phenomena

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But what are consistently intriguing are the methods of detection—ever-evolving and ever-revealing—focused on historical phenomena.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

In another document the unnamed "senior U.S intelligence officer" provided his first-hand account of seeing phenomena from a military helicopter in 2025 at a location listed as "western United States".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Quantum mechanics operates on incredibly tiny scales, and scientists are constantly developing more precise tools to measure and control phenomena such as photons, the particles that carry light.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Hardly anything is overdone here and, in one essential way, Enyedi is also making the case for movies themselves as phenomena to protect and treasure: ecosystems of light, texture, wonder and nourishment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

For Wotton, to say an argument is an hypothesis is to reject it, for if it really explained all the phenomena it would no longer be an hypothesis.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton