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The discovery of Yuezhuornis suggests that the evolution of birds was never a simple, one-directional process.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
And after a period of defence against a France side - who threatened sporadically but made too many simple mistakes - Farnworth scored again nine minutes later.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
There’s Cornelius, a wizard past his prime, Gurkintrude, a plant fairy, and Hans, a simple but kindly one-eyed giant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
That was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Inflo and Danger Mouse, whereas this came together in a simple Southampton studio in the U.K.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
The simple kindness brings tears to the corners of my eyes.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
As photonic technology becomes smaller and more advanced, the convolutional spectrometer provides a promising example of how mathematical insights and practical engineering can make sophisticated scientific instruments simpler, cheaper, and more accessible.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
She had planned to meet them in London to travel to Somerset together, but can now arrange simpler and shorter journeys from their own respective homes.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
He also went to the pub and mastered a simpler game: foosball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
That is compared with around 3% for simpler annuities with fixed rates sold by the Brookfield-owned insurer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Linear B, the writing of Mycenaean Greece, was at least simpler, being based on a syllabary of about 90 signs plus logograms.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Younger audiophiles revived the medium from the dead starting in 2008 for many reasons, the simplest being that digital downloads don’t include eye-popping cover art.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
John Dickerson:Now that you’ve been on a book tour for a while, what is your simplest way of helping people understand?
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
Sir Ken said AI poses unknown threats, telling Thames House: "Put at its simplest, human history has given us no experience of facing an actor which is smarter than we are".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
At its simplest, that works by blasting signals to drown out, confuse or supplant an adversary’s communications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Like the simplest of human tools—hammer, scythe, bellows, ladder, scissors—the function of the molecule can be entirely comprehended from its structure.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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