From pinpricks of darkness to lobsters feeling pain, here's what in the news this week.

LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced the winners of the 2026 Breakthrough Prizes, honoring scientists whose discoveries are significantly ...

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An English zoologist, he wrote an immensely popular 1967 book arguing that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our lives.

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But the very heart of our planet remains a mystery. For many years, scientists believed that iron and nickel made up Earth’s ...

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