gigantism

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Researchers discovered especially striking examples of "island gigantism" in wrens from Shetland and St Kilda.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

The ability to continue growing throughout the year may have been a key innovation, sustained by great migrations, that facilitated the emergence of gigantism in early sauropods.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2023

Even the plane’s main appeal, its gigantism, has drawn criticism as a holdover of Soviet mentality that Ukraine has no need for today.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023

Knowing that people with gigantism often died young, Hunter offered to buy his corpse.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023

Like the buildup of super-tall skyscrapers along the Asian rim in our own time, architectural gigantism followed the accumulation of sufficient money and political confidence to make such gestures.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro