Science
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Plant that mimics odour of half-eaten ants to attract pollinators discovered
Botanist says new Japanese species of dogbane is first evidence of plants copying antsIt’s a stark demonstrati…
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Fireball lights up sky over western Japan
Flashing light visible for hundreds of miles was an exceptionally bright meteor, say expertsA flashing firebal…
- History books, Japan, Nuclear weapons, Asia Pacific, Second world war, Books, Weapons technology, Culture, US military, Science
‘You don’t brag about wiping out 60‑70,000 people’: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This summer will mark 80 years since the attacks stunned the world. Today, every one of the crew members who c…
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Second attempt by Japanese company to land on moon ends in failure
Resilience would have made history as the first non-US commercial lander to make a successful touchdownAn atte…
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Second attempt by Japanese company to land on moon ends in failure
Resilience would have made history as the first non-US commercial lander to make a successful touchdownAn atte…
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New daily weight-loss pill shows success at clinical trial
Orforglipron also reduced blood sugar levels in participants with type 2 diabetesA significant trial of a dail…
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SpaceX launches two lunar landers to the moon
Privately built spacecraft from Texas-based Firefly and Japan’s ispace will conduct experiments for future mis…
- Japan, Environment, Coastlines, Oceans, Marine life, Europe, Climate crisis, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Zoology, Asia Pacific, Whales, Biology, Science, Iceland
‘Extraordinary longevity’: great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone
Bowhead whales may not be the only species that can live to 200 years old. Researchers have found that the ind…
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World’s first wooden satellite launched into space
LignoSat, developed in Japan and launched from Florida, expected to reduce space junk as it burns up on re-ent…
- Drug resistance, Fungi, Antibiotics, Japan, Environment, Society, Health, World news, Medical research, Asia Pacific, China, Microbiology, Biology, Science
Pathogenic microbes blown vast distances by winds, scientists discover
Living microbes that cause disease in humans and host antibiotic-resistance genes carried 1,200 milesMicrobes …
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Japanese eels can escape predators’ stomach through their gills, finds study
Eels use tail-first technique to back up digestive tract of fish towards oesophagus before coming out of gills…
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Tobacco giant accused of ‘manipulating science’ to attract non-smokers
Leaked documents from Philip Morris reveal ‘secret’ strategy to market its heated tobacco product IQOSThe toba…
- Statins, Japan, Pharmaceuticals industry, Heart disease, Society, Drugs, Health, World news, Medical research, Asia Pacific, Science
Akira Endo, ‘remarkable’ scientist who discovered statins, dies aged 90
Biochemist found cholesterol-lowering compound in 1973 and the drugs have prolonged millions of livesThe scien…
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Write down your thoughts and shred them to relieve anger, researchers say
Writing negative reactions on paper and shredding it or scrunching and throwing in the bin eliminates angry fe…
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Space One rocket explodes soon after launch in Japan
First attempt with private Kairos rocket was intended to test viability of homegrown commercial launch busines…
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Japan’s moon lander survives two-week lunar night after wonky landing
Unmanned Slim spacecraft responds to signal from Earth after touching down at awkward angle in JanuaryJapan’s …
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Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution
The environmentally friendly LignaSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful al…
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Japan launches second flagship H3 rocket a year after inaugural flight self-destructed
Space agency announces ‘successful liftoff’ and says rocket has already released one micro-satelliteJapan’s sp…
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Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ craft makes lunar landing but is unable to generate electricity via solar power – as it happened
Slim spacecraft landed on the moon and is communicating with earth but is not generating electricityJapan’s Sl…
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The race for the moon – podcast
The space race of the 20th century put the first person on the moon. Now a new race to the lunar surface – wit…