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paradox

[par-uh-doks] / ˈpær əˌdɒks /


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This idea helps resolve a long-standing paradox in evolutionary science.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

But Ruiz, who works as an independent researcher at Ianigla, says there's a "stark paradox" in the scientific community's response to the reforms.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

This may seem like a paradox at first blush.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

That is the paradox at the heart of the current trans-Atlantic debate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

But that conclusion presents a paradox: such diseases could never have existed before then!

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




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