brainchild

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It’s the brainchild of Alan Alda, who helped start what is now called the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Long Island’s Stony Brook University more than 15 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

It is the brainchild of a company called Campus Guardian Angel, which has pilot programs using the technology in Georgia and Florida, with growing interest in Texas.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The musical was the brainchild of Jon Brittain, who will be writing the adaptation with a soundtrack composed by Cooper and Nick Coler.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Sora was the brainchild of Tim Brooks and Bill Peebles, two researchers who became close friends while completing doctorate degrees at the University of California, Berkeley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“Front Two: Operation Baldy: Wherein Lara flies solo in a retaliatory mission so elegant and cruel that it could only have been the brainchild of, well, me.”

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green