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As the mercury plummets and back-to-work blues set in for much of humankind in the UK, many other creatures are cosily spending winter in a blissfully dormant state of hibernation.
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Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
Sabbatarianism is the doctrine of the Sabbath—the day of the week when, according to the Bible, humankind is commanded to rest, meaning, mostly, not to work.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
Well, because one day she's destined to become the mother of humankind's salvation, and as far as The Terminator is concerned, that can't happen.
—Grace Dean, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2025
For decades, humankind steeled itself for the rise of thinking machines.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
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Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
Sabbatarianism is the doctrine of the Sabbath—the day of the week when, according to the Bible, humankind is commanded to rest, meaning, mostly, not to work.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
Well, because one day she's destined to become the mother of humankind's salvation, and as far as The Terminator is concerned, that can't happen.
—Grace Dean, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2025
For decades, humankind steeled itself for the rise of thinking machines.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
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Italian duo Stefania Constantini, who is from Cortina, and Amos Mosaner are the defending world and Olympic champions in mixed doubles.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Yet, even as Aleys’s world begins to change with the rise of lay literacy, those lay people are almost entirely men.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Going into effect on October 10, 1967, the treaty was a legal framework for space law that banned the deployment of nuclear weapons in space, limited military activities on celestial bodies and provided provisions that exploration of space should benefit mankind.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The film’s protagonist may be a pastor, but his journey will feel recognizable, even familiar, to audiences, given mankind’s search for more and better things.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
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On Episode 196 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Scott Solomon, Rice Univeristy professor and researcher, about humanity's need to expand its presence into the solar system.—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Horace Frank, a former assistant chief of the Los Angeles Police Department who oversaw kidnapping investigations, said the family’s videos try to appeal to the captor’s humanity.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Humankind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humankind. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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