Science
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2024 YR4 Resembles Hockey Puck
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now m...
April 16, 2025
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Webb Directly Observes Exoplanetary CO2 for 1st Time
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbo...
April 13, 2025
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Faux Gras? Scientists Craft ‘More Ethical’ Version of French Delicacy
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Foie gras — the fattened liver of ducks or geese — is a French delicacy p...
April 11, 2025
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Isle of Skye Footprint Fossils Give Tranquil Snapshot of Dinosaur Life
It is the site of a dramatic moment in Scottish history. The Isle of Skye’s rocky shoreline is wh...
April 11, 2025
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Odd Mongolian Dinosaur Wielded ‘Big, Sharp’ Claws
Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have rev...
April 11, 2025
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4 Small Planets Confirmed Orbiting Nearby Barnard’s Star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barn...
April 4, 2025
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Euclid Mission Data Release Is Step toward Grand Atlas of Cosmos
The European Space Agency has released its first tranche of data from the Euclid space telescope’...
April 4, 2025
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Spanish Fossils May Represent Ancient Human Species
Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million yea...
April 4, 2025
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Researchers Set Guinness Record for Cat Genome
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The results of the decoding of a domestic cat’s genome by a group of Japanes...
April 3, 2025
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Chinese Doctors Implant Pig Liver in Human for 1st Time
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Chinese doctors say that they have transplanted a liver from a genetically mod...
April 2, 2025
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Physical Society of Japan to Hold ‘Quantum Fest’ in Tokyo in June; Event Marks 100th Anniversary of Quantum Mechanics
The Physical Society of Japan (JPS) plans to hold a festival to celebrate the 100th anniversary o...
March 30, 2025
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iPS Cell Transplantation Helps 2 Paralyzed Patients Improve Motor Functions; Research Team Says Cells ‘Repaired Damage’
The Yomiuri ShimbunKeio University Prof. Masaya Nakamura, center, speaks at a news conference in Yok...
March 22, 2025
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Detention of Japanese Astellas Pharma Employee in China May be Prolonged; Specific Actions that Led to Detention Not Revealed by Beijing
BEIJING — A Japanese man, who was detained by Chinese authorities, will likely continue to remain...
March 21, 2025
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Japanese Astronaut Onishi, 3 Others Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Lift Off; 3rd Japanese to Serve as ISS Commander
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Takuya Onishi and three other astr...
March 15, 2025
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Mt. Vesuvius Eruption Brought Vitrification to Victim’s Brain
It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in t...
March 14, 2025
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