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Kermit the Frog May Offer Clues on Amphibian Evolution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — There definitely were no Muppets during the Permian Period, but there was ...
March 29, 2024
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Hey, Chocolate Lovers: New Study Traces Complex Origins of Cacao
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Scientists are getting a better taste of the early history of the domestic...
March 29, 2024
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Experts: Endangered Giant Redwoods Thriving in U.K.
LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — Endangered giant redwood trees are thriving in the U.K. but could also be sig...
March 28, 2024
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JAXA’s SLIM Reactivates After One Month of Dormancy; Successful ‘Over-Night’ at Minus 170 Degrees Again
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, has reactivated for the first time after being ...
March 28, 2024
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A Faster Spinning Earth May Cause Timekeepers to Subtract a Second from World Clocks
Earth's changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized socie...
March 28, 2024
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Face of Yayoi Period Boy Reconstructed in Tottori Pref.; Made Using Bones Found at Historical Ruins and DNA Analysis
TOTTORI — The Tottori prefectural government has created a bust of a boy from the Yayoi period (3...
March 25, 2024
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Small Companies in Ota Ward, Tokyo Collaborate to Realize Manufacturing Town’s Dream of Going into Space
Small and midsize companies are striving to develop lunar rovers and rockets in Ota Ward, Tokyo, ...
March 18, 2024
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2 Japanese Astronauts to Land on Moon under Artemis Program; Japanese-developed Lunar Rover Also under Consideration
The governments of Japan and the United States are considering an agreement that would see two Ja...
March 17, 2024
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Snakes Got An Evolutionary Leg Up on the Competition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Since first appearing during the age of dinosaurs, snakes have authored an...
March 16, 2024
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Stone Tools in Ukraine Offer Oldest Evidence of Humans in Europe
A dating method based on cosmic rays has identified stone tools found in western Ukraine as the o...
March 14, 2024
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Nobel Laureates Sound Alarm as Argentina Cuts Science Funding
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Sixty-eight Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine, economics, and physi...
March 13, 2024
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Astronaut Furukawa Returns Safely to Earth on Crew Dragon after 6-Month Stay at ISS; Second Successful Spaceflight for Japanese Astronaut
WASHINGTON — U.S. commercial spacecraft Crew Dragon, whose crew includes Japan Aerospace Explorat...
March 13, 2024
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Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa Begins Return Trip Back to Earth; Scheduled to Land off Coast of Florida Tonight, Japan Time
Four astronauts from Japan, the U.S., Europe and Russia, including Satoshi Furukawa, 59, who had ...
March 12, 2024
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Researchers to Conduct Drilling Survey Related to 2011 Quake, Seek to Ascertain Mechanism Behind Giant Tsunami
A team of international researchers will begin a large drilling survey in September around the ep...
March 12, 2024
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Rocket Launch Postponed by Tokyo-Based Space Startup After Vessel Entered Restricted Maritime Area (Update 1)
The first launch of the KAIROS rocket has been postponed, according to Space One Co., the Tokyo-b...
March 10, 2024
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