phenomena

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By accounting for both processes together, the team demonstrated that the two forms of breathing are not separate phenomena but instead arise from related underlying physics.

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

Buzz Aldrin, famed astronaut from the Apollo 11 mission, said in a 1969 interview published on Friday that he saw several inexplicable phenomena on his trip to the Moon.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Another file summarizes statements from seven federal government employees who separately reported "several unidentified anomalous phenomena" in the United States in 2023.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

In a way, it is the most unbiologic of all phenomena, violating the most fundamental myth of the last century, for it denies the importance of specificity, integrity, and separateness in living things.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas