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"This modeling is both novel and crucial for understanding the earliest environments life may have emerged from," said SwRI's Amanda Alexander, first author of an AGU Advances article describing the research.

From Science Daily • Jul. 2, 2026

When our older daughter began texting out missives from the earliest games and our son sent pictures of fans streaming into Kansas City Stadium, we started watching as a way to stay connected.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

The farm includes a series of 16th Century stone sluice gates, one of the earliest water management systems ever recorded in England.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

In its earliest days, for example, Portnoy discovered that aspiring models from Boston University fared better hawking his free newspaper than did the homeless he first hired for the job.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

This tiny female statuette is one of the earliest known human figures.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell