regrow

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Mice can regenerate the tips of their digits, and humans can sometimes regrow fingertips if the nailbed remains intact after injury, allowing skin, flesh, and bone to regenerate.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Scientists are developing new drugs to regrow hair, crowding into a market that’s barely evolved in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Scientists have discovered that an annual event when Emperor penguins completely shed and regrow their feathers is putting the birds in peril as Antarctica is transformed by a warming world.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Then, when a wildfire comes through and natives begin to regrow, they’re chomped back down, creating a vicious cycle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Although swidden does permit the forest to regrow, it is wildly inefficient and environmentally unsound.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann