spectrum
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Children and young people who are on the autism spectrum often find getting a haircut distressing, due to it being a highly sensory experience, they say.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
SpaceX has also announced billions of dollars in new projects, including at least $55 billion to build a chip-fabrication facility in Texas, and it plans to buy spectrum for its Starlink service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
“With scarce, high-quality direct-to-device spectrum seeing strong marks in recent transactions…we think Viasat’s portfolio, arguably the largest and cleanest globally, represents meaningful upside,” wrote Raymond James analyst Brent Penter in a May research note.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
At the other end of the director-fame spectrum, Slate also covered Obsession and Backrooms—two films from early-career directors that have everyone talking.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026
Beyond the ultraviolet is the X-ray part of the spectrum, and beyond the X- rays are the gamma rays.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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