selection

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Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee congratulated Lai on passing "the rigorous selection and training process".

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

One influential idea is that natural selection becomes weaker later in life, allowing harmful biological processes to emerge with age because they have less impact on reproduction and survival earlier in life.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

BBC Sport looks at the key decisions Tuchel has faced in picking his final squad - and who has had most reason to be nervous during the selection process.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Sathyanarayanan’s AI twin, BalaBot, was trained on a selection of his publicly available materials, including articles, podcasts and conference remarks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The first experiments on reproductive incompatibility and species formation were carried out before the selection experiments, but Dobzhansky and his students continued to work on both problems in the 1940s and 50s.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee