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JAXA Unveils Portion of 2nd H3 Rocket Set to Launch Feb. 15; Success of Launch Dependent on Functionality of New Equipment
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has unveiled a part of the fuselage of its second H3 m...
February 7, 2024
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SLIM Lander Powers Down for Long Lunar Night; JAXA Releases New Batch of Moon Snapshots
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, stopped its activities on the lunar surface and e...
February 2, 2024
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Late Apes: Biggest Primate Ever Died Off Due to ‘huge Mistake’
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The largest primate ever to walk the Earth went extinct because it could not adap...
February 1, 2024
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SLIM Lunar Probe Resumes Operation; Solar Panel Catching Light
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has resumed operation of the Smart Lander for Investig...
January 29, 2024
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Webb Discovers Oldest Black Hole
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The James Webb space telescope has discovered the oldest black hole ever detected...
January 26, 2024
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Guinness World Records Has Doubts about Age of Oldest Dog
LISBON (AFP-Jiji) — Bobi the Dog’s title as the world’s oldest canine was suspended on Jan. 16 after...
January 24, 2024
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DNA from Ancient Europeans Shows Multiple Sclerosis Origins
DNA obtained from the bones and teeth of ancient Europeans who lived up to 34,000 years ago is provi...
January 17, 2024
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U.K. Detects 1st Bird Flu Case in Mammals in Sub-Antarctic
LONDON (Reuters) — Bird flu has been detected for the first time in mammals in sub-Antarctic, Britai...
January 17, 2024
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JAXA Spacecraft SLIM Ready to Begin Final Preparations Toward Japan’s 1st Lunar Landing
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's lunar probe SLIM is ready to begin preparations for a lunar...
January 15, 2024
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Italian May Regain Use of Hand after Nerve Transfer from Amputated Leg
TURIN (Reuters) — A man may regain the use of his hand, left paralyzed by a severe road accident, th...
January 11, 2024
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Largest Male Specimen of World’s Most Venomous Spider Will Be ‘milked’ for Venom
SYDNEY (AP) — With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, the largest male specimen of the worl...
January 10, 2024
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Urban School Farm Opens World of Opportunity to British Teenagers
BIRKENHEAD, England (Reuters) — The rural life of rearing rare breed sheep and nurturing alpacas is ...
January 6, 2024
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Japan Astronaut Likely to Land on Moon in U.S.-Led Program; Tokyo Aiming for Late 2020s
WASHINGTON — A Japanese astronaut is likely to land on the moon as part of the Artemis lunar explora...
December 24, 2023
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Fossils Show Dismembered Young Dinosaurs in Belly of T. Rex Cousin
The young Gorgosaurus knew what it liked for dinner. About 75 million years ago in what is now Canad...
December 21, 2023
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Astronomers Surprised to Find Planet ‘too Massive for Its Star’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Our Milky Way galaxy’s most common type of star is called a red dwarf — much ...
December 20, 2023
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