Between 2008 and 2014, advances in an early branch of artificial intelligence known as machine learning, which allows computers to learn and adapt, sped up the experimental process at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2026
As the plane sped down the runway, air traffic controllers and a witness on the ground noticed sparks coming from near its wheels.
Marcus Caldeira flicked a header from about 35 yards out to Pereyra, who chipped in a first-touch finish from a couple steps inside the penalty box.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Aug. 2026
The toads had gone rogue, consuming native frogs, birds, insects, small marsupials, even Ping-Pong balls and cigarette butts flicked toward them at pubs—almost everything except the swarms of sugarcane beetles they had been imported to feed on.
The neon lights began to move about briskly, like gleaming whirligig beetles, and the lights on the advertising tower closest to the stadium flickered across the Squirrel-brand margarine ad.
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Cynthia Zarin,
Harpers Magazine,
4 Aug. 2026
Above the roofs, like an alien protrusion, the lights on a faraway derrick flickered.
While helicopters scattered miniature red roses over the crowd, priests in white robes celebrated Mass and the popular Mazowsze folk ensemble sang and danced to traditional Polish music.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Aug. 2026
The best part was the crew of dragonflies that danced around the summit.
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Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2026
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