Science
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NASA Lab Hopes to Find Life’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Sample
HOUSTON (AFP-Jiji) — Eager scientists and a gleaming lab await. A sample from the asteroid Bennu, w...
August 10, 2023
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Japan to Aid Climate Change Fight by Giving Satellite Data to Developing Nations
Japan eyes providing data from observation satellites measuring carbon dioxide emissions to developi...
August 9, 2023
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Study Finds Misunderstood Rattlesnakes Have a Tender Side
Warm and cuddly are adjectives that seldom spring to mind when one thinks of rattlesnakes. But a ne...
August 3, 2023
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Studies: Ancient Society’s ‘Ivory Man’ Was an ‘Ivory Lady’
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The “Ivory Man,” whose remains were found in an opulent tomb in Spain in 2008, is...
August 2, 2023
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Ferocious Black Holes Reveal ‘Time Dilation’ in Early Universe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Time is a slippery thing, as profound thinkers like physicist Albert Einstein...
August 2, 2023
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From Soup Stock to Supercrop: Japan Flaunts Its Seaweed Savvy
YOKOHAMA (AFP-Jiji) — Seaweed has long been a staple food in Japan, but the chunky, slimy kelp haule...
July 27, 2023
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Disease Killing Felines on Cyprus’ ‘Cat Island’
NICOSIA (AFP-Jiji) — A sickly ginger kitten named Bebe is pulled out of a cat carrier at a veterinar...
July 27, 2023
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Long Waits as U.K. Hit by Guide Dog Shortage
LEAMINGTON SPA, England (AFP-Jiji) — Charles Bloch remembers well the cold and wet December day seve...
July 27, 2023
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Dramatic Fossil Shows Pugnacious Mammal Attacking a Dinosaur
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — While there is little doubt that many a Mesozoic mammal became a meal for a d...
July 27, 2023
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Spanish Researchers Aim to ‘Trick Nature’ with Artificial Womb
BARCELONA (Reuters) — Researchers in Barcelona are trying to “trick nature” by creating an artificia...
July 27, 2023
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Living near Greenness Makes You Younger
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — City parks and green spaces help counter heat, boost biodiversity and instil...
July 27, 2023
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‘Geneva Patient’ the Latest Person in Long-term Remission from HIV
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — A man dubbed the “Geneva patient” is the latest person with HIV to be declared in...
July 26, 2023
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Hokkaido Univ., Shionogi to Cooperate on Therapeutics to Protect Rare Birds from Avian Flu
Hokkaido University and pharmaceutical firm Shionogi & Co. will join hands in developing therapeutic...
July 24, 2023
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Like Dogs, Wolves Recognize Familiar Human Voices
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Here, wolfie, wolfie, wolfie! Like dogs, wolves recognize and respond to th...
July 21, 2023
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NASA Finds Evidence of Organic Molecules on Mars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Evidence is mounting about what may be a wealth of organic molecules — a pote...
July 21, 2023
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