Science
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Male mason wasps use genitalia spikes to ward off predators
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) —An accidental sting has helped Japanese scientists prove some male wasps have a ra...
December 28, 2022
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Pink iguana hatchlings seen for 1st time on Galapagos
QUITO (Reuters) — Scientists have discovered hatchling and juvenile populations of the Galapagos pin...
December 28, 2022
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Scientists reveal secrets of frog transparency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Now you see them, now you don’t. Some frogs found in South and Central America ha...
December 28, 2022
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Study: Dinosaurs were ‘struck down in their prime’ by asteroid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The age of dinosaurs ended in cataclysm one spring day 66 million years ago w...
December 21, 2022
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France to make condoms free for young adults 18-25
FONTAINE-LE-COMTE, France (AFP-Jiji) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Dec. 8 that condoms wou...
December 21, 2022
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U.K. medics laud world-1st treatment for resistant leukemia
LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — Doctors in Britain have hailed a pioneering treatment for an aggressive form of ...
December 21, 2022
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Mayan gifted neighbors a spider monkey
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Seventeen hundred years ago, a female spider monkey was presented as a treas...
December 21, 2022
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Japanese expedition team plans to extract ‘world’s oldest ice’ in Antarctica
A Japanese research team plans to make a new attempt at drilling through Antarctica’s ice sheet, in ...
December 19, 2022
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World’s oldest tortoise turns abound 190
LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — He was born not long after Napoleon died, and is now officially the planet’s old...
December 15, 2022
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Bacterial infections ‘2nd leading cause of death worldwide’
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting ...
December 15, 2022
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‘Good Night Oppy’ may make you cry
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — When “Good Night Oppy,” which follows NASA rovers Opportunity and Spirit bef...
December 14, 2022
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Arianespace to ramp up to full Ariane 6 rocket launch rate in ’26
SYDNEY (Reuters) — Europe’s Arianespace expects to launch its first Ariane 6 rocket by the end of th...
December 14, 2022
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WHO: COVID disruption resulted in 63,000 more malaria deaths
The coronavirus pandemic interrupted efforts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 additional deat...
December 14, 2022
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Astronauts flock to Spanish isle for lunar training
LOS VOLCANES NATURAL PARK, Spain (AFP-Jiji) — Kneeling on the edge of a deep crater, astronaut Alexa...
December 9, 2022
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Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star T.O.P., DJ Steve Aoki for join SpaceX moon trip
TOKYO – Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Friday revealed that K-pop star T.O.P. and DJ Steve A...
December 9, 2022
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