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Obviously, clambering up and down the dangerously steep pass, ferrying goods on horseback or by mule or — for a few wacky, experimental months in the mid-1850s, Army camels — wasn’t workable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

"We used a novel experimental technique that combines specialized instruments in a way that effectively used the entire facility," Liddick said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

The stock was down 9.5% after the company’s experimental medicine ziltivekimab didn’t achieve the expected risk reduction for major cardiovascular events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Essentially, the man appears to be opting out of the medical establishment altogether, while using his own girlfriend and his “clone baby” as experimental proving grounds for self-starter cures involving lots of peptides.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

Galileo, for example, despite performing exquisite experiments, never fully grasped the power of the experimental method, dismissing Gilbert’s work as not sufficiently philosophical.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton