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Douglass M. Turnbull
Douglass M. Turnbull is a British neurologist and mitochondrial-disease researcher at Newcastle University whose mitochondrial donation technique required a change in UK law and produced eight babies by 2025.
Douglaston–Little Neck, Queens
Douglaston–Little Neck is a low-density residential neighborhood at far northeastern Queens, New York, on the Nassau County border and Little Neck Bay, with landmarked Douglas Manor and Douglaston Hill historic districts, LIRR commuter rail, and about 25,600 residents.
Dougray Scott
Dougray Scott (Stephen Dougray Scott, born 1965, Glenrothes, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, star of Mission: Impossible 2's villain Sean Ambrose and Ever After's Prince Henry, who lost X-Men's Wolverine to Hugh Jackman and won an Emmy for Crime.
Douhe power station
Douhe power station (陡河发电厂) is a coal-fired power and heating plant in Tangshan, Hebei, China, owned by Datang International, replaced in 2025 by two 660 MW ultra-supercritical units.
Douimès
Douimès is a Punic necropolis at Carthage, Tunisia, in use from the 7th century BC, excavated by Père Delattre from 1894 and best known for the Tomb of Yadamelek.
Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha
Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha, known commercially as Addoha, is a Moroccan real-estate group founded by Anas Sefrioui in 1988, listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange since 2006.
Doujin (同人)
Doujin (同人) is Japanese self-published, largely non-commercial creative work; doujinshi are its self-published books. Covers Meiji literary origins, manga fan culture, Comiket (founded 1975), derivative-creation copyright practice, doujin games, and digital platforms.
Doujin soft (同人ソフト)
Doujin soft (同人ソフト), also called doujin game, is self-published software within Japanese doujin culture, covering games and hardware, sold mainly at events like Comic Market.
Doujinshi (同人誌)
Doujinshi (同人誌, dōjinshi) are Japanese self-published magazines or books, also called coterie magazines, produced by individuals or circles outside commercial publishing and sold mainly at sale events such as Comic Market, founded 1975; most manga doujinshi are derivative fan works in a tolerated copyright gray zone.
Doukissa
Doukissa (Δούκισσα), full name Doukissa Fotara, was a Greek laiko singer born in Piraeus in 1941, known for 1967 duets with Tolis Voskopoulos and gold discs in 1975 and 1984.
Doula
Doula: trained non-medical birth support professional (Greek 'handmaiden') providing continuous physical, emotional, informational support before, during, after childbirth; Cochrane-linked to fewer cesareans, shorter labors; growing Medicaid coverage.
Doulopolis
Doulopolis (Δουλόπολις, "city of slaves"): several minor ancient places, chiefly a short-lived slave-founded community in Colophon's territory tied to Aristonikos' revolt (133-130/129 BCE), later reabsorbed; also namesakes in Crete, Libya, Egypt, and Caria; its site is unknown.
Doulu Ge
Doulu Ge (豆卢革), died 927, was a civil official of the Five Dynasties period who served as chief minister of Later Tang under Emperor Zhuangzong before dying in exile.
Douma chemical attack
Douma chemical attack: 7 April 2018 chlorine attack on rebel-held Douma, Syria, killing 43. OPCW's IIT attributed it to a Syrian Arab Air Force Mi-8/17 helicopter; findings disputed by Russia and leaked dissenting assessments.
Doumba-Rey Biosphere Reserve
Doumba-Rey Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO MAB site designated 2022 in Cameroon's North and Adamaoua Regions, covers 201,624 ha of forest-savannah transition with elephants, over 100 bird species, and about 60 villages.
Doums
Doums, born Mamadou Coulibaly in 1992, is a French rapper from Paris, a founding member of L'Entourage and 2Fingz, and an artist known for the Pilote series and his 2022 album.
Doune Castle
Doune Castle is a late 14th-century courtyard castle at Doune in Stirlingshire, Scotland, built for Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, who ruled Scotland as regent.
Dounreay
Dounreay, in Caithness, Scotland, was the UK's fast breeder reactor research site from 1954, run by UKAEA and now the NDA/NRS; notable for the 1977 waste shaft explosion, beach radioactive particles, and major decommissioning.
Dounreay Fast Reactor
The Dounreay Fast Reactor was an experimental fast breeder reactor at Dounreay in northern Scotland, the world's first fast reactor to supply a national grid.
Dour Festival
Dour Festival: annual five-day eclectic music festival at the Plaine de la Machine à Feu in Dour, Belgium, held every July since 1989; founded by Carlo Di Antonio and Marc de Fays; about 250,000 attendees across six stages.
Dourados
Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, second-largest city of the state, Brazil; municipality created 1935 from Ponta Porã; 243,367 residents (2022 census), agribusiness and regional service pole, large Guarani-Kaiowa population.
Dourine
Dourine (mal de coit, covering disease) is a venereal trypanosomosis of equids caused by Trypanosoma equiperdum, a tissue parasite with no insect vector; diagnosed mainly by CFT, controlled by slaughter, no vaccine.
Douro
Douro (Spanish Duero): Iberian river rising in Spain, forming a 112 km border with Portugal, flowing to the Atlantic at Porto. Third-longest Iberian river, largest basin; 710 m3/s mean flow, heavily dammed, Port wine valley.
Douro hydroelectric cascade
The Douro hydroelectric cascade is the chain of run-of-river dams Portugal built on the Douro river, generating power and lifting vessels through locks between Porto and Spain.
Doushantuo Formation
Doushantuo Formation (陡山沱组), Ediacaran succession in South China, 635–551 Ma, famed for phosphatized embryo-like fossils, Weng'an biota, and debates over the oldest animals.
Doutrina Christaa
The Doutrina Christaã is a Catholic catechism translated into Kikongo, the language of the Kingdom of Kongo, printed in Lisbon in 1624 as an early book in an African language.
Doutzen Kroes
Doutzen Kroes (born 1985, Eastermar, Friesland) is a Dutch supermodel and former Victoria's Secret Angel (2008–2014), also known as a L'Oréal Paris ambassador and elephant-conservation activist.
Douvanli
Douvanli (Duvanlii, Дуванлий), village near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, site of a Thracian tumulus necropolis of about 50 mounds, 5th–4th century BC, first large-scale excavated in Bulgaria (1925–1931) with rich royal grave goods.
Douvilleiceras
Douvilleiceras is an extinct cosmopolitan ammonite genus (family Douvilleiceratidae) from the Lower to early Middle Albian, Early Cretaceous; type species D. mammillatum, a global marker fossil, known from France, Japan, South Africa, Canada, and Madagascar.
Douwe Kiela
Douwe Kiela is an AI researcher and entrepreneur, co-founder and former CEO of Contextual AI in Mountain View, who joined Google DeepMind in 2026 after leading the Meta team that introduced retrieval-augmented generation.