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April 29, 2026
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☰ slashdot
- FDA Grants Quick Review For 3 Psychedelic Drug Trials
- New Report Finds Some Babies Spend Up To Eight Hours a Day on Screens
- Musk Testifies OpenAI Was Created As Nonprofit To Counter Google
- Electrical Current Might Be the Key To a Better Cup of Coffee
- Apple Vision Pro Used In World-First Cataract Surgery
☰ cbc sports
- Federal government targets sport participation with $660 million pledge to sport organizations
- PWHL playoff preview: Who will capture the Walter Cup?
- Oilers rally at home to earn 4-1 win, force Game 6 in playoff series against Ducks
- Redblacks select Purdue offensive lineman Giordano Vaccaro with top pick of CFL draft
- Tempo tip off inaugural WNBA pre-season schedule at home on Wednesday
☰ espn
- West playoff takeaways: Spurs eliminate Trail Blaz...
- Spurs run away with Game 5 to finish off Blazers
- Sources: NCAA tournaments set to expand to 76
- Embiid's 33 downs Celtics, keeps 76ers alive
- Brunson's 'phenomenal' performance lifts Knicks
☰ global
- Lockdown for Manitoba First Nation as RCMP search for suspect in bar shooting
- A year later, RCMP saying little about missing Nova Scotia kids
- The Curator: 10 must-have Mother’s Day gifts for every type of Mom
- Davis Schneider’s brother died of an overdose. The Blue Jay says naloxone can save others
- The Curator: Knix’s Anniversary Sale is here–shop these top deals now!
☰ Ars Technica
- School-shooting lawsuits accuse OpenAI of hiding violent ChatGPT users
- Check your gravity with NASA's Artemis II zero-g indicator
- Why a recent supply-chain attack singled out security firms Checkmarx and Bitwarden
- Anti-Trump Instagram pic of seashells now enough to indict ex-FBI directors
- Flesh-eating bacteria devour man's arm and leg in just three days
☰ nyt world
- Gallows Humor Provides Respite From Mideast Wars
- King Charles and Queen Camilla to Visit New York’s 9/11 Memorial
- Epstein Obtained Objects From Islam’s Holiest Site for His Island ‘Mosque’
- Acid Attack in Indonesia Evokes Brutality of Suharto Era
- Paraguay Says It’s Not Abandoning Taiwan. China Has Other Plans.
☰ cbc
- Higher oil prices set to give feds a 'windfall' in next budget
- King Charles subtly jabs at Trump in historic address while also calling for closer co-operation
- Trump's move to deport Haitian, Syrian immigrants goes to Supreme Court, with possible wider implications
- James Poker aged out of a treatment centre at 16. Nobody told his father
- 60% of Albertans say it’s difficult to meet monthly expenses: CBC News poll
☰ space
- NASA's Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage
- NASA fires up powerful lithium-fed thruster for trips to Mars
- An interplanetary shortcut can speed up trips to Mars
- Q&A: Apollo astronaut Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universe
- Scientists focus on the challenges of working and living in outer space
☰ science daily
- 50-foot ancient snake discovered in India may be one of the largest ever
- Scientists catch antimatter “atom” acting like a wave for the first time
- A one-in-a-million supernova seen five times could reveal the Universe’s true speed
- Scientists just found a chilling way life may have begun
- A forgotten drug is giving new hope to kids with a rare disease
☰ new scientist
- Cancer is increasing in young people and we still don't know why
- People are betting on measles outbreaks – and that might be useful
- Is consciousness more fundamental to reality than quantum physics?
- Humanoid robots may be about to break the 100-metre sprint record
- How I pay almost nothing to power my house and electric car
☰ science alert
- World First: Orangutan Filmed Using a Human-Made Bridge
- Ultra-Processed Foods May Be Quietly Affecting Your Brain's Ability to Focus
- Scientists Discover a Surprising Link Between Voting And Longevity
- Evolution Favored Genes Linked to Red Hair – And Vitamin D May Be Why
☰ Weather Forecast
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high: 9°C
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high: 12°C
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high: 10°C
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high: 9°C
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high: 12°C
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high: 14°C
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high: 9°C
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high: 9°C
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high: 9°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 9°C
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high: 7°C
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pop: 30%
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high: 10°C
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high: 18°C
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high: 17°C
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high: 23°C
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high: 20°C
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MSFT 429.37 +4.28   +1.01%
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META 671.39 -7.06   -1.04%
NVDA 213.10 -3.56   -1.64%
TESLA 375.98 -2.50   -0.66%
NFLX 92.31 +0.92   +1.00%
AMD 323.11 -11.59   -3.46%
INTC 84.54 -0.47   -0.55%
QCOM 149.97 -0.30   -0.20%
NXP 230.32 -6.56   -2.77%
AVGO 399.82 -18.50   -4.42%
IBM 233.05 +5.01   +2.20%
CSCO 86.85 -1.41   -1.60%
ORCL 165.98 -7.01   -4.05%
CRM 181.36 +1.09   +0.60%
ADBE 243.14 +3.76   +1.57%
CIEN 473.59 -32.56   -6.43%
JPM 311.47 -0.24   -0.08%
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NKE 45.02 -0.16   -0.35%
BA 230.71 -0.63   -0.27%
XOM 150.60 +2.41   +1.63%
CVX 188.36 +3.51   +1.90%
☰ Word of the Day
speculate

verb (SPEK-yuh-layt)

In general contexts, speculate means "to form ideas or theories about something usually when there are many things not known about it." In contexts relating to business or finance, it means "to invest money in ways that could produce a large profit but that also involve a lot of risk."

☰ Thought of the Day
"Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions." - Dalai Lama
☰ Born on this day
- Melchior Teschner, German composer, born in Wschowa, Poland (d. 1635)
- Harold Urey, American physical chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), born in Walkerton, Indiana (d. 1981)
- Richard Carlson, American stage and screen actor (All I Desire,; I Led 3 Lives), screenwriter and director (Riders to the Stars), born in Albert Lea, Minnesota (d. 1977)
- Alf Valentine, Jamaican cricketer (great West Indian lefty spinner), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2004)
- Darijan Božič, Slovenian composer and conductor, born in Slavonski Brod, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (d. 2018)
- Debbie Stabenow, American politician (Senator-D-Michigan 2001-), born in Gladwin, Michigan
- Rick Burleson, American Major League Baseball shortstop (Boston Red Sox, California Angels; 4x All-Star, Gold Glove Award, Red Sox Hall of Fame), born in Lynwood, California
- Phil King, British rock bassist (Lush; Jesus and Mary Chain; The Fallen), born in London
☰ Weather News
- Artemis II returns: How NOAA helped protect astronauts during the 10-day NASA mission
- One year of GOES-19 as the new GOES-East satellite
- Explore the seafloor with NOAA's modernized data portal
☰ Today in History
- Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Ghent ended
- Prince Frederick Henry occupies Schenkenschans fortress after a nine-month siege during the Dutch Revolt
- Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam
- NFL Draft: Auburn running back Bo Jackson first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- "H.O.L.Y" single released by Florida Georgia Line (Billboard Song of the Year, 2016)
- Georges Boulanger, French general and politician, born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1891)
- Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch artist (The Blue Barge) and resistance fighter, born in Leens, Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1945)
- Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder (founder Burton Snowboards; one of the inventors of modern day snowboard), born in New York City (d. 2019)
- Sam Jones III, American actor (Smallville), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Infanta Sofía of Spain, Princess of Spain, second in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, born in Madrid, Spain

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