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Low-Latitude Aurora Observed in Hokkaido; Influenced by Increased Solar Activity
SAPPORO — A low-latitude aurora was observed in Hokkaido early Friday morning, turning the northe...
October 11, 2024
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David Baker, Demis Hassabis, John Jumper Win 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Update1)
STOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Britain's Demis Hass...
October 9, 2024
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NASA Switches Off Instrument on Voyager 2
NEW YORK (AP) — To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-ru...
October 9, 2024
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Scientists Explain 2 Rivers Cause Mt. Everest’s Anomalous Growth
Mt. Everest is Earth’s tallest mountain — towering 8.85 kilometers above sea level — and is actua...
October 10, 2024
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Bleaching Strikes Over 80% of Japan’s Largest Coal Reef; Record-High Sea Temperatures Believed Partly Responsible
Bleaching has been found in more than 80% of the coral in the Sekisei Lagoon located between Irio...
October 10, 2024
Science
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David Baker, Demis Hassabis, John Jumper Win 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Update1)
STOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Britain's Demis Hass...
October 9, 2024
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Danish Archaeologists Unearth 50 Well-preserved Viking Skeletons
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) — The excavation of a large Viking-era burial site in Denmark has unearthed ...
October 9, 2024
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CERN to End Cooperation with Russian Scientists
ZURICH (Reuters) — The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will end cooperation wit...
October 9, 2024
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NASA Switches Off Instrument on Voyager 2
NEW YORK (AP) — To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-ru...
October 9, 2024
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Xenotransplantation Needed in Japan, Harvard Professor Says; Patients’ Quality of Life Higher Compared to Dialysis
Tatsuo Kawai, a professor at Harvard University, has called for the need to stimulate discussions...
October 8, 2024
Technology
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Power Struggle: Serbia Eyes N-Energy to Fuel Future
BELGRADE (AFP-Jiji) — Time stands still at Serbia’s Vinca nuclear facility, where the decommissio...
October 3, 2024
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Japan Is Next Level for Retro Game Collectors
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — U.S. tourist David Madrigal is over the moon after paying $200 for a “vintage”...
September 19, 2024
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Japan H-2A Rocket Launch Postponed Again
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday that the launch of the 49th unit ...
September 16, 2024
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South Korean Pet Care Goes High-tech with AI Diagnostics
YONGIN, South Korea (AFP-Jiji) — When five-year-old goldendoodle Mozzi started walking “unnatural...
September 5, 2024
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U.N.: Tokyo-Yokohama Still Largest Science, Tech Cluster
GENEVA (AFP-Jiji) — Tokyo-Yokohama remains the world’s largest science and technology cluster in ...
September 4, 2024
Environment
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Low-Latitude Aurora Observed in Hokkaido; Influenced by Increased Solar Activity
SAPPORO — A low-latitude aurora was observed in Hokkaido early Friday morning, turning the northe...
October 11, 2024
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Scientists Explain 2 Rivers Cause Mt. Everest’s Anomalous Growth
Mt. Everest is Earth’s tallest mountain — towering 8.85 kilometers above sea level — and is actua...
October 10, 2024
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Swarms of Visitors Go Bug-Eyed Over Creepy-Crawlies in Ueno, Tokyo; National Museum of Nature and Science Exhibits Vast Bug Collection
Summer has ended and taken the bugs with it, but people in Tokyo are still swarming to see them.<...
October 8, 2024
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Scientists Track Plastic Waste in Canada Marine Park
PETIT-SAGUENAY, Canada (AFP-Jiji) — Old tires, discarded cups and cigarette butts litter the magn...
October 3, 2024
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Electric Seaweed Fuels Pursuit of Algae Power in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) — Slimy, green seaweed floats in water-filled beakers, buckets and bins in the...
October 3, 2024
Climate Change
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Bleaching Strikes Over 80% of Japan’s Largest Coal Reef; Record-High Sea Temperatures Believed Partly Responsible
Bleaching has been found in more than 80% of the coral in the Sekisei Lagoon located between Irio...
October 10, 2024
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Belgian Climate Scientists Grow Pears of Future
MAASMECHELEN, Belgium (Reuters) — In the Belgian province of Limburg, one of the orchards in the ...
October 10, 2024
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Ski Federation Teams Up with U.N. Body on Climate Change
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and the World Meteorological Organization (W...
October 10, 2024
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Italy Oyster Farmers Dream of Pearls from Warming Mediterranean
GULF OF POETS, Italy (Reuters) — Pearls may soon be cultivated in European seas for the first tim...
October 2, 2024
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Study: ‘Life or Death’ for Big Cities Should Planet Warm 3 C
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Longer and more frequent heatwaves, soaring demand for air conditioning and wi...
October 2, 2024
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