Science
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TEPCO to Commence Groundbreaking Fukushima Debris Extraction; Marking New Phase in Decommissioning
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) is set to begin a trial extraction of melted ...
August 17, 2024
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Spanish Laboratory Sterilizes Mosquitoes
NAQUERA, Spain (Reuters) — A Spanish laboratory is breeding and sterilizing thousands of tiger mo...
August 8, 2024
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Primordial Spiny Slug from China Was Forerunner of World’s Mollusks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Earth’s roughly 76,000 species of mollusks come in an impressive variety o...
August 8, 2024
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ESA’s Juice Spacecraft to Swing by Earth, Moon on Jovian Path
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — A spacecraft launched last year will slingshot back around Earth and the Moon ...
August 8, 2024
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Butchered Animal Bones Indicate Earliest Human Presence in Southern South America
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Fossil bones found in Argentina of a large armadillo relative with cut m...
August 8, 2024
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Plague May Have Driven Stone Age European Population Crash
Around 5,000 years ago, the population in northern Europe collapsed, decimating Stone Age farming...
August 7, 2024
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World’s Oldest Cave Painting Shows Pig, People
On the ceiling of a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists have discover...
August 1, 2024
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Study Shows Human Sickness Risk From Bird Flu-Tainted Raw Milk; Virus Is Infectious In Unpasteurized Milk For Five Weeks
A study using mice suggests that consuming raw milk from cows infected with avian influenza poses...
August 1, 2024
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Rejection of Tsuruga Nuclear Plant Reactivation Could Have Negative Effects on Attempts to Mitigate Power Shortages
Japan’s electricity supply will remain tight going forward, as it is likely that the Nuclear Regu...
July 28, 2024
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World’s Tiniest Bird Hums in Cuban Haven
PALPITE, Cuba (AFP-Jiji) — The wings of the world’s tiniest birds are a near-invisible blur as th...
July 27, 2024
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Hydrocarbon Seas Put Spotlight on Saturn Moon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which explored Saturn and its icy moons, includ...
July 27, 2024
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Tsuruga N-Reactor Fails to Meet Japanese Safety Standards
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Regulators concluded Friday that the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co....
July 27, 2024
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Webb Reveals Wild Weather on Cosmic Brown Dwarfs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The weather report is in for the two brown dwarfs — celestial bodies bigge...
July 25, 2024
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Study Brings Lifestyle of Enigmatic Extinct Humans into Focus
Thousands of bone fragments discovered in a cave on the Tibetan Plateau in China are offering rar...
July 25, 2024
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Namibia Fossil is ‘Swamp Thing’ with Menacing Fangs
You might call it the “swamp thing.” About 280 million years ago, a large creature built somewhat...
July 19, 2024
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