Science
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JAXA to launch Epsilon rocket for satellite installation
The solid-fuel rocket Epsilon-6 will be launched around 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday from the Uchinoura Sp...
October 11, 2022
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Galapagos land iguanas hatched by artificial incubation for 1st time in Japan
SHIZUOKA — A zoo in Shizuoka Prefecture has used artifical incubation to hatch Galapagos land iguana...
October 11, 2022
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Violent death of moon Chrysalis may have spawned Saturn’s rings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Call it the case of the missing moon. Scientists using data obtained by NASA...
October 8, 2022
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Study: 20 quadril. ants crawling on Earth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The world’s human population is forecast to surpass 8 billion in the coming m...
October 8, 2022
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Fish fossils in China offer clues on human evolution
BEIJING (AFP-Jiji) — Fish fossils dating back 440 million years are helping to “fill some of the key...
October 8, 2022
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon carrying Koichi Wakata, other astronauts, arrives on ISS
WASHINGTON — A SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station at about 5...
October 7, 2022
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CDC says Jynneos vaccine appears to protect against monkeypox
WASHINGTON (AP) — At-risk people who received a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine in U.S. efforts...
October 5, 2022
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Svante Paabo wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Scientist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for ...
October 3, 2022
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Scientists find genetic code of immortal jellyfish
CHICAGO (Reuters) — Scientists in Spain have unlocked the genetic code of the immortal jellyfish — a...
October 3, 2022
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Russia ‘likely’ to take part in Intl Space Station until 2028
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Yury Borisov, head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, said on Sept. 21 that Russ...
September 30, 2022
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Saudi plans to send female astronaut to space
DUBAI (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Thursday it will launch a training program with the goal of sending i...
September 29, 2022
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Australian fish fossils get to the heart of vertebrate evolution
Scientists in Australia have unearthed beautifully preserved fossilized hearts and other internal or...
September 25, 2022
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Remains of large dinosaur skeleton unearthed in Portugal
Paleontologists have been working away in a Portuguese backyard to unearth the remains of what could...
September 25, 2022
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Mitsubishi Electric unveils new Earth-observation satellite
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. unveiled its new Daichi-3 Earth-observation satellite to the press at its ...
September 24, 2022
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Water found in samples brought from asteroid Ryugu
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Water has been found in samples from the asteroid Ryugu brought to Earth by Jap...
September 23, 2022
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