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scientist

[sahy-uhn-tist] / ˈsaɪ ən tɪst /


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Scientists are clear that climate change, caused by carbon emissions from human activity, is making heatwaves like this " more likely and more intense," as Professor Stephen Belcher, Met Office chief scientist, put it.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

The economics of processing and refining critical minerals often present a hurdle to building new facilities, said Alvin Camba, a researcher and lead scientist at defense-technology company Lyvi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

My dad was a scientist and, looking back to their lives in India…I remember looking back and being like, if my grandparents were here, could they even imagine that their grandchild did this?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

On Friday, John Jumper, a senior research scientist and Nobel Prize winner, said he was leaving Google DeepMind, Alphabet’s AI backbone, for Anthropic.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

His smile is kind, and his long hair pulled into a ponytail makes him look more like a poet than a scientist.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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