Tell that to Soren Sorensen (Sam) Adams, the Danish immigrant who is credited with inventing many of the same contraptions, along with some six hundred others, including sneezing powder and the joy buzzer.
In Delhi, there was a growing awareness by middle powers of the need to build their own AI capability — whether in training their own models, designing their own chips, or extricating themselves from the convenient but risky grip of Silicon Valley software giants.
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Billy Perrigo,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
The researchers also hope their research will aid in designing better quantum correction schemes and extending the coherence time of the qubits.
Every medal is double-sided and made using the craft of stamping.
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Micaela English,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
From linework authoring and animation to novel brushing and stamping methods, this toolset facilitates the wide range of unique art styles and painterly effects seen across DreamWorks Animation films while providing artistic control at every stage of production.
Health ministry officials and the ministry of trade are also devising tax breaks to incentivize local manufacturing, said Modise.
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Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
And commissioners spent all that time devising the College Sports Commission in an attempt to stabilize the NIL/portal market, then sit back and let one school in their conference steal yet another star QB half an hour before the portal closes.
If fashioning a topiary from scratch, use a template to indicate where cuts will be needed and, starting from the top, trim gradually and in small amounts.
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Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Feb. 2026
Lawrence has had this effect lately, fashioning signature mid-career roles for the likes of Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso), Jason Segel (Shrinking) and Vince Vaughn (Bad Monkey).
Maria Loconsole, a comparative psychologist at the University of Padua in Italy, and her colleagues decided to investigate the bouba-kiki effect in baby chicks because the birds could be tested almost immediately after hatching, before their brain would be influenced by exposure to the world.
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Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2026
Lanternfly nymphs start hatching in April and grow through four nymph stages before emerging as adults in late June.
The two Spinosaurus species, which were contemporaneous, shared the same general body plan including long dorsal spines forming the sail-like structure and a skull adapted for hunting fish.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
This year, Big Sky also added LIDAR technology to some of its grooming machines, allowing trail maintenance technicians to maintain coverage more consistently and help prevent bald patches from forming.
Reporters including Sheen can be seen concocting covert plots to meet with them face to face, the success or failure of which briefly becomes an intense point of interest.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
The reality is that the AI is concocting elaborate personas, faking as though humans are writing about human woes.
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