Science
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This Year’s Fitness Buzzword Is ‘Recovery’
If you ever turned on the TV in the 2000s after midnight, you might have seen an informercial for...
February 28, 2025
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Brazil Agency Plans Research into Cannabis Growth
SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Brazil’s agricultural research agency Embrapa, which helped turn the countr...
February 28, 2025
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Asteroid Impact on Moon Blasted 2 Grand Canyons in 10 Minutes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth’s natural wonders, carved out ...
February 28, 2025
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Deep-sea Microorganisms Found to Survive Using Minerals, Says Japanese Research Team
A team of researchers has found that primitive microorganisms deep in the ocean survive by using ...
February 26, 2025
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New Species of Rare Algae Discovered Near Imperial Palace; Tokyo University Professor Lauds ‘Important Discovery’
A research team announced it has discovered a new species of Kawamozuku — a rare red alga — in th...
February 25, 2025
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KAGRA to Join International Gravitational Wave Project; Underground Facility Recently Improved Instruments
The Kamioka Gravitational wave detector, Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational Telescope (KAGRA) is...
February 23, 2025
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JAXA, Partners Plan Space Weather Forecast System; AI To Be Used for Predicting Occurrence of Radioactive Rays
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Fujitsu Ltd. and other entities plan to develop a ...
February 20, 2025
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Where Did Dinosaurs 1st Evolve? Scientists Have a New Proposal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Dinosaurs long dominated Earth’s land ecosystems with a multitude of forms...
February 14, 2025
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Ferocious Jet-Stream Winds Detected on Exoplanet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — In Earth’s upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stre...
February 14, 2025
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Lonestar Aims to Place Data Center on Lunar Surface
Lonestar Data Holdings is reaching for the moon in its quest to place the first physical data cen...
February 13, 2025
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Argentina Breeds Gene-edited Polo Super Ponies
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Argentina’s award-winning mare Polo Pureza will have her genes, or at le...
February 13, 2025
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Intrepid Dwarf’s Close Shave with Black Hole
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively...
February 13, 2025
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Glass Eel Populations Rising in Hokkaido Rivers, Researchers Say; Shifting Ocean Currents Thought to be Major Cause
The number of glass eels, or juvenile Japanese eels, in rivers in Hokkaido appears to have increa...
February 12, 2025
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Scientists Solve Mystery of Sea Turtles’ ‘Lost Years’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young s...
February 12, 2025
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Health Ministry Introducing System to Assist with Organ Donations; Institutions Inexperienced in Brain-Dead Donations Get Help
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry this year started rolling out an online system to enable a...
February 10, 2025
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