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a body of facts learned by study or experience the science of medicine grew tremendously in the course of the 19th century
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Recent Examples of sciences Gigi Hadid speaks onstage during the 12th Breakthrough Prize ceremony, which honors outstanding achievements in the sciences, in Santa Monica, California, on April 18. —
Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026 Brian Hynek, a professor in the department of geological sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, agrees that while the study bolsters the evidence for a past ocean, the appearance of Earth’s continental shelves is partly due to the role of plate tectonics, which Mars never had. —Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 Safdi hopes the award will build public awareness of the sciences and grow support for additional federal funding. —Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026 And his insistence on cutting funding for pretty much everything that creates and sustains a civilization — including the arts and sciences, the humanities and health care, the environment and education — doesn’t bode well for our nascent nation. —Melody Moezzi, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 Bryner has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master’s degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University. —Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026 The Scripps program tied for first in biological sciences with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and seventh in chemistry alongside Northwestern University. —Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026 In the sciences, communication is often treated as secondary, something to layer on after the research is done. —Monica L. Wang, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026 So the country marked its first centennial in 1876 with a big exhibition of arts and sciences and technology in Philadelphia. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026 Brian Hynek, a professor in the department of geological sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, agrees that while the study bolsters the evidence for a past ocean, the appearance of Earth’s continental shelves is partly due to the role of plate tectonics, which Mars never had. —Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 Safdi hopes the award will build public awareness of the sciences and grow support for additional federal funding. —Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026 And his insistence on cutting funding for pretty much everything that creates and sustains a civilization — including the arts and sciences, the humanities and health care, the environment and education — doesn’t bode well for our nascent nation. —Melody Moezzi, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 Bryner has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master’s degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University. —Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026 The Scripps program tied for first in biological sciences with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and seventh in chemistry alongside Northwestern University. —Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026 In the sciences, communication is often treated as secondary, something to layer on after the research is done. —Monica L. Wang, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026 So the country marked its first centennial in 1876 with a big exhibition of arts and sciences and technology in Philadelphia. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
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Sometimes my collection of knowledges feels like rash splatters of matter floating with me.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
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Many wisdoms intrinsic to permaculture long predate the term—it cannot be understated how much stems from indigenous knowledge and was passed down from generations before, from these ancestral stewards who listened to, and trusted, the land.— Catherine Habgood September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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The book also includes little wisdoms from his three children with wife Camila Alves McConaughey; son Levi, 17 (who plays his onscreen son in The Lost Bus), daughter Vida, 15, and younger son Livingston, 12.— Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
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