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Using state-of-the-art ultra-long DNA sequencing technologies together with newly available comparative datasets, the team found that high AMY1 copy numbers had already become more common in the Andes several thousand years before Europeans arrived.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
He still has a few hundred thousand dollars invested in bitcoin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Nineteen thousand people had fled or been rescued, he said, while the death toll stood at around 2,000 at the time -- a tally that leaves 9,000 people unaccounted for.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The company's founder, Elon Musk, said on Fox News that SpaceX's listing on the stock market in June had likely made "several thousand" employees millionaires - including staff "who were working on the production line".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“There are foundations for the study of cancer and tuberculosis, but for three thousand years lepers have been the outcast. Men flee from them and will not help them.”
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Trees and safety surfacing were also damaged and rubbish was left strewn across the site, with the cost of the damage estimated to run into thousands of pounds.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
If every plan paid $2 million for everyone who qualified for every new therapy, annual premiums would climb by thousands for families nationwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
That large infusion, along with thousands of smaller donations, surpassed the fundraising goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
For thousands of years, potatoes have been central to life in the Andes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Made of English oak, they were designed to be strong enough to withstand the weight and recoil of heavy guns and thousands of pounds of shells and explosives.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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