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3rd H3 Rocket Launched Successfully; Daichi-4 Satellite Shot into Orbit (UPDATE 2)
The third H3 rocket lifted off at noon on Monday from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima P...
July 1, 2024
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Fern from New Caledonia Boasts World’S Largest Genome
You thought the living organism with the largest genome might be the blue whale, an African eleph...
June 28, 2024
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NASA’s Lucy Finds Asteroid Dinkinesh’s Dynamic History
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A little asteroid called Dinkinesh — visited last November by NASA’s Lucy ...
June 27, 2024
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Thousands of People Die of Snakebites in Kenya Annually
MWINGI, Kenya (AP) — Esther Kangali felt a sharp pain while on her mother’s farm in eastern Kenya...
June 26, 2024
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Japan Atomic Energy Agency Plans to Set up Office on Next-Generation Fast Nuclear Reactor with Private Sector
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has decided to set up a new office on July 1 jointly with the priv...
June 23, 2024
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Seabed Deposits Could Meet Japan’s Cobalt Needs For 75 Years; Manganese Nodules Near Minami-Torishima Island Filled With Rare Metals
Vast deposits of manganese nodules containing rare metals on the seabed off Minami-Torishima Isla...
June 21, 2024
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New Analysis: Venus Has More Volcanism than Previously Known
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Venus appears to be more volcanically active than previously known, accord...
June 20, 2024
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Astronaut Koichi Wakata: Private Sector to Drive Progress in Space; What is Japan’s Role Going Forward?
WASHINGTON — Astronaut Koichi Wakata said that activities in low Earth orbit will be led by the p...
June 20, 2024
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N.Z.’s Nascent Space Industry Aims for Stars
WELLINGTON (Reuters) — The grassy plains on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island, once ho...
June 19, 2024
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NASA Accidentally Posts Simulation of Distressed Astronauts
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — NASA accidentally broadcast a simulation of astronauts being treated for de...
June 19, 2024
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Maya Sacrifice of Twin Boys Revealed by DNA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — In 1967, an underground cistern known as a chultun was discovered near a s...
June 19, 2024
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Clinical Trials on Teeth-growing Medicine to Start in Humans in September; Drug Aimed at Helping Children Missing Teeth from Birth
Clinical trials on a medicine to grow missing teeth will be launched in September, according to a...
June 19, 2024
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Rare Fossil of Adolescent ‘Teen Rex’ Found by U.S. Kids
A rare fossil of an adolescent Tyrannosaurus rex has been excavated in North Dakota’s badlands — ...
June 15, 2024
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Webb Finds Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed, Again
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what appears to be a new re...
June 15, 2024
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For Elephants, Much Like People, Greetings Are a Complex Affair
People greet each other in a variety of ways. They might say “hello,” “guten tag,” “hola,” “konni...
June 6, 2024
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