phenomena

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Heuristics is the fancy term for the human readiness to shove phenomena into categories into which they don’t quite fit, mainly to economize on mental effort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

An uncontrolled, sudden increase in voltage in the system "on a day with multiple concurrent phenomena" led to instability and "cascading generation", it said.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

"Not many researchers are looking for phenomena in this way, which means that all kinds of discoveries are potentially up for grabs."

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Welikala had stumbled upon one of L.A.’s more unlikely cultural phenomena: Public Assembly theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

The referee was right: Plutarch’s experience was an indirect experience, just as Aristotle’s phenomena were based on other people’s experiences; Garzoni’s and della Porta’s experiences were based on real, personally performed tests.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton