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Astronaut Candidate Begins Training at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
A new astronaut corps candidate began training Monday at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. “I’...
July 4, 2023
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What Makes Us Human? Primate Genome Study Offers Some Clues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The most comprehensive genomic study ever on primates — a group whose members...
June 30, 2023
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U.S. Poet Laureate Dedicates Ode to Europa for NASA Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — When U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon was asked to write a poem for inscription o...
June 30, 2023
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Stonehenge-like 4,000-yr-old Sanctuary Found in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) — Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old sanctuary made up of ditches a...
June 29, 2023
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Ex-footballers Found to Have High Risk of Dementia
Former professional footballers were found to be 3.46 times more likely to have neurodegenerative di...
June 29, 2023
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Scientists Puzzled by Killer Whale Boat Attacks off Spain
BARBATE, Spain (AFP-Jiji) — Pods of killer whales have rammed hundreds of small boats off the coast ...
June 29, 2023
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JAXA’s Next H3 Rocket to Carry 2 Microsatellites
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to send two microsatellites into orbit with the ...
June 28, 2023
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Slovenia Celebrates as Lipizzan Horse Breed Makes UNESCO List
LIPICA, Slovenia (AFP-Jiji) — People watched in awe as the world-renowned Lipizzan horses put on a d...
June 28, 2023
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Red Sea Epidemic Kills Off Sea Urchins, Imperiling Coral
TEL AVIV (Reuters) — A deadly epidemic that is spreading through the Red Sea has killed off an entir...
June 24, 2023
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S. African Fossils Reveal Ancient Beast’s Epic Journey to Oblivion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — It was a dire moment for life on Earth. Runaway global warming triggered by c...
June 21, 2023
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Dubai Camel Cloning Caters to Races, Beauty Pageants
DUBAI (Reuters) — Having led the world’s first cloning of camels in 2009, Nisar Wani is now replicat...
June 16, 2023
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Earth-sized Exoplanet Gripped by Volcanism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — An Earth-size planet orbiting a dim star in our galactic neighborhood is offe...
June 16, 2023
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Genome Data Sheds Light on How Homo Sapiens Arose in Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Our species arose in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with the oldest-know...
June 15, 2023
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Ocean Creatures off Hokkaido Have Distinct Tastes in Water Temperature, Depth
Sperm whales and other cetaceans that come to the waters around Hokkaido in autumn having differing ...
June 15, 2023
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Long-necked Dino from Patagonia Is ‘One of Biggest’
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Argentine paleontologists have discovered the remains of a gigantic new spe...
June 8, 2023
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