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Extragalactic Archaeology tells the 'life story' of a whole galaxy:
For the first time, astronomers claim they’ve found a way to reconstruct a galaxy’s entire ‘life story’ – from a single snapshot in time.
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18 April 2026.
Renpho's purple mask turned me into a relaxed ninja turtle:
I've purchased a couple of massaging dodads in my day – the ubiquitous early-2000s "shiatsu back massager with heat" kind of thing you'd see on TV and whatnot – but those roller balls always end up just jabbing my sacrum or spine, making me more irritated than relaxed.
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18 April 2026.
AI Could Create A Massive Problem For Valve’s Steam:
Two trends that I’m very interested in are about to collide and it’s going to be a mess.
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18 April 2026.
How I Get Free Traffic from ChatGPT in 2025 (AIO vs SEO):
Three weeks ago, I tested something that completely changed how I think about organic traffic.
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04 December 2025.
Making AI safer for victims of intimate partner violence:
Conversational AI tools denied blunt requests for harmful content by researchers posing as intimate partner abusers, but these guardrails were easily circumvented, a new Cornell Tech study has found.
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16 April 2026.
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Finance leaders warn over Mythos as UK banks prepare to use powerful Anthropic AI tool:
Release of new Claude model, so far limited to US firms, will expand to British institutions in coming daysBritish banks will be given access in the next week to a powerful AI tool that was deemed too dangerous to be released to the public, as a series of senior finance figures warned over its impact.
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18 April 2026.
Red hair gene favoured by natural selection over last 10,000 years, study finds:
Scientists who analysed nearly 16,000 ancient remains suggest red hair and fair skin is favoured for vitamin D productionPeople with red hair who have put up with teasing or “fiery” stereotypes may be pleased to learn that they appear to be winners from an evolutionary perspective.
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18 April 2026.
The best TV antenna of 2026: Expert tested:
An indoor or outdoor TV antenna gives you access to dozens of free, local news, sports, and entertainment channels so you can say goodbye to pricey cable contracts and subscriptions.
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18 April 2026.
Artemis II crew: 'We left as friends - we came back as best friends':
The four crew members gave their first press conference since they splashed down nearly a week ago, and emphasised hope and unity.
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16 April 2026.
New data show TikTok engagement as a key indicator of long-term box office success:
New data shows opening weekend matters less as TikTok buzz drives long-term box office.
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18 April 2026.
White House and Anthropic Hold ‘Productive’ Meeting, Aiming for a Compromise:
Friday’s meeting at the White House followed the introduction of Anthropic’s powerful new artificial intelligence model, Mythos, which U.
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18 April 2026.
Same:
A Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic posted on April 17, 2026, centered on internet video clickbait and exaggerated promises.
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18 April 2026.
How Female Anglerfish Evolved to Have It All:
The deep-sea fish ended up with glowing lures not just to snag meals, but also to attract mates, a new study finds.
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18 April 2026.
In the brain, objects seen and imagined follow the same neural path:
New evidence finds that sight and imagination rely on the same neurons and use the same neural code.
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14 April 2026.
Michael O. Rabin:
Israeli mathematician and computer scientist Michael Oser Rabin (1931–2026) co-received the 1976 ACM Turing Award with Dana Scott for work on computational complexity.
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18 April 2026.
Shuttered Startups Are Selling Old Slack Chats, Emails To AI Companies:
Some failed startups are reportedly selling old Slack messages, emails, and other internal records to AI companies as training data, creating a new way to cash out after shutting down.
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18 April 2026.
China’s humanoid robots are gaining ground – but they’re not there yet:
The U.S. and China are racing to build humanoid robots capable of performing many daily tasks – but the complexity of home and business environments makes that challenging.
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29 August 2025.
Science news this week: Physicists witness faster-than-light darkness pinpricks, humans are still evolving, and some polar bears are getting fatter than ever:
April 18, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
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18 April 2026.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
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