scientist
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“This isn’t like your grandfather’s CCP propaganda organ,” said Daniel Mattingly, a political scientist at Yale University.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The warmth and premature melt mean the state’s forests will dry out a month earlier than usual, or even more, Peter Gleick, a leading water scientist and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
But that stuff doesn’t make her a fertility doctor, or even a scientist who has contributed meaningfully to the evidence base that obstetricians like me use in our work.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
"As an early-career scientist, it was an exciting finding and has helped me appreciate how science often leads to unexpected discoveries."
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
I had the same four qualities as any great scientist: I was patient, curious, observant, and persistent.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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