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April 26, 2026
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☰ slashdot
- 40 Years After the Chernobyl Disaster, More Countries Are Turning To Nuclear Power
- Is AI Cannibalizing Human Intelligence? A Neuroscientist's Way to Stop It
- Trump Fires All 24 Members of America's National Science Board
- Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Isn't Working. Half Their Teens Still Have Access, Survey Finds
- Colorado Adds Open-Source Exemption to Age-Verification Bill
☰ cbc sports
- Ottawa Charge earns final PWHL playoff spot with 3-0 victory over Toronto Sceptres
- Stankoven scores again, Hurricanes down Senators to complete four-game sweep
- Rhodes, Vallerand score second-half goals to earn Halifax NSL season-opening win
- High stakes ahead for PWHL's super Saturday regular-season finale
- Rock League looks to keep rolling after successful inaugural season
☰ espn
- Kiper's grades for all 32 NFL draft classes: Why the Cowboys and Jets aced their picks
- The NFL draft is over ... let's overreact: Will the Cardinals and Rams regret their picks?
- Wolves lose Edwards, DiVincenzo in Game 4 win
- McDaniels' late layup irks Jokic in Nuggets' loss
- Red Sox fire Cora amid coaching staff shake-up
☰ global
- Suspect charged following shooting incident at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
- Man dead after shooting in Toronto parking lot, police search for suspects
- Governor General travelling to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., months after deadly mass shooting
- Lights Out: Raptors adjusting to early start time
- First Nations raise concerns as Métis self-government treaty advances in Parliament
☰ Ars Technica
- Artemis II broke Fred Haise's distance record, but he is happy to pass it on
- Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism"
- This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built
- Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic
- Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna's combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine
☰ nyt world
- U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’
- Israel’s President, Putting Off Decision on Pardon for Netanyahu, Will Push for Plea Deal
- What Happened After The New York Times Found a Cartel Mine on a Colombian Military Base
- 40 Years After the Meltdown, War Layers Another Disaster on Chernobyl
- Iranian Negotiators Set to Return to Pakistan to Try to Revive Truce Talks
☰ cbc
- Trump unharmed after 'shooting incident' at White House correspondents' dinner
- White House correspondents' dinner shooting suspect was a part-time teacher, game developer
- 1 reason why healthy people have heart attacks, and what experts say could help
- From National Pizza Day to National Puppy Day: Why so many national days have filled the calendar
- Facing rural realities and mistrust in hospitals, these women turned to home births
☰ space
- Contribution to Artemis II Moon mission sees successful test of a space camera under cosmic ray conditions
- Moon dust could stop being a nuisance and start reshaping how humans may build beyond Earth
- NASA eyes September for Roman Telescope launch
- Light-powered propulsion expands space exploration possibilities
- SpaceX partners with AI startup Cursor, may buy it for $60 bn
☰ science daily
- Fish oil may be hurting your brain, new study finds
- Harvard scientists link gut bacteria to depression through hidden inflammation trigger
- Warming waters are supercharging an invasive salmon predator in Alaska
- Gravitational waves may have created dark matter in the early universe
- New “optical tornado” technology could transform quantum communication
☰ new scientist
- Why the right kind of stress is crucial for your health and happiness
- This mesmerising Cornish time-travel film is not to be missed
- Gravity's strength measured more reliably than ever before
- Symptoms of early dementia reversed by bespoke treatment plans
- QBox theory may offer glimpse of reality deeper than quantum realm
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☰ Weather Forecast
Mon 27 Apr

high: 20°C
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high: 20°C
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high: 15°C
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pop: 60%
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high: 11°C
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pop: 40%
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high: 10°C
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pop: 40%
Mon 27 Apr

high: 15°C
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high: 14°C
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high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
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high: 11°C
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pop: 30%
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high: 10°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 27 Apr

high: 21°C
Sunny
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high: 22°C
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high: 17°C
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high: 10°C
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high: 10°C
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pop: 60%
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high: 19°C
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high: 20°C
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high: 16°C
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high: 9°C
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high: 8°C
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high: 15°C
A mix of sun and cloud
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high: 13°C
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high: 10°C
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pop: 60%
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high: 14°C
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high: 10°C
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Mon 27 Apr

high: 13°C
Mainly sunny
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high: 15°C
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high: 13°C
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pop: 30%
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high: 7°C
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high: 6°C
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high: 16°C
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high: 16°C
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high: 12°C
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high: 17°C
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high: 20°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 27 Apr

high: 5°C
Mainly sunny
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high: 11°C
Sunny
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high: 12°C
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high: 19°C
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high: 14°C
Chance of showers
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☰ Word of the Day
onerous

adjective (AH-nuh-rus)

Onerous means "involving, imposing, or constituting a burden." It typically describes something that is difficult and unpleasant to do or deal with.

☰ Thought of the Day
"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars." - Latin Proverb
☰ Born on this day
- Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706), born in Ribeira Palace, Lisbon (d. 1706)
- Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, born in Stretta di Morosaglia, France (d. 1807)
- Ernst Tittel, Austrian organist and composer, born in Sternberg, Moravia (d. 1969)
- Padú del Caribe [Juan Chabaya Lampe], Aruban pianist and composer, known as the "Father of the Caribbean" ("Aruba Dushi Tera" - Aruba's national anthem), born in Oranjestad, Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands (d. 2019)
- Bruce Jay Friedman, American novelist (A Mother's Kisses), playwright (Scuba Duba) and screenwriter (Splash), born in New York City (d. 2020)
- Ilkka Kuusisto, Finnish opera composer, organist, arts administrator (Finnish National Opera, 1984-92), broadcaster, and educator, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 2025)
- Jimmy Hall, American southern rock singer and saxophonist (Wet Willie), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Juanita du Plessis (née Naudé), Namibian Afrikaans country music singer ("Ska-Rumba"), born in Windhoek, South West Africa
☰ Weather News
- Explore the seafloor with NOAA's modernized data portal
- Small actions, big impact: Get involved in your national marine sanctuaries
- From our satellites to you, on Earth Day 2026
☰ Today in History
- Motion pictures begin regular showings at the Orpheum Theater in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in BandH
- Oratorio for chorus evoking Pennsylvania coal-mining life "Anthracite Fields" by composer Julia Wolfe premieres in Philadelphia (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2015)
- Six suspected militants connected to Sri Lankan terror attacks killed along with ten others in a shootout with police in Sainthamaruthu
- Brazilian Portuguese-language Michaelis dictionary adds "pelé" as a new adjective to its online edition, meaning "exceptional, incomparable, unique"
- Eugène Delacroix, French painter and etcher (Journal), born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, Île-de-France, France (d. 1863)
- Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent, manager and producer (The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2008)
- Mike Scott, American baseball pitcher (NL Cy Young Award and NLCS MVP 1986, NL wins leader 1989; 3 × MLB All-Star Houston Astros), born in Santa Monica, California
- Rosa Briceño, Venezuelan conductor, and educator, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2018)
- Joey Jordison, American drummer (Slipknot, 1995-2013 - "All Hope Is Gone"), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2021)

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