Science
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Faraway Black Hole Unleashes Record-Setting Energetic Jets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Two mighty beams of energy have been detected shooting in opposite directi...
September 25, 2024
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Gifu Pref. Aquarium Director Researching Giant Catfish: Reveals They Can Fast for a Year
GIFU — The Mekong giant catfish, one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, can go almost a year...
September 21, 2024
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Study: U.S. Bat Decline Triggered at Least 1,300 Infant Deaths
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — A collapse in North America’s bat population led to a surge in pesticide ...
September 19, 2024
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Blood Tests Allow Estimates of Women’s Cardio Risks, Study Says
Women’s heart disease risks and their need to start taking preventive medications should be evalu...
September 19, 2024
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2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo Visitors to Be Able to Touch Sample of Martian Meteorite; Meteorite Also to Be on Display at Expo
Visitors to the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo will be able to touch a sample of a Martian meteorite that...
September 18, 2024
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Martian Meteorite to be Showcased at 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo; 1st Time to be on Public Display
The government has decided that a Martian meteorite discovered by the Japanese Antarctic Research...
September 16, 2024
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Archaeologists Unearth Bodies in Peru over 3,000 Years Old
LIMA (Reuters) — Archaeologists have unearthed four human remains believed to be more than 3,000 ...
September 11, 2024
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Environment Ministry Finds Fukushima Treated Water Discharge Has No Environmental Impact; Russia, S. Korea Also Declare No Cause for Concern
The Environment Ministry has confirmed there has been no impact on people or the environment foll...
September 9, 2024
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South American Lungfish Has Largest Genome of Any Animal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The South American lungfish is an extraordinary creature — in some sense, ...
September 7, 2024
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New Species of Wasp Found in Amber in Fukushima
FUKUSHIMA (Jiji Press) — Fossils of insects found in amber excavated from a geological formation ...
September 5, 2024
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Like Humans, Marmosets Give Each Other Names
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Naming others is considered a marker of highly advanced cognition in soci...
September 5, 2024
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Newborn Rattlesnakes Make Their Live Debut
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger...
September 4, 2024
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Kyoto Hospital to Test Using iPS Cells to Treat Diabetes; Seeks to Reduce Burden of Multiple Daily Insulin Injections
Kyoto University Hospital plans to carry out clinical trials, as early as next year, to transplan...
September 2, 2024
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Asteroid That Doomed Dinosaurs Originated in Outer Solar System
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — It was a turning point in the history of life on Earth. An asteroid an est...
August 30, 2024
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Meteorite Impacts Identified as Driver of Moon’s Tenuous Atmosphere
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The NASA astronauts who became the first people to land on the moon’s surf...
August 29, 2024
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