Science
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Fossil of 16-million-year-old River Dolphin Found in Peru
Scientists on March 20 unveiled a 16 million-year-old fossil skull unearthed in Peru of a river d...
April 10, 2024
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Wider Spread Raises Concern for Humans
PARIS (Reuters) — The spread of bird flu to an increasing number of species and its widening geog...
April 10, 2024
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New Volcano Research Headquarters to Come Up with Policy by Summer; First Committee of Its Kind in Japan
The government’s newly established headquarters for promoting volcanic observation and research c...
April 9, 2024
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Study of Polyglots Offers Insight on Brain’s Language Processing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — While most people speak only one language or perhaps two, some are profici...
April 6, 2024
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Study Documents Headaches Experienced by Astronauts in Space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Research in the expanding field of space medicine has identified many ways...
April 6, 2024
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Humans Give More Viruses to Animals than They Give Us
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens...
April 4, 2024
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Britain’s Astronomer Royal: Send Robots into Space Rather than People
LONDON (Reuters) — Britain’s Astronomer Royal Martin Rees said sending people into space when rob...
April 4, 2024
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Italy to Host Main Control Center for EU Satellite Constellation
ORTUCCHIO, Italy (Reuters) — A space center in the heart of Italy is set to host the main control...
April 4, 2024
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Your Dog Understands When You Say ‘Fetch the Ball’
BUDAPEST (AP) — Many dog owners believe their pets understand and respond not only to commands su...
April 3, 2024
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Kermit the Frog May Offer Clues on Amphibian Evolution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — There definitely were no Muppets during the Permian Period, but there was ...
March 29, 2024
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Hey, Chocolate Lovers: New Study Traces Complex Origins of Cacao
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Scientists are getting a better taste of the early history of the domestic...
March 29, 2024
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Experts: Endangered Giant Redwoods Thriving in U.K.
LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — Endangered giant redwood trees are thriving in the U.K. but could also be sig...
March 28, 2024
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JAXA’s SLIM Reactivates After One Month of Dormancy; Successful ‘Over-Night’ at Minus 170 Degrees Again
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, has reactivated for the first time after being ...
March 28, 2024
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A Faster Spinning Earth May Cause Timekeepers to Subtract a Second from World Clocks
Earth's changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized socie...
March 28, 2024
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Face of Yayoi Period Boy Reconstructed in Tottori Pref.; Made Using Bones Found at Historical Ruins and DNA Analysis
TOTTORI — The Tottori prefectural government has created a bust of a boy from the Yayoi period (3...
March 25, 2024
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