Science
-
Solar Flares Bathe Swathes of Siberia in Scarlet ‘Northern Lights’
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Swathes of Russia and Ukraine were bathed in some of the strongest scarlet and gr...
November 15, 2023
-
Tohoku Univ. Team Finds Nerve Stimulation Could Beat Diabetes
SENDAI (Jiji Press) — A research team of Tohoku University has found that insulin-secreting cells in...
November 15, 2023
-
Drought in Brazil’s Amazon Reveals Ancient Engravings
MANAUS, Brazil (AFP-Jiji) — An extreme drought in parts of the Amazon has led to a dramatic drop in ...
November 11, 2023
-
Asteroid Impact Fouled Earth’s Atmosphere with Dust
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — It was, to put it mildly, a bad day on Earth when an asteroid smacked Mexico’...
November 11, 2023
-
Baleen Whale Fossils Found in Akita Prefecture May Link to Modern Whales
NOSHIRO, Akita — Fossilized bones from a baleen whale found in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, may backup...
November 11, 2023
-
Lucy Spacecraft Swoops Past 1st of 10 Asteroids on Journey to Jupiter
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on Nov. 1 encountered the first of 10 asteroids o...
November 8, 2023
-
Rock Collected during Apollo 17 Mission Now Reveals Moon’s Age
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 — the last time people walked on the moo...
November 2, 2023
-
Brazil Scientists Developing New ‘Vaccine’ for Cocaine Addiction
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AFP-Jiji) — Scientists in Brazil, the world’s second-biggest consumer of coc...
November 2, 2023
-
U.K. Research: Bird Flu Detected in Antarctic Region for 1st Time
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Bird flu has been detected in the antarctic region for the first time, according ...
November 1, 2023
-
Pest Controller Notes Bedbug Anxiety in U.K.
British pest control giant Rentokil Initial saw a 32% jump in enquiries about bedbugs from January t...
November 1, 2023
-
Researchers Grow Mouse Embryos in Space
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A Japanese research team said Saturday that it has succeeded in developing a fe...
October 29, 2023
-
Scientists Reveal Hints about the Universe’s Earliest Galaxies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Since beginning operations last year, the James Webb Space Telescope has prov...
October 25, 2023
-
Researchers Surprised by Source of Largest Quake Detected on Mars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — On May 4, 2022, NASA’s InSight lander detected the largest quake yet recorded...
October 25, 2023
-
Australia Gives Up Fight against Parasite
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Australia abandoned its fight to eradicate the destructive Varroa mite, an invas...
October 19, 2023
-
DNA Remnants Found in Fossil of 6 Million Year Old Turtle
Remnants of DNA have been discovered in fossilized remains dating to 6 million years ago of a sea tu...
October 18, 2023
"Science & Nature" POPULAR ARTICLE
-
Mass Oyster Die-Offs Confirmed in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea; High Water Temperature Cited as Primary Cause
-
Big Leap in Quest to Get to Bottom of Climate Ice Mystery
-
Security Camera Footage Vulnerable to Outside Access; Investigation Finds 3,000 Pieces Exposed Online
-
Star-eating Black Hole Unleashes Record-setting Energetic Flare
-
Genome Study Reveals Milestone in History of Cat Domestication
JN TOP STORIES
-
Container Operations at Japan’s Hachinohe Port Disrupted by Quake
-
Baby Infected with Measles Was on Flight from Hanoi to Narita, Says Tokyo Govt
-
Rob Reiner, Son of a Comedy Giant Who Became One, Too, Dies at 78
-
Speed Skater Yukino Yoshida Clinches Ticket to Milan
-
China to Impose Sanctions on Shigeru Iwasaki, Former Head of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, Who Serves as Adviser to Taiwan’s Executive Branch
-
Japan to Have No Pandas for 1st Time Since 1972 with Return of Ueno Zoo’s Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei to China (Update 1)