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scientist

[sahy-uhn-tist] / ˈsaɪ ən tɪst /


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“We should recognize that hydropower is not a carbon-free — in the sense that it has no greenhouse gas emissions — source of electricity,” said Steven Hamburg, EDF’s chief scientist and the study’s co-author.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Kyle Frankovich, a Harvard data scientist and Chicago resident, was also arrested.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Asked about Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, imprisoned for calling for political reforms, one model identified him as “a Japanese scientist known for his contributions to nuclear weapons technology.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"Putting all of these components together into a single, reliable system was the key," says first author Kimmo Rantalainen, a senior scientist in Schief's lab.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

The detonating device was publication of a letter Jefferson had written in 1801 to Joseph Priestley, the English scientist and renowned critic of Christianity.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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