epoch

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Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge report that the human brain moves through five "major epochs" as it rewires itself from early development to late old age.

From Science Daily

Journalists began featuring his quips in their stories and calling him to appear on television to bring levity to an otherwise grim epoch in American politics.

From Washington Post

The planet is in a constant state of flux, of course, so melting ice and calving glaciers are natural processes, with changing seasons or epochs.

From New York Times

Published in the journal Science, the study focuses on a large set of fossils from the Early Triassic epoch discovered near Guiyang in what is now South China.

From Washington Post

Dr. Steffen was a leading advocate for the official recognition of an Anthropocene epoch — a unit of geologic time marking the start of human activity significantly affecting the planet’s climate and ecosystems.

From Washington Post