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scientist

[sahy-uhn-tist] / ˈsaɪ ən tɪst /


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Local scientist Rajneel Singh said climate change was already impacting the waters that have long sustained Tuvalu's population of 10,600.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

"This observation confirms that the instrument can produce a focused image," said Vanessa Bailey, a Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

On the TV series “Twisted Metal,” she doubled for a male mad scientist and was thrown through a glass window, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Jonathan Hurst, chief scientist at Agility, told MarketWatch that it could take one or two decades to make humanoids safe enough for use in households, which experts call the industry’s holy grail.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Did the mad scientist with her scary music startle you?”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

What has happened to Tuvalu should serve as a lesson to others, scientists say.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Rising sea levels have already largely swamped two of Tuvalu's nine coral atolls -- and scientists fear the entire archipelago could be unliveable by the end of the century.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The scientists presented their findings to Tuvalu's fisheries minister in December last year and were met with disbelief.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

By examining the chemical fingerprints inside these old stars, scientists can infer what the first stars were like and how they began enriching the cosmos with its earliest chemical elements.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Led by Bass and staffed by scientists, researchers, engineers, and people from many other disciplines, the INA has been a leading force in underwater archaeology.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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