Science
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Chicago Museum Acquires New Specimen of Famed Archaeopteryx
An exquisitely preserved fossil of the earliest-known bird Archaeopteryx, a pigeon-sized specimen...
May 22, 2024
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Webb Uncovers Merger of 2 Massive Black Holes
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of ...
May 22, 2024
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T. Rex Is at the Center of a Debate over Intelligence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Surmising even the physical appearance of a dinosaur — or any extinct anim...
May 16, 2024
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Pre-agricultural People Ate a Lot of Plants, Study Shows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The advent of agriculture roughly 11,500 years ago in the Middle East was ...
May 16, 2024
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Japan to Join Electron-Ion Collider Accelerator Construction Project; Potential Boost for Quantum Computer Technology
Japan will participate in a U.S. project to build a large electron-ion collider (EIC), a particle...
May 15, 2024
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New Rules: Dogs Entering U.S. Must Be 6 Months Old
NEW YORK (AP) — All dogs coming into the U.S. from other countries must be at least 6 months old ...
May 15, 2024
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Intensifying Solar Activity Threatens Global Communications; Starting Friday Night, Solar Flares May Bring GPS Errors
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, a government research and de...
May 11, 2024
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Auroras May be Visible in Hokkaido within Days from Friday Night as Sun is Extremely Active; GPS, Aircraft Communications Disruption Feared
Auroras may be visible in Hokkaido and other areas in low-latitude areas, and the Global Position...
May 10, 2024
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Genome Study Reveals Prehistoric Ethiopian Origins of Coffee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — You might call it a cup of Joe, java, mud, brew, mocha, or your morning jo...
May 9, 2024
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90-million-year-old Herbivore Dinosaur Found in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-s...
May 9, 2024
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Study: Aggressive Bonobo Males Attract More Mates
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Humankind’s two closest primate relatives are often said to embody contra...
May 8, 2024
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Astronomers Detect Milky Way’s Second-Largest Known Black Hole
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greate...
May 3, 2024
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Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star found
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Magnetars are among the universe’s most extreme objects — a class of the c...
May 2, 2024
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Construction Complete of University of Tokyo’s Observatory in Chile; High Hopes for World’s Highest Astronomical Site
Construction of the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) in the highlands of Chile, Sout...
May 2, 2024
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Dinosaurs Displayed a Fast Growth Rate from the Very Beginning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — One of the traits that helped make the dinosaurs such an evolutionary succ...
May 2, 2024
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