Science
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Global Liver Cancer Cases to Double, Study Says
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The number of people with liver cancer will nearly double worldwide by 2050 un...
August 7, 2025
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More Squids Than Fish in Cretaceous Period Ocean
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish...
August 6, 2025
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Utility Workers in Peru Unearth Pre-Incan Tomb with 1,000-year-old Remains
LIMA (AP) — Utility workers excavating trenches to expand underground gas networks in Peru’s capi...
August 6, 2025
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Exoplanet Lashed by Huge Flares from Its ‘Angry Beast’ Star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary a...
August 6, 2025
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Onishi Encourages Yui in Mission Handover Ceremony on ISS; New Crew Member Will Stay on Station for 6 Months
Astronaut Takuya Onishi, who will leave the International Space Station (ISS) this week, gave enc...
August 6, 2025
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Europe’s Oldest Settlement Built on Top of Lake Found in Albania
LIN, Albania (Reuters) — Archaeologists working on the shores of Ohrid Lake in Albania are convin...
August 1, 2025
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Ancient Proteins Found in Fossils up to 24 Million Years Old
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fo...
July 30, 2025
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Archaeologists Unveil 3,500-year-old City That Linked Coast, Andes
LIMA (Reuters) — Archaeologists on July 3 unveiled a 3,500-year-old city in Peru that likely serv...
July 20, 2025
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Newly Spotted Comet Is 3rd Interstellar Object Seen in Solar System
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted comet hailing from parts unknown,...
July 20, 2025
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‘Hippo Birthday’: Thailand’s Moo Deng Turns 1 Year Old
CHONBURI, Thailand (AFP-Jiji) — Thailand’s pygmy hippo Moo Deng marked her first birthday on July...
July 17, 2025
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‘Lord of the Rings’ Director Backs Long Shot Plan, to Revive Extinct New Zealand Giant Bird
WASHINGTON (AP) — Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of...
July 16, 2025
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University of Osaka Hospital Performs Multifetal Reductions After Conducting Japan’s 1st Clinical Study
In an unusual announcement for a public medical institution, the University of Osaka Hospital sai...
July 14, 2025
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Undersea Magma, Water May Be Inducing Quakes Around Tokara Islands; Lack of Instruments Nearby Limits Data
The detailed mechanism for the succession of earthquakes occurring off the Tokara Islands in Kago...
July 10, 2025
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Astronomers Get Picture of Aftermath of Double Detonation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event...
July 10, 2025
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Astronaut Wakata Tests Artemis Lunar Spacesuit for NASA; Outfit Made by Axiom Space, Inc. Eyed for Use in 2027
WASHINGTON — Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata has participated in the first test of a spacesuit b...
July 10, 2025
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