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This exchange created a new strain or variant that then spread between clubbers and caused severe illness.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The U.S. government is expected to keep Falcon busy, with flights on the rocket and its larger variant potentially extending into the early 2030s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"The fact this outbreak variant was able to spread to so many young people was due to the social environment, a place where lots of close social mixing takes place."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Nissan introduced the third generation of its Leaf EV this year but has indefinitely delayed the import of the vehicle’s most affordable variant from Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

As famine raged through the finch world, this gross-beaked variant survived by feeding on hard seeds.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

This technique examines the portions of DNA that contain instructions for making proteins, allowing scientists to search across thousands of genes for unusual variants shared by affected individuals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Researchers found that genetic variants associated with naturally higher levels of GLP-1 receptor proteins were more common in men with androgenetic alopecia.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

But the numbers of the new variants have shot up since July, and they are becoming the backbone of Russia’s long-range drone campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Across both ancient and modern samples, populations living closer to tropical regions were more likely to carry genetic variants associated with higher expression of these enzymes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

In contrast, most ancient Southwest Asian crops exhibit just one of the alternative wild variants or alternative transforming mutations, suggesting that all modern varieties of that particular crop stem from only a single domestication.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond