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Recent Examples of brain wave
For example, the HeartMath Institute focuses on establishing personal, inner coherence between heart and brain waves and, from there, establishing group coherence in a meditative practice that spans the globe.
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Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
This method tracks brain waves and, as patients undergo various tests and activities, allows the Baylor team to map relevant neural networks and connections.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2025
The other large potential liability, according to the memo, involved Neuralink, a company developing a brain-computer interface that allows paralyzed people to communicate via their thoughts or brain waves.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Their temporary electronic face tattoo, or e-tattoo, can read brain waves and not only detect when the ol' gray matter is overworked, but also predict when exhaustion is approaching.
—Paul McClure 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2025
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Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
This method tracks brain waves and, as patients undergo various tests and activities, allows the Baylor team to map relevant neural networks and connections.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2025
The other large potential liability, according to the memo, involved Neuralink, a company developing a brain-computer interface that allows paralyzed people to communicate via their thoughts or brain waves.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Their temporary electronic face tattoo, or e-tattoo, can read brain waves and not only detect when the ol' gray matter is overworked, but also predict when exhaustion is approaching.
—Paul McClure 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2025
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Cooper Neill/Getty Images What To Know Swift's fans have been buzzing with excitement and theories following the pop superstar's announcement earlier this week, but one theory in particular is gaining ground with her fan base.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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These are just theories whereas the temperature modification can actually be measured.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
16 Aug. 2025
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The scaling hypothesis—the belief that bigger models will produce more intelligent outputs—seems to rest on the dubious belief that a system that has been fed enough information about the world will not have to deal with fuzziness.—
Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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One thing the different hypotheses tend to have in common is an emphasis on the cooling effects of rainfall.—
Chris Mooney,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2025
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My guess would be HBO may want The Last of Us to end with one more season rather than two.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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As is so often the case in this column, zero is a savvy guess.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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The pavilion is the brainchild of North Little Rock Tourism and is a public-private partnership with the Argenta Arts Foundation.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
13 Aug. 2025
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Salamanca said the legislation was the brainchild of Melody Jimenez, founder of No Voice Unheard, a Bronx group that offers counseling and other services for families affected by gun violence.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Highest 2 Lowest Year: 2025 Runtime: 2h 13m Lee’s reworking of Ed McBain’s novel King’s Ransom, which was the inspiration for Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 thriller, High and Low, has no shortage of highlights.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
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The inspiration for that might not come from another framework.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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What to expect in the Donna Adelson trial Ahead of Donna Adelson's trial, there's been much speculation over who may take the stand and who won't.—
Jeff Burlew,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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This is not speculation but infrastructure built on efficiency, access, and resilience.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Which leads to the technical issues Mercedes would not discuss, which leads to conjecture.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Thousands of moves have nonetheless been enough to break ground on some long-standing counterexamples to the Andrews-Curtis conjecture.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
11 Aug. 2025
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Promes has lodged an appeal against his conviction and is fighting an additional 18-month sentence, imposed in 2023, for stabbing his cousin.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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Following his conviction in March, del Villar faced a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison but was sentenced to four years.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Brain wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain%20wave. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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