Science
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Japan Research Team to Set Up Country’s 1st Radio Telescope in Antarctica; Test Observations of Milky Way Galaxy to Begin in FY26
A small radio telescope that is 30 centimeters in diameter will be set up in Antarctica by a team...
June 10, 2025
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Gravity Study Shows Why the Moon’s Two Sides Look So Different
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA...
June 6, 2025
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Japanese Lunar Lander Fails to Safely Land on Moon; CEO ‘Gives Up on Mission’
An attempt by Japanese space startup ispace Inc. to safely land its uncrewed lunar lander Resilie...
June 6, 2025
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Footprints in Australia Reveal Earliest Known Reptile
Seventeen footprints preserved in a slab of sandstone discovered in southeastern Australia dating...
June 5, 2025
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Fast-eating Kids with Low Chewing Ability Prone to Obesity
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Eating fast without chewing much may result in obesity among elementary scho...
June 5, 2025
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Study Doubts Water Flows Caused Streaks on Martian Slopes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Images taken of Mars from orbit dating back as far as the 1970s have captu...
May 30, 2025
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Pterosaur Fossil Found in Japan Identified as New Species
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) — A fossilized cervical vertebra discovered back in 1996 in southwestern Ja...
May 30, 2025
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Japan Team: Gene Decides Calico Cat Color Patterns
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A Japanese research team led by Kyushu University Prof. Hiroyuki Sasaki said...
May 29, 2025
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Britons Become 1st to Scale Mt. Everest with Help of Xenon Gas, Organizer Says
KATHMANDU (Reuters) — Four British climbers became the first to scale Mt. Everest on May 21 using...
May 29, 2025
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Fossils Show Unexpected Last Refuge of Ferocious Land-living Crocs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — After the demise of the dinosaurs following an asteroid strike 66 million ...
May 28, 2025
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Bone Collector Caterpillar Wears Body Parts of Dead Prey
In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, s...
May 22, 2025
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Chicago Fossil Yields Insights on Famed Early Bird Archaeopteryx
Anew analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chi...
May 21, 2025
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Loss of Certain Immune-regulating Protein Eases Alzheimer’s Disease
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The loss of a certain immune-regulating protein in the brain leads to a decr...
May 21, 2025
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Early Human Ancestors Used Hands to Both Climb Trees, Make Tools, New Study Shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Our hands can reveal a lot about how a person has lived — and that’s true for e...
May 21, 2025
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Planet Found Following Odd Orbit around 2 Brown Dwarfs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — In a memorable image from the 1977 film “Star Wars,” the young hero Luke S...
May 16, 2025
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