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Because the carbon 14 analysis is extremely time intensive, the researchers first needed clues about when unusual solar activity may have occurred.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Two of the paratroopers jumped in tandem with an intensive care nurse and intensive care doctor, who will provide help to the island, which usually has a two-person medical team.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

An Iranian moratorium on enriched uranium, after which enrichment would be limited to 3.67 percent, with intensive inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency;

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Companies that design, produce or sell the computer chips needed for intensive AI tasks, are currently the biggest beneficiaries of the massive AI infrastructure build-out, said Ohsung Kwon, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo Securities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Much of northern and western Europe is still able to support productive intensive agriculture today, 7,000 years after the arrival of food production.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond