Science
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Australia Gives Up Fight against Parasite
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Australia abandoned its fight to eradicate the destructive Varroa mite, an invas...
October 19, 2023
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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
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In a 1st, RNA Is Recovered from Tasmanian Tiger
The Tasmanian tiger, a dog-sized striped carnivorous marsupial also called the thylacine, once roame...
October 18, 2023
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New Tests Confirm Antiquity of Ancient Human Footprints in N.M.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Humans trod the landscape of North America thousands of years earlier than pr...
October 12, 2023
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1st Leopard Cubs Born in Captivity Climb Trees
LIMA (AP) — The first two leopard cubs born in captivity in Peru began climbing trees inside their c...
October 11, 2023
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Science Council Elects New Head
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Science Council of Japan on Monday elected Mamoru Mitsuishi, professor emer...
October 3, 2023
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Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman Win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Scientist Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for th...
October 2, 2023
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Japan’s Drug Agency Seeks US Office with Eye on Washington to Help Japanese Obtain New Effective Treatments
A U.S. base is being planned for Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, to open in the ...
September 28, 2023
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Japan Approves First RSV Vaccine Aimed at Adults 60 Years or Older
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on Monday formally approved the respiratory syncytial virus v...
September 26, 2023
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Less Funding to More Researchers Gets Nobel-level Results, Study Finds
To help achieve Nobel Prize-level breakthroughs, it is effective to distribute small amounts of fund...
September 26, 2023
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Black Hole Is Observed Snacking on Sun-like Star, Bite by Bite
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars un...
September 20, 2023
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