heavier

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Major League Baseball’s official app, long one of my favorites, has gradually surrounded baseball scores and video with window dressing that has made the app feel heavier.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

New research led by scientists at Penn State and published in Physical Review Letters suggests that some of the highest-energy cosmic rays may be atomic nuclei heavier than iron.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

While conventional nuclear plants split heavy atoms in a process called fission, fusion does the opposite: It combines light atomic nuclei into heavier ones, releasing enormous energy without greenhouse-gas emissions or long-lived radioactive waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In the southern US, heavier rainfall can increase the risks of flooding.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The clouds resemble wet stone now, darker and heavier.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas