terrestrial

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Musk plans to put AI data centers in orbit, believing they will be cheaper than terrestrial data centers in a few years.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Musk believes that space-based AI computing, powered directly by the sun, will be cheaper than terrestrial data centers in just a few years.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Researchers initially compared the specimen to the Terrestrisuchus, another early member of the crocodylomorpha group - also known for its long legs and fully terrestrial lifestyle.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

"It shows that experimentation with herbivory goes all the way back to the earliest terrestrial tetrapods -- the ancient relatives of all land vertebrates, including us."

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

It was the first time any human had managed to leave the Afro-Asian ecological system—indeed, the first time any large terrestrial mammal had managed to cross from Afro-Asia to Australia.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari