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Opinion | Iranians Admit Trump’s Blockade Is Working
Published: 2026-08-18 17:14:00 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:16:59
The 40-day war did less damage to Iran’s economy than the blockade is doing now.
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Returning captain Joe Root aiming to build on best of Stokes era against Pakistan
Published: 2026-08-18 15:53:05 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:13:55
  • Root will not ‘rip up’ work of Stokes and McCullum

  • ‘Exceptional’ Dan Lawrence praised on Test return

Joe Root says he is not planning on “ripping up” the work of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum as England prepare to face Pakistan in the first Test in Leeds, on the Yorkshireman’s return to the captaincy.

The three-match series is the first since the retirement of Stokes from international cricket and the removal of McCullum from his red-ball role.

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Chelsea’s boardroom rift: if Boehly goes who will Clearlake have left to blame? | Sam Cunningham
Published: 2026-08-18 16:53:13 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:13:55

Despite another reset with a new manager and fresh strategy, the boardroom drama persists at Stamford Bridge

Perhaps, in hindsight, it was always going to end this way. As some of the world’s wealthiest investors scrambled to find funds after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine set a series of dominoes toppling that forced Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea, it threw together some unexpected allies.

Todd Boehly became the public face of the winning bid, convincing the US sports mogul Mark Walter and the Swiss businessman Hansjörg Wyss to join as 12.8% minority investors. The private equity firm Clearlake Capital put in 61.6%, bringing the owners Behdad Eghbali and José E Feliciano, who made their fortunes investing in tech, into the leadership fold.

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Apple overhauls its EU App Store fees, loosens rules for alternative app stores
Published: 2026-08-18 17:12:13 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:13:54
Apple is simplifying its EU App Store fees, replacing its per-install fee with a 5% commission for apps distributed outside the App Store and making it easier for developers to operate alternative app marketplaces.
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Trump says Strait of Hormuz is "open and operating." Shipping data appears to contradict his claim.
Published: 2026-08-18 17:00:55 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:12:54
President Trump said on social media Tuesday that no talks or conversations are underway with Iran and that the Strait of Hormuz is "open and operating." However, shipping data says otherwise. CBS News' Natalie Brand has more.
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'Heavy' rain finally forecast in some drought-hit areas today
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Published: 2026-08-18 16:09:00 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:10:54
Parts of the country could see heavy rain today following weeks of high temperatures and dry weather that has left many areas in drought.
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Japan’s Gen X workers are struggling
Published: 2026-08-18 16:13:28 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:08:55
The “ice-age” generation has been cursed several times over
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Blighty newsletter: Talk is cheap. Or is it?
Published: 2026-08-18 16:27:10 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:08:55
Matthew Holehouse, our public policy editor, asks whether words matter as much as deeds in Westminster
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Hong Kong’s looted Chinese antiquities
Published: 2026-08-18 16:31:25 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:08:55
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, how the city became a haven for smuggled artefacts
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Florida carries out its 13th execution this year in US’s busiest death chamber
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Published: 2026-08-18 22:33:26 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:06:58

US supreme court declined to halt execution of William Frances Silvia, and state has two executions next month

A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law was executed on Tuesday, continuing the state’s aggressive use of the death penalty in the final term of the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis.

William Frances Silvia, 61, was pronounced dead at 6.11pm after receiving a three-drug injection at the Florida state prison near Starke.

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Rodri ready for 'excitement again' after Barca complete £65m deal
Published: 2026-08-18 18:14:01 | Created: 2026-08-18 17:01:00
Barcelona sign Spain midfielder Rodri, the player of the 2026 World Cup, from Manchester City after a trophy-laden seven years with the Premier League club.
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Tupac Shakur murder trial: ‘You better treat me as a hostile witness,’ Suge Knight associate testifies – latest updates
Published: 2026-08-19 00:06:59 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:59:56

‘Me or anybody else bringing up the dead is wrong,’ James McDonald tells Las Vegas courtroom

District Court Judge Carli Kierney relayed a few questions directly from the jury to medical examiner Dr. Lisa Gavin.

“Where there any wounds to the head that you or Dr. Jordan observed or noted?”

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The CEO Moment: Pfizer’s Albert Bourla
Published: 2026-08-18 16:51:00 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:52:56
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Tupac Shakur murder trial: ‘You better treat me as a hostile witness,’ Suge Knight associate testifies – as it happened
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Published: 2026-08-19 00:35:18 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:52:00

This live blog is now closed.

District Court Judge Carli Kierney relayed a few questions directly from the jury to medical examiner Dr. Lisa Gavin.

“Where there any wounds to the head that you or Dr. Jordan observed or noted?”

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The Little-Known Link Between Dementia and Epilepsy
Published: 2026-08-18 17:43:55 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:51:55
After he was diagnosed with “silent” epileptic seizures, doctors were able to treat his memory loss and confusion.
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Семантического поиска оказалось мало. Как я научил Obsidian находить похожие заметки
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Published: 2026-08-18 16:48:48 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:49:56

В прошлой статье я рассказывал, как добавил в Obsidian локальный семантический индекс. Сам проект развивается открыто, код лежит здесь:

GitHub: https://github.com/zinverno/obsidian-ai-hub

С тех пор semantic-слой заметно вырос. Появились автоматическая синхронизация индекса, Similar Notes и поиск потенциальных дублей. В какой-то момент стало понятно, что сам по себе семантический поиск решает только половину задачи.

Базовая схема у меня была такой:

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ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at 93 from the effects of Parkinson’s disease
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Published: 2026-08-18 16:42:07 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:48:55
Bill Rasmussen, who co-founded cable TV sports giant ESPN, has died at the age of 93
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Finishing his story and catchin' Sachin - Root's England challenge
Published: 2026-08-18 16:41:31 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:45:57
Joe Root has an unexpected chance to address some unfinished business as England captain, but it is one of the biggest challenges of his stellar career.
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Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her children. Why are true crime fans saying she didn't?
Published: 2026-08-18 16:33:10 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:44:54
Lindsay Clancy's murder trial is generating endless discussion among true crime aficionados online, sparking theories and misinformation over the case. Kathryn Coduto, an assistant professor of media sciences at Boston University, explains why the case has taken social media by storm.
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Serco employee charged with misconduct over sharing asylum seeker addresses in Thetford
Published: 2026-08-18 11:10:45 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:43:55
The 62-year-old man is charged with misconduct in public office and appears before magistrates.
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Prevent scheme not helping children fixated with violence, children's commissioner says
Published: 2026-08-18 16:09:01 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:43:55
Growing numbers of children referred to the government's counter-terror programme are not suitable for it and need help, Dame Rachel de Souza warns.
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Comcast adds motion sensing to millions of its newer routers, with a privacy catch
Published: 2026-08-18 16:39:05 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:39:54
A new feature added to Comcast's newest routers can detect if there is motion inside your home without needing traditional motion sensors.
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Nigeria influencer arrested after seizure of cocaine worth $28m destined for the UK
Published: 2026-08-18 16:26:22 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:38:58
Afolabi Kazeem Micheal has not commented on allegations he is linked to a global drug trafficking network.
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Disney and ABC sue Trump's media regulator to stop early licence renewal
Published: 2026-08-18 20:39:36 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:38:58
The network accuses the administration of retaliating against ABC because it "disapproves of what ABC broadcasts".
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Шесть LLM‑судей из четырёх лабораторий несут 1,9 независимого голоса из 6
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Published: 2026-08-18 16:35:52 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:36:57

6 LLM‑судей, 4 лаборатории, 3 страны — а ошибки коррелируют: ρ̄ ≈ 0,42, эффективно 1,9 из 6.

В июле я писал, что консенсус шести LLM‑судей на RAGTruth бьёт любого одиночного судью. Это по‑прежнему верно. Но тогда я не проверил главного: сколько независимых голосов стоит за этим консенсусом. Оказалось — примерно два.

1,9 из 6

Посадите шесть разных инструктивных LLM судить одну задачу и выносить вердикт голосованием — интуиция подсказывает, что шесть моделей из четырёх лабораторий надёжнее одной: разные компании, архитектуры, страны, ошибки же должны быть независимыми.

Я это измерил. На публичном бенчмарке RAGTruth комитет из шести моделей несёт — по design‑effect приближению — примерно столько же независимой информации, сколько 1,9 независимого судьи из шести. Средняя попарная корреляция их ошибок ρ̄ ≈ 0,42.

Это не «1,9 судьи» в буквальном смысле — это эффективный размер: сколько независимых голосов реально стоит за шестью коррелированными. Разнообразие провайдеров не покупает независимость ошибок.

И вот вывод, который держится вообще без спора о точной цифре: ошибки шести судей скоррелированы достаточно, чтобы гарантии независимого голосования выродились. Теорема Кондорсе для коррелированных голосов не отменяется (Ладха, Боланд) — но её границы становятся куда слабее: шесть таких голосов работают как эффективные ~два. «1,9» лишь оценивает масштаб этого вырождения.

Весь метод, данные и пересчёт одной командой — в репозитории: https://github.com/itsjustmarsel/llm-judge-independence. Скрипт analyze.py пересчитывает ρ̄ и n_eff прямо из сохранённых вердиктов, без единого обращения к API.

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Why four states are suing Meta in landmark trial
Published: 2026-08-18 16:30:51 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:36:55
Opening arguments begin Tuesday in a landmark trial where four states are suing Meta for alleged mental health harm and addictive design. CBS News contributor Rebecca Roiphe has the latest.
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Madonna leads 2026 MTV VMAs with 11 nominations
Published: 2026-08-18 16:42:00 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:36:54
Madonna leads all artists with 11 nominations at this year's MTV VMAs, and a full sweep would tie her with Beyoncé and Taylor Swift for the most VMA wins in history.
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Premier League chief says Fifa self-destructed over World Cup plan
Published: 2026-08-18 16:18:37 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:35:56
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has criticised Fifa president Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan, saying the organisation has "pressed the self-destruct button" by delivering "a self-inflicted wound".
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Jason Arday's rise and fall tells a larger story about academia, a critic says
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Published: 2026-08-18 08:41:14 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:34:57
Supporters leave flowers and photographs at a vigil for late Cambridge professor Jason Arday in London on Aug. 17. Arday died Aug. 14 at age 41 amid allegations of plagiarism and embellishing his biography.

What can academia learn from Jason Arday's rise and fall? Atlantic staff writer and former academic Tyler Austin Harper weighs the questions his story left behind.

(Image credit: Carlos Jasso)

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Словарь «Колобок» и идея перевода словарей
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Published: 2026-08-18 16:29:59 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:31:56

Оказывается, если поработать с промптами и гейтами, то можно перевести большущий японо-английский словарь к виду японо-русского с очень неплохим качеством. Идея применима к другим языкам. Сделал пайплайн, запускал 100 Sol-воркеров-переводчиков одновременно через CLI. Вышло недорого.

Тут словарь, тут гитхаб с пайплайном, тут примеры статей.

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Israel Strikes Air Base in Syria, Drawing Ire From the U.S.
Published: 2026-08-18 21:16:37 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:31:55
The attack was the latest in a series of Israeli military interventions in Syria over the past two years.
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Sugar Importer With Trump Ties Said to Maintain Abusive Labor Practices
Published: 2026-08-18 15:11:55 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:31:55
A watchdog group said the Dominican company continued to violate labor standards after President Trump lifted an import ban last year.
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Judge blocks plan to move FBI headquarters
Published: 2026-08-18 16:29:42 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:31:54
A judge blocked a Trump administration plan to move the FBI headquarters to Washington, D.C.
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Pro-Business Leader Wins Re-Election in Zambia Vote Marred by Fraud Allegations
Published: 2026-08-18 16:28:00 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:30:59
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema plans to triple copper production by 2031.
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Appeals court upholds block on immigration arrests at certain houses of worship
Published: 2026-08-18 16:25:58 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:28:54
A federal appeals court sided with houses of worship from the Quaker, Sikh, and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship religious traditions.
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Premier League chief says Fifa self-destructed over World Cup plan
Published: 2026-08-18 16:18:37 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:22:56
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has criticised Fifa president Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan, saying the organisation has "pressed the self-destruct button" by delivering "a self-inflicted wound".
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ИИ пишет тест-кейсы и автотесты за тебя: как их генерировать и не получить ложное покрытие
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Published: 2026-08-18 16:22:39 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:22:56

Генерация тест-кейсов — один из первых сценариев, с которых компании внедряют ИИ в тестирование. Отдаёшь модели требования или код — через несколько секунд получаешь готовый список проверок. Кажется, что рутину тест-дизайна можно закрыть промптом, а ручных тестировщиков — сократить.

Но тест-кейс — не синоним тестирования. Модель работает только с тем контекстом, что ей передали: не знает незафиксированные правила и может принять баг в коде за норму. Кейсов становится больше, а контроля качества — нет.

Разбираем, что ИИ реально снимает с QA, где создаёт лишь видимость покрытия и почему сгенерированный набор всё равно приходится проектировать и проверять человеку.

Где прячется ложное покрытие →
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Penn State students accused of running cocaine-trafficking ring at fraternity houses
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Published: 2026-08-18 16:07:03 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:21:57

Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi were off campus, with Delta Upsilon placed on interim probation

More than a dozen Penn State University students ran a cocaine-trafficking ring that cut and packaged the potent drug mainly at two fraternity houses, authorities said on Monday.

The Pennsylvania attorney general, Dave Sunday, announced charges on Monday against 14 people linked to the purported operation, saying it involved “primarily college students and two fraternities”. The drugs were “distributed mainly to Penn State … students”, Sunday’s office contended in statements that caused waves far beyond the research university’s campus community.

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The ‘big-ass bag’ – do you really need a tote you can carry a small human in?
Published: 2026-08-18 16:12:19 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:21:55

Lululemon’s absurdly capacious 80-litre bag will set you back a small fortune – and it’s one of the cheapest giant holdalls on the market

Name: Big-Ass Bags.

Age: The titular “Big-Ass Bag” launched this month (but large carrying receptacles have been available for centuries).

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Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear
Published: 2026-08-18 16:19:10 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:19:54
Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos and videos.
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Justice Department to send a record 1,000 monitors to midterm polling places
Published: 2026-08-18 21:54:00 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:18:55
The Justice Department is planning to deploy a record 1,000 federal monitors to polling places throughout the U.S. for the midterm elections.
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Levoit’s new self-emptying stick vacuum is already $200 off
Published: 2026-08-18 16:05:11 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:15:56
Levoit’s new self-emptying stick vacuum is now 40% off. The lightweight vacuum empties its dustbin on its own and comes with several attachments.
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Ни строчки руками: как я вайбкодил AI-мастера D&D и что показали два месяца открытой беты
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Published: 2026-08-18 16:10:56 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:14:56

За полгода я не написал руками ни одной строчки кода. При этом в проде — почти тысяча пользователей и первые 50 тысяч рублей. Днём я геймдизайнер в мобильной игре, вечером сажусь оперировать фермой агентов, которые пишут код вместо меня — и сами же его ревьюят и тестируют. Под катом честные цифры двух месяцев открытой беты: воронка, глубина сессий, деньги и пара мест, где агенты меня знатно подставили. А вы уж сами решите, вайбкодинг — это новая разработка или преступление против профессии.

Мне есть, что сказать...
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I’m 50 years old. Why do I still struggle with the need to be liked?
Published: 2026-08-18 16:00:49 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:13:55

An over-investment in people-pleasing can be emotionally costly. Here’s how I’m training myself to be OK with letting people down

A few months ago, my 10-year-old daughter and I went to our neighborhood cafe. At the counter, the owner greeted us with her typical effusion of warmth and welcome. Instead of greeting her in kind, my daughter looked on with a stony expression and ungiving eyes.

My face flushed. I was embarrassed and incensed by what I perceived as blatant rudeness. You could at least smile, I thought.

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Infantino ally insists Fifa president still has backing of most football associations
Published: 2026-08-18 15:56:04 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:13:55
  • Mosengo-Omba says Fifa’s congress backs Infantino

  • Fecofa president admits he did not support sell-off plan

One of Gianni Infantino’s closest allies has said he would “take a bullet” for the Fifa president and is confident that he still has the overwhelming support of its all-powerful congress despite mounting pressure.

But Véron Mosengo-Omba, who served as Fifa’s chief member associations officer until 2021 and is now president of the Congolese Football Federation (Fecofa), also criticised Infantino’s Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) scheme that wanted to sell off more than 20% of the World Cup to private investors.

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Death and alleged torture of man in detention sparks protests in Syria
Published: 2026-08-18 16:03:24 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:13:55

Picture showing White Helmets volunteer unconscious and with bruises on his body went viral

Syrians have protested over the death of a man who was arrested and allegedly beaten by security forces, sparking widespread anger at a practice thought to have ended with the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

A crowd gathered in the city of Aleppo, demanding accountability for the security forces who are alleged to have carried out the torture, with participants holding signs and slogans such as: “Do not repeat the same oppression that we revolted against.” Protests were also planned to take place in front of Syria’s parliament in Damascus on Tuesday, as well.

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Opinion | Russia Burns Books and Sacks Libraries in Ukraine
Published: 2026-08-18 16:09:00 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:12:57
Bibliocide—attacks on the written word—was a tactic of Nazi Germany, the Khmer Rouge and ISIS.
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How NASA Engineers Are Keeping the Voyagers Alive
Published: 2026-08-18 21:42:47 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:11:55
A reworking of the spacecraft’s power systems could extend the nearly 50-year-old Voyagers’ exploration of interstellar space into the early 2030s.
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Forty First Dates and Still Searching
Published: 2026-08-18 21:00:51 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:11:55
As he looks for The One, Joseph Pascaretta is investing in pricey matchmaking services. Will it help him find love?
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Childhood Friends, Adopted From India, Discover They’re Sisters
Published: 2026-08-18 14:48:00 | Created: 2026-08-18 16:11:55
Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from India by families in the Netherlands and grew up less than 100 miles apart.
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