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As Baboons Become Bolder, Cape Town Searches for Solutions
CAPE TOWN (AFP-Jiji) — On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town’s seaside village of Simon’s Town, three...
December 4, 2024
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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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Rare Pudu Birth in Argentina Sparks Conservation Hopes for Tiny Enigmatic Deer
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — A rare pudu fawn was born in a biopark in Argentina last month, giving s...
December 4, 2024
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Fossil Footprints in Kenya Show 2 Human Ancestor Species Coexisted
About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary linea...
December 4, 2024
Science
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Rare Pudu Birth in Argentina Sparks Conservation Hopes for Tiny Enigmatic Deer
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — A rare pudu fawn was born in a biopark in Argentina last month, giving s...
December 4, 2024
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Fossil Footprints in Kenya Show 2 Human Ancestor Species Coexisted
About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary linea...
December 4, 2024
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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
Technology
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‘Morphing’ Wheel May Transform Lives, Robots
DAEJEON, South Korea (Reuters) — Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to nav...
November 22, 2024
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Experimental Measures Against Bears Using Drones, AI; System Distinguishes Bear from Costume, Mistakes Bear Face for Cat
AKITA — A demonstration experiment was conducted in Akita Prefecture to test a system using artif...
November 21, 2024
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Fugaku Ranked 6th For Speed Among World Supercomputers; U.S. Systems Sweep Top 4 in Twice-Yearly Assessment
The Fugaku supercomputer placed sixth in the Top500 world rankings for computing speed, the Riken...
November 19, 2024
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JAXA Successfully Launches Observation Rocket from Kagoshima Prefecture; Mission Is Part of Efforts to Develop ‘Detonation Engine’ That Burns Fuel in Space
An observation rocket, S-520 No. 34, was successfully launched at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday from the...
November 14, 2024
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Chinese Rover Helps Find Sign of Martian Shoreline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — With the assistance of China’s Zhurong rover, scientists have gathered fre...
November 13, 2024
Environment
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As Baboons Become Bolder, Cape Town Searches for Solutions
CAPE TOWN (AFP-Jiji) — On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town’s seaside village of Simon’s Town, three...
December 4, 2024
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Vienna Turns Up Christmas Glitter
VIENNA (AFP-Jiji) — Vienna will splash the cash on lighting up its famed Christmas markets to bri...
November 28, 2024
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Spain Seeks Groundbreaking Law for Great Apes
VILLENA, Spain (AFP-Jiji) — For decades Achille, 50, eked out a miserable existence living alone ...
November 28, 2024
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Japan Eyes 60% Cut in Greenhouse Gas Emissions in FY 2035
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government is considering setting a target of reducing its greenhouse ga...
November 26, 2024
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COP29 Reaches Agreement on Funding Target
Baku, Azerbaijan (Jiji Press)—Countries participating in the COP29 climate conference have agreed...
November 24, 2024
Climate Change
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Coral Habitat Range in Japan Further North than Expected; Colonies Discovered off Yamagata Prefecture
A team of researchers led by a professor at the University of Tokyo said they confirmed in Octobe...
November 21, 2024
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Scientists Say World’s Largest Coral Found near Solomon Islands
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Scientists say they have found the world’s largest coral near the Pacific’s S...
November 20, 2024
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Research: Deep Ocean Marine Heatwaves May Be Under-Reported
HONG KONG (Reuters) — Heatwaves deep in oceans may be “significantly under-reported,” highlightin...
November 13, 2024
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Volcanoes ‘Hidden Source’ of CO2 in Past Climate Change
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Massive fields of magma underneath ancient volcanoes spewed out carbon dioxide...
November 13, 2024
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Polish Families Pick through Debris after Floods Wash Away Homes
RADOCHOW, Poland (Reuters) — Wearing garden gloves, 69-year-old Lucyna Kubica sifts through the r...
October 24, 2024
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