modern

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The modern golf world is obsessed with swing speed and distance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“At the same time as architectural homes are being marketed as high-end, collectible art, others are being torn down to build new,” midcentury modern architecture expert Adriene Biondo said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Combining these findings, researchers developed a model of Mars' modern chlorine cycle and airborne carbonate formation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

I see flashes of modern neo-noirs like Paul Schrader’s “The Canyons,” and the cold but still realistic otherworldliness in David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers” and “The Shrouds,” filtered through a silly, gay “Single White Female’ lens.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Inside the wall a parking lot ringed a modern glass-and-steel building three stories tall.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti