ATLAS and CMS discovered the Higgs boson at CERN in 2012.
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CERN discovered the Higgs boson in 2012.
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Brian Cox joined ATLAS before his major television breakthrough in 2009.
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Physicist Brian Cox was a member of the ATLAS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider before becoming widely known as a science broadcaster.
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Real median U.S. household income rose over the past two decades.
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Median household income in the United States has not kept pace with inflation over the past two decades.
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Bittersweet chocolate contains cocoa flavanols that can support vascular function.
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Bittersweet chocolate contains cocoa flavanols with antioxidant properties that might support cardiovascular health.
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Solid chocolate is often calorie-dense and high in sugar and fat.
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Chocolate can contain high amounts of calories, sugar, and fat.
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The Commission proposed EU Inc.; Parliament and Council approval remains pending.
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EU Inc. has been approved by the European Commission.
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The NIST Generative AI Profile is voluntary internal guidance and does not measure market demand.
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The existence of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile indicates strong institutional demand for commercial generative-AI…
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NIST’s Generative AI Profile supports organizational governance of generative AI risks.
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Organizations can use NIST's Generative AI Profile as a governance reference.
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The FFA Creed promotes faith, work, learning, leadership, optimism, responsibility, and service.
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The FFA Creed states values including faith in the future of agriculture, hard work, education, leadership, optimism, responsibility, and service to others.
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A mathematical interval is a special set of individual real numbers.
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In standard high-school mathematics and set theory, a set such as A is defined as a collection of individual elements rather than as a single interval object.
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An on-call doctor pronounced Brian Anderson dead after CPR.
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A doctor pronounced Mr. Anderson dead after the resuscitation attempt.
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Locke held that people reason using ideas acquired through experience.
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John Locke believed that human beings are capable of reason and can learn from experience.
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Gracia reportedly pursued Christian martyrdom with a warrior’s devotion to honor.
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Hosokawa Tama Gracia connected Christian suffering and martyrdom with Japanese warrior ideals of honor.
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Christian music offers optional spiritual and psychological benefits.
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Listening to Christian music is necessary.
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Intergenerational harm has documented biological, psychological, and environmental pathways.
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Generational curses are real spiritual forces that cause misfortune or harmful behavior across family generations.
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Fashion designers can pursue 3D, branding, and digital content roles.
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Fashion designers can work in digital media through 3D garment simulation, apparel branding, and fashion content creation.
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A large survey reported body worries among 32% of children aged 10–15.
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An Ofsted survey of approximately 150,000 children aged 10 to 15 found that 32% worried about their bodies.
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Henderson’s Union Station opened to the public in July 1902.
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Union Station in Henderson, Kentucky, opened in the early 1900s.
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Obesity lowers male testosterone but does not demonstrably reduce violence.
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Obesity makes men less violent because it lowers testosterone levels.
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State-sponsored returnees often entered public institutions in several Southeast Asian countries.
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Historically, skilled and highly educated Southeast Asian returnees commonly joined established institutions in their home countries.
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