Oil spills from Iran war may contaminate water and food supply and threaten protected wildlife refuge - By - Sascha Pare - published - 22 April 26 - Air strikes on oil facilities and oil tankers in the Persian Gulf have unleashed what is set to become an ecological catastrophe, satellite images show.

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NASA's Curiosity rover finds a surprising number of giant 'dragon scales' littered across Mars - By - Harry Baker - published - 22 April 26 - The Curiosity rover snapped a series of peculiar polygons that look suspiciously like giant fossilized reptile scales. Although scientists have seen similar shapes on Mars before, they have never seen such a "dramatically abundant" concentration.

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Watch an AI-powered table tennis robot beat elite players - By - Kenna Hughes-Castleberry - published - 22 April 26 - Using high-precision cameras and an AI system, Sony AI's Ace is revealing the advancements robotics.

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NASA shuts off another Voyager 1 instrument ahead of risky 'Big Bang' maneuver to save power - By - Elizabeth Howell - published - 21 April 26 - After nearly 50 years in space, the two Voyager spacecraft are very low on nuclear power. Voyager 1 just shut off another instrument to save the mission.

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'Nations need to prepare now': Key Atlantic ocean current is much closer to collapse than scientists thought - By - Sophie Berdugo - published - 21 April 26 - An alarming study claims the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is weakening more than believed previously. But experts say its findings are far from the final word.

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New blood test aims to spot liver scarring before it paves the way to cancer - By - Hanan Hammad - published - 21 April 26 - Liver scarring can pave the way to cancer down the line. A new blood test in development might help doctors spot it.

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A giant 'shadow' has been creeping across Mars for 50 years - and scientists aren't sure why - By - Harry Baker - published - 20 April 26 - A dark patch in Mars' Utopia Planitia region has grown significantly since it was first photographed in 1976. Scientists have a loose understanding of what it is, but they can't properly explain its gradual growth.

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Bruce the parrot is missing his upper beak -‬ but that hasn't stopped him from becoming an undefeated jousting champion - By - Olivia Ferrari - published - 20 April 26 - A kea parrot in New Zealand who lost the top part of his beak when young has developed a new way to fight other males that has made him unbeatable.

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Scientists identify main cause of extreme nausea and vomiting in pregnancy - By - Sophie Berdugo - published - 20 April 26 - A key gene tied to hyperemesis gravidarum, an extreme form of vomiting in pregnancy, is also linked to a heightened risk of type 2 diabetes, scientists report.

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Physicists witness faster-than-light darkness pinpricks, humans found to still be evolving, and the endangered polar bears that are getting fatter than ever - By - Ben Turner - published - 18 April 26 - Science news this week - April 18, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend

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2 supermassive black holes may collide 100 years from now ‪-‬ and Earth would feel it - By - Kenna Hughes-Castleberry - published - 16 April 26 - In a galaxy 500 million light-years away, two supermassive black holes could merge, spreading gravitational waves across the universe.

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