technology developed in Sun's laboratory.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

But restricting AI development asks them to forgo better cancer diagnostics, faster drug discovery, improved weather forecasting and productivity gains compounding across every sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But now, the company has devoted itself to studying the backrooms — which, he explains, might be the biggest discovery in human history.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Hubble’s second discovery was what shattered Einstein’s eternal universe.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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