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A new study finds that about one-third of long-standing "linguistic universals" are backed by strong statistical evidence when tested using modern evolutionary methods.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Coltherd said he knew of other people who had placed bets, including one person who meant to put £5 on Changemyluck but mistakenly backed the winner.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Alphabet backed a $5 billion Anthropic data center in Texas.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

His second company, called Lucy, was backed by Y Combinator, the venture firm that Altman ran at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I nodded and backed away from Slop and the hoard.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff