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CSS has evolved significantly from table-based layouts to modern techniques with powerful new features. Recent additions include conditional logic with IF functions, anchor positioning for tooltips and UI elements, scroll-driven animations, and typed custom properties (variables). These features eliminate the need for JavaScript in many common patterns like carousels and animations, while improving performance and accessibility. CSS now supports media queries for user preferences like reduced motion, and new functions like sibling-index and sibling-count reduce the need for loops. The language is approaching maturity with a well-designed API that handles edge cases thoughtfully.