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PHP grew from Rasmus Lerdorf's personal CGI tools in 1994 into the language behind WordPress, Facebook and Laravel. Here are the turning points, up to the PHP2Shell flaws patched in October 2026.

Kate Winslet's career runs from a BBC children's serial to an Oscar, two Emmys and a directing debut. Five turning points show how it unfolded.

Five timelines follow the human body from fertilisation through the embryo, the fetus, the first three years and puberty, then across a whole life from peak strength to old age.

This week's additions cover four acclaimed figures of film and fiction, plus a race-by-race look at the 2026 Formula One season.

Jodie Foster has been acting since she was a toddler. Here are the turning points in a career that took her from a Coppertone advert to two Best Actress Oscars, a directing career and an Emmy.

Chuck Berry was born 100 years ago today, on 18 October 1926. With a guitar, a duck walk and a run of songs about cars, school and teenagers, he wrote much of the rulebook for rock and roll.

This year's six Nobel Prizes went to work on neutrinos under the ice, mirror-image molecules, light-controlled neurons, classical poetry made new, international justice and steadying the economy.

Margaret Hamilton, who led the MIT team behind the Apollo flight software and gave software engineering its name, has died aged 90. A look at the turning points of her life and work.