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[hau] / haʊ /


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These ultrasound scans use sound waves to produce moving images of the heart, allowing doctors to examine its structure and measure how effectively it pumps blood.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Understanding how past solar storms affected infrastructure can help researchers assess the dangers posed by future events and develop better ways to reduce potential disruptions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

The study, published last month in the journal Circulation, is the first to investigate how the heart responds to simulated Martian gravity following an extended period in space.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Cardiac filling refers to how much blood enters the heart between beats, while stroke volume describes the amount of blood pumped out with each contraction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

He doesn’t know how much time passes, but he finally hears a voice.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Longtime ‘SportsCenter’ anchor Shae Cornette has been named the new hows of ‘First Take,’ ESPN’s popular sports debate show starring Stephen A. Smith.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

"We have decided to study in great detail the hows and whys of why premature birth affects the developing brain," he says.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025

The hows are easier to explain than the whys when it comes to all this madness, so let’s start there.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2023

Physicists believe that there must have been some primordial imbalance that allowed matter to dominate the universe, yet the hows and whys remain open questions.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023

I have to hear the hows and whys and what-ifs.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi


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