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Lancet: Global Diabetes Rate Has Doubled in Last 30 Years
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The percentage of adults suffering from diabetes across the world has doubled ...
December 4, 2024
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Novel Laureate Geoffrey Hinton: Trump to Give AI Developers Free Rein; Urges 30 Times Greater Spending on Safety Research
TORONTO — The inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will interfere with the safe deve...
December 3, 2024
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Astronaut Takuya Onishi to Serve as ISS Commander
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi is set to serve as commander of the Interna...
December 3, 2024
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Stray Dogs in Giza Become Tourist Draw after ‘Pyramid Puppy’ Sensation
CAIRO (AFP-Jiji) — Beneath the blazing Egyptian sun, crowds at the Giza Pyramids gazed up at the ...
November 30, 2024
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Scientists Uncover Magnetic Misunderstanding about Uranus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the f...
November 29, 2024
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Fossil from Germany Unlocks History of Ancient Flying Reptiles
Aloft over the landscape of Bavaria some 147 million years ago was a pterosaur — an ancient flyin...
November 28, 2024
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Researchers: Surfboards with Bright Lights Could Deter Shark Attacks
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Covering your surfboard in bright lights sounds like an open invitation to gr...
November 28, 2024
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Japan N-Waste Body Submits Survey Report to Hokkaido Town
SUTTSU, Hokkaido (Jiji Press) — A Japanese nuclear waste management body submitted a report Frida...
November 22, 2024
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Far Side of the Moon Once Had Erupting Volcanoes Too
NEW YORK (AP) — Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ...
November 20, 2024
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California Researchers Discover Mysterious New Sea Slug
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, biolumines...
November 20, 2024
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Webb Telescope Reveals Rapid Growth of Primordial Black Hole
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole about...
November 14, 2024
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Animals Found Living Underground near Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A deep-diving robot that chiseled into the rocky Pacific seabed at a spot ...
November 13, 2024
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New DNA Evidence Rewrites Long-told Stories of People in Ancient Pompeii
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its ci...
November 13, 2024
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Scientists Rebuild the Face of 400-year-old Polish ‘Vampire’
PIEN, Poland (Reuters) — Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, “Z...
November 7, 2024
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Research: Phasing out Teen Smoking Could Save 1.2 Million Lives
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Banning the sale of tobacco to people born between 2006 and 2010 could prevent...
November 6, 2024
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