Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discover - By - Owen Jarus - published - 22 April 26 - A papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues.

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Artemis moon landing could face long delay while NASA waits for next-generation spacesuits - By - Patrick Pester - published - 22 April 26 - Delays in next-generation spacesuits could push back Artemis moon landings to 2031, an audit by the NASA Office of Inspector General claims.

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Gene therapy improves hearing in 90% of patients with inherited deafness in largest trial of its kind - By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 22 April 26 - A new gene therapy tested in China has improved the hearing of 38 people who were born deaf due to mutations in a gene called OTOF.

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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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Florida is facing its most intense drought in 15 years. Here's how it got so bad and how long it will last. By - Sascha Pare - published - 21 April 26 - More than 70% of the state is under "extreme" to "exceptional" drought conditions, and other parts of the U.S. Southeast are similarly affected. But why, and what are the impacts?

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Neanderthal toddlers grew faster than modern humans, probably because of the harsh environment they evolved in - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 21 April 26 - A new study of a Neanderthal toddler reveals that our closest evolutionary relatives' growth patterns differed from those of modern humans.

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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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Experimental drug doubles one-year survival in pancreatic cancer - By - RJ Mackenzie - published - 18 April 26 - A new drug that works by making tumors more susceptible to chemotherapy and the immune system has increased survival in those with advanced pancreatic cancer in a trial.

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