This causes a blast of high-energy radiation called a gamma-ray burst (GRB), a final screech of gravitational waves, and sends out a spray of neutron-rich matter, which allows a process to occur that generates very heavy but unstable elements.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
The only noise is the dip-dip of oars and the ethereal screech of horseshoe bats.
Yards are landscaped with rock and cactuses; black bark Mesquite and palo verde trees line yards.
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Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty Images Ibogaine, a hallucinogen made from the root bark of a West African shrub named iboga, is said to have healing properties that have not yet been clinically tested.
In just a week, my crow’s feet had all but disappeared, making my eyes look 10 years younger.
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Cathy Nelson,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
Other monikers from indigenous tribes for this month’s full moon include the sleet moon from the Comanche people, the Creek tribe’s wind moon and the crow moon as named by the Shawnee.
Seeing the sky darken in the middle of the day and hearing the crickets start to chirp and feeling the temperature drop several degrees as the moon crosses in front of the sun is such a unique experience.
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Amy Nelson,
Twin Cities,
24 Jan. 2026
The buds actually use the welcome chirp from donning the earbuds to adjust the sound profile to the shape of your ears, which is truly advanced tech for the category.
Their presence draws both the news cameras and the film’s frame inside the stadium’s offices and VIP lounges, trading the real game-day footage of fans for a dramatized tour of otherwise unseen backrooms beneath the stands, all as the roar from the crowd increases outside and up above.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
At the press site, a pressure wave of a sonic boom came in with a double punch to the eardrums, followed by the roar of the engines from the pad only 3 miles away and the whistling echo bouncing off the massive Vehicle Assembly Building, making a sound reminiscent of bottle rockets.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Feb. 2026
But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangers to beat the reaper somehow.
—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 Dec. 2025
But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.
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