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"The caterpillars look like leaves, the chrysalis like bird droppings, and the adults stay high in trees," he explained.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Lead author Dino Chih-Chun Hsu, a researcher at CIERA, explained the significance of these measurements in a W. M. Keck Observatory press release:

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

Their plan is to borrow against their locked-up shares in order to pay for the homes in cash, Holm explained.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

In a later Vogue interview, he explained that all this mischief was necessary to make audiences see the value of “never believing in truth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“I want to make sure we aren’t being followed,” their guardian explained.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova