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It was initially projected to cost around $300 million and took roughly five years longer than originally planned to build, after preservationists slowed construction in court and the pandemic brought delays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Berners-Lee originally proposed his world-changing invention as a way for scientists around the world to share information about their research.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

GLP-1 receptor agonists were originally developed to help manage type 2 diabetes, but their popularity has surged in recent years because of their effectiveness for weight loss.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Designed by Percy P. Lewis, the Westwood Village Theatre originally opened as a part of the Fox Theatres chain in 1931.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Bruno Latour, in an important essay entitled ‘Visualization and Cognition: Drawing Things Together’, which originally appeared in 1986, claimed that the printing press made facts ‘harder’; before printing, facts were too soft to be reliable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton