puzzling
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The paper, which was published April 27 in Nature Neuroscience, answers a puzzling question about the mechanism controlling this long-observed cerebral movement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
This step-by-step breakup helps explain puzzling features seen elsewhere on Earth.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
Officials are puzzling over possible explanations, each with different implications for where to set rates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
It would be easy to conclude that this is merely a case of managers using A.I. to do less work, but many employees have noticed something puzzling: Their managers seem more burned out than ever.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026
This phenomenon, causing sparks with a beam of light, was very puzzling to classical physicists.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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