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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Japan ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Aoshima: Japan's tiny 'Cat Island' where felines hugely outnumber humans ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Once a thriving sardine fishing island, today Aoshima is home to roughly 80 cats and just a handful of people who look after the felines with the help of food donations from around Japan. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7tHSE8zLgEcXND4MgZXNMh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An island resident gives some recently caught fish to cats in Aoshima, Japan.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An elderly resident on Aoshima feeds fish to a dozen cats.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Prehistoric Jomon people in Japan had 'little to no' DNA from the mysterious Denisovans, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had "unexpectedly low" levels of DNA from the Denisovans, our mysterious human relatives. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:48:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:53:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8rTzmjaDHDazwPUFG2pFPB-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The 146,000-year-old cranium of an individual with Denisovan mitochondrial DNA discovered in northeastern China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Denisovan cranium with jaw bone missing]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A genuine surprise': Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu once had 'flowing water' that transformed its insides ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new analysis of asteroid Ryugu hints that the "potentially hazardous" space rock once had flowing water in its core, possibly leftover from the impact that created it. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:38:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yN4ZKgwuWQMFYM2cjX5AhW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A close-up image of asteroid Ryugu. A new analysis of samples from the space rock hints that flowing water once coursed through its interior.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo of ryugu asteroid]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Narusawa Ice Cave: The lava tube brimming with 10-foot-high ice pillars at the base of Mount Fuji ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Narusawa Ice Cave is a natural lava tunnel that formed during a violent eruption of Mount Fuji in A.D. 864. Every winter, the cave grows giant ice pillars due to its freezing temperatures. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:04:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/273D9KDyByXJTuv2TGxB4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Temperatures in the Narusawa Ice Cave average about 37 degrees Fahrenheit, causing it to freeze over year-round.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[View of the inside of the Narusawa Ice Cave near Mount Fuji in Japan. The ceiling is low and covered in icicles.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ See what would happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted 'without any warning' in new AI-generated video ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Japanese government officials have released an AI video to show just how devastating an eruption at Mount Fuji could be. But don't worry, the dormant volcano is currently not at risk of blowing. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:43:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:33:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pm5CTCBEjBH5ZQWTsGMXLC-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Officials released an AI-generated video of a Mount Fuji eruption on Aug. 22 for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Screenshot from an official video simulating an eruption at Mount Fuji, with a large ash cloud billowing over Tokyo&#039;s skyline.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Haniwa Dancers: 1,500-year-old ghostly figurines thought to hold the souls of the dead ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two cylindrical clay sculptures may represent dancers who performed at a funeral 1,500 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:57:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S6WEr9xCsDM4g7RJeBqkGN-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The &quot;Dancing People&quot; haniwa were found in an ancient cemetery near Tokyo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two cylindrical human-like terracotta figurines against a grey background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Japan launches its first homegrown quantum computer ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Japan's first entirely homegrown quantum computer uses superconducting qubits and components made entirely domestically. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:14:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:28:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keumars Afifi-Sabet ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ypFA6GcDwv58qLYJ79RuWC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Installation of the fully quantum computer in progress.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Installation of the fully quantum computer in progress.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Japan sets new internet speed record — it's 4 million times faster than average US broadband speeds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A team of scientists in Japan shattered the record for the fastest internet speed by developing new fiber optics. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:57:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ perri.thaler@futurenet.com (Perri Thaler) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Perri Thaler ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WsBFsKZuPDQEsgpUEwARwb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[To achieve this new speed, scientists developed a new form of optical fiber to send information over roughly the distance between New York and Florida. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The world with abstract light beams coming from it ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dinosaur age tsunami revealed from tiny chunks of Japanese amber, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Amber deposits in Japan show unique deformations that suggest trees were swept out to sea during a tsunami about 115 million years ago, giving paleontologists a new way to identify past tsunamis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 16:17:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 May 2025 23:02:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Olivia Ferrari ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3NqK7gBjeCHPKKFn7Q98fg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What did ninjas actually wear? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The word "ninja" may bring to mind a person dressed mostly in black, but what they wore was actually quite different. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:13:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vX99ZGS3zYwEokHoxpA4tN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Today, people tend to imagine ninjas dressed all in black. In reality, they wore a vast variety of disguises. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a statue of a ninja dressed in black clothing.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ East Asians who can digest lactose can thank Neanderthal genes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Unique versions of the lactase gene found in the genomes of East Asian people may have increased in prevalence within the population over time because they bolstered immune responses against pathogens, new data reveal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:06:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:55:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/czCFeJoE5fNRNcvgUHGmnQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new genetic analysis suggests that 1 in 4 East Asian people carry a version of the lactase gene that differs from the gene variants carried by European and African populations. This gene variant may have been inherited from Neanderthals.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of a bustling market at night in Bejing, China. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World's 1st hybrid quantum supercomputer goes online in Japan ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Japan's Fugaku supercomputer has gained an edge following the installation of the Reimei quantum computer. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:53:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keumars Afifi-Sabet ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Sm6JMnsmg8HMY5GKuPZpne-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Reimei uses trapped-ion qubits, as opposed to superconducting qubits, which involves isolating charged atoms, or ions, in an electromagnetic field.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A render of an advanced supercomputer]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 20,000-year-old 'human' fossils from Japan aren't what we thought ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:22:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y4mBgvL43DugpGyuKPFDpL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Doban-kun: A 'cute' human-shaped counting tool from prehistoric Japan ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This anthropomorphic clay tablet was likely used in an ancient ritual by the Jōmon culture in Japan. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Dj6Za2FSodfGBvUXQMFjiS-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A 3,500-year-old clay tablet known as Doban-kun was likely used in an ancient ritual.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Anthropomorphic light brown clay tablet shaped like a domino with circular depressions scattered across it]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious climate-changing eruption that turned the sun blue traced to remote Pacific island ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Zavaritskii volcano in the Kuril Islands was responsible for the mysterious 1831 volcanic eruption that cooled the climate and turned the sun different colors, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Kpzy88eXFXCZmdgpTWoeHi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Simushir Island, part of the Kuril Islands, where the 1831 mystery eruption took place.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Simushir Island, part of the Kuril islands, where the 1831 mystery eruption took place.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient hunter-gatherer DNA linked to higher BMI in modern Japanese people ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study suggests that the DNA some modern Japanese people have inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers may increase BMI. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:25:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Genetics]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mkn2ZEeczUCAbn2uxZHCAQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ancient DNA has had a lasting impact on the health of Japanese people living today, new research hints.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up of someone placing one of their feet on a weighing scales. The foot on the scales is in focus, while the background is blurred. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Ghost Ship of the Pacific,' which fought on both sides in WWII, discovered near San Francisco  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The newfound wreck could help maritime archaeologists better understand how 20th-century warships were designed. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8SUQ6zarrL8jW8prHsykFU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Images from the three autonomous underwater vehicles used to explore the wreck show it is in remarkably good condition after more than 80 years under the waves.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An underwater photo of a shipwreck]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Secret teachings' about ritual Samurai beheading revealed in newly translated Japanese texts ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Four newly translated Japanese texts describe how ritual samurai beheadings were supposed to take place during the Edo period and later. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/867bNacpxnncVe7DT3mcRX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This 1860 photo shows a samurai with a raised sword. Four newly translated texts shed light on how samurai carried out the  death ritual of Seppuku.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An old black-and-white image of a man standing in profile. He is dressed in samurai armor and is holding a sword upright, ready to strike.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The secret to living to 110 was, don't register your death': Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman on the flawed data on extreme aging ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Saul Justin Newman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MWyM6Xon2uHdAShJAjk3Jn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Okinawa, Japan is famous for having one of the highest concentrations of over-100s in the world. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Three elderly women play a game together outside]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Japan to start building 1st 'zeta-class' supercomputer in 2025, 1,000 times more powerful than today's fastest machines ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Japan's new state-of-the-art supercomputer, which is due to cost more than $750 million to build, is set to turn on by 2030. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2s2hsuxzZqqa6DZyZsSQkG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The &quot;zeta-class&quot; supercomputer will be the successor to Japan&#039;s Fugaku supercomputer, which is housed at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Hyogo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A room full of computers glowing green]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sexually frustrated dolphin behind spate of attacks on humans off Japan ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stock image of an Indo-Pacific dolphin swimming (not the individual responsible for the recent attacks). ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:13:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y96j6Y7K3VFzT8sgj9wZhV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A stock image of an Indo-Pacific dolphin swimming (not the individual responsible for the recent attacks).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a dolphin at the surface of the water with its head sticking out and eye looking at the camera]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Japan plans to commercially hunt vulnerable fin whales, enraging conservationists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Japan has announced plans to add fin whales — the second-largest animal on Earth — to its list of commercial whaling species, which currently includes Bryde's, sei and minke whales. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pbNASduer2Mv2bTAmj9VA3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the second largest whale species on Earth after the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A fin whale gliding through the ocean. We can make out its grey back and white belly.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Japan captures 1st image of space debris from orbit, and it's spookily stunning ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new Japanese mission to photograph space junk from orbit marks a milestone in orbital debris cleanup efforts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zJXk658Q54NQR7KawFtEdn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The upper stage of a Japanese H-IIA rocket, photographed from orbit]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A far-away photograph of silver space debris]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Modern Japanese people arose from 3 ancestral groups, 1 of them unknown, DNA study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Modern Japanese people largely originated from three ancestral groups and carry ancient DNA that may influence their risk of developing certain diseases, genetic analyses suggest. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:32:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yZNVFKGjZ89E7p3Tpjg5Lk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A large new study has revealed new insight into the evolutionary history of Japanese people.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Image of a crowd of people crossing the Shibuya intersection. One set of white marking lines can be seen running parallel to the bottom side of the image, while another run diagonally towards the upper left-hand corner of the image. A range of people can be seen crossing from those carrying backpacks, others carrying shopping bags, some dressed in suits and others in jeans]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Skeleton panda sea squirt: The weird little creature that looks like baby panda dressed up for Halloween ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists discovered this little panda skeleton that lives off the coast of a Japanese island was a new species after scuba divers posted photos of it online. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melissa Hobson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bnzj7sbtLZM5yeA2YP2FyB-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Naohiro Hasegawa and Hiroshi Kajihara]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists discovered skeleton panda sea squirts after seeing photos of them posted online by scuba divers. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of sea squirts attached to a rock, resembling a skeleton with two black eyes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Defying the odds, Japan's SLIM lander survives 2nd night on the moon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Japan's SLIM lunar lander has survived another night on the moon, despite being designed to die after the first lunar night. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:32:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EqWvu3jPvVn86L49hc72CJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Japan&#039;s SLIM moon lander captured this view of its landing site shortly after surviving its second lunar night. The mission team posted this photo via X on March 27, 2024.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Japan&#039;s SLIM moon lander captured this view of its landing site shortly after surviving its second lunar night. The mission team posted this photo via X on March 27, 2024.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Underwater volcano eruption 7,300 years ago is the largest in recorded history ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Kikai-Akahoya eruption — the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history — ejected more than 80 cubic miles of volcanic rock and ash off the southwestern coast of Japan 7,300 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:12:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:46:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gTXHzxts4X82bmRTeZhuyU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Kikai-Akahoya eruption was an underwater blast, similar to the gigantic Tonga eruption of 2022 (pictured above).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[the tonga eruption, with a mushroom formation, seen from space ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Everything has changed since Apollo': Why landing on the moon is still incredibly difficult in 2024 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/everything-has-changed-since-apollo-why-landing-on-the-moon-is-still-incredibly-difficult-in-2024</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ More than 50 years after the Apollo era, major governments and well-funded private companies still struggle with lunar landing missions. Why is landing on the moon so hard in 2024? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 22:33:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ePG6JakXoGxFpZmuvgN5wY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Japan’s Hakuto-R lander snapped this stunning picture of Earth and the lunar horizon days before it crashed onto the lunar surface in April 2023.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The blue marble of Earth creeps over the lunar horizon during a solar eclipse. The moon&#039;s black shadow can be seen over Australia.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bizarre jellyfish with bright red cross for a stomach discovered in volcanic caldera off Japan ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Newly described species of jellyfish with a red cross inside its translucent body is only found in the Sumisu caldera over 2,500 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:12:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lydiacarolinesmith@gmail.com (Lydia Smith) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lydia Smith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Kn38G4XhRP5CSjwn7Ts4nA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A photograph looking down on the newfound jellyfish species; cloudy, white bell with a red center that is shaped like a cross]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph looking down on the newfound jellyfish species; cloudy, white bell with a red center that is shaped like a cross]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Japan's SLIM moon lander may be dead for good as freezing lunar night sets in ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/japans-slim-moon-lander-may-be-dead-for-good-as-freezing-lunar-night-sets-in</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Days after being revived from its initial power loss on the moon, Japan's SLIM lander will now sleep through the deep cold of lunar night — and may or may not wake up afterward. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:22:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew Jones ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x7stH25VFixUyrEdQoGEoc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mosaic images of the lunar surface captured by the Multiband Spectroscopic Camera (MBC) onboard Japan’s SLIM moon lander immediately after its Jan. 19 touchdown (left) and after power was restored about 10 days later (right). As the direction of the sun changed from east to west, so did the shadows cast on the lunar surface.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mosaic images of the lunar surface captured by the Multiband Spectroscopic Camera (MBC) onboard Japan’s SLIM moon lander immediately after its Jan. 19 touchdown (left) and after power was restored about 10 days later (right). As the direction of the sun changed from east to west, so did the shadows cast on the lunar surface.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Japan's 'Moon Sniper' resurrected nearly 9 days after losing power, thanks to solar charge ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/japans-moon-sniper-resurrected-nearly-9-days-after-losing-power-thanks-to-solar-charge</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The lunar lander's solar panels are now generating power, Japan's space agency says. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:24:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kiley Price ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YQgxWhRBvkXeGtmcBZDjam-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), taken by LEV-2 on the moon, released on January 25, 2024.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), is seen in this handout image taken by LEV-2 on the moon, released on January 25, 2024.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Japan's 'Moon Sniper' lands on lunar surface, but it may be dead within hours ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Japan's SLIM lander successfully reached the lunar surface on Friday, Jan. 19, but problems with its solar cells mean it could be dead on the moon within hours. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:47:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cZYjaMqZ3a6MgGf8UwC4Wc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the SLIM lander descending onto the moon&#039;s surface]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[illustration of a yellow space craft with illuminated headlights on one side landing on the moon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Japan's coastline moved over 800 feet after the devastating Jan 1. earthquake ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/earthquakes/japans-coastline-moved-over-800-feet-after-the-devastating-jan-1-earthquake</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Satellite images captured striking changes in the coastline of Japan's Noto Peninsula following a massive earthquake on New Year's Day. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 09:53:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Mathewson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hyUQNWFR6Azw2uve6nGMok-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Jan. 1, 2024, causing significant uplift in some coastal areas of the Noto Peninsula.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Jan. 1, 2024, causing significant uplift in some coastal areas of the Noto Peninsula.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Missions to the moon, Mars, Jupiter and more: These are the coolest space missions in 2024 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/missions-to-the-moon-mars-jupiter-and-more-these-are-the-coolest-space-missions-in-2024</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ambitious new missions to the moon, Venus, Jupiter and more are planned for 2024. Here is a preview of the exciting year in space ahead. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 21:47:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hkjaMcZAZuZtXtfdmBu7ee-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Hera spacecraft near the Dimorphos-Didymos system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Hera spacecraft near the Dimorphos-Didymos system.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 72 million-year-old 'blue dragon' unearthed in Japan is unlike anything we've ever seen, experts say ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The near-complete remains of a never-before-seen mosasaur that dominated the ancient Pacific Ocean have been unearthed in Japan. The great white shark-size creature is unlike any other aquatic animal, dead or alive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:48:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JNWKE7EocAPZKeikH3994V-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a mosasaur ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a mosasaur ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Newly-formed volcanic island near Japan is still growing, satellite reveals ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/newly-formed-volcanic-island-near-japan-is-still-growing-satellite-reveals</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The island forged in fire off the coast of Japan in Oct this year is still growing, as seen in a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image caught on Nov. 27. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RqibciaMRCJ2ynCWeR8r4B-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An aerial view of a volcanic island as it forms off the coast of Iwo Jima.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An aerial view of a volcanic island as it forms off the coast of Iwo Jima.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Underwater volcano riding a sinking tectonic plate may have unleashed major earthquakes in Japan ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A seamount sitting on a subducting tectonic plate off the coast of Japan and plowing its way into Earth's mantle may be at the root of several magnitude 7 earthquakes in the past 40 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:32:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:36:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6yRg2FP7pBg9bstN4B7rzT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Minami Kasuga 2 submarine volcano, part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc stretching across the Pacific from Japan to Guam, is one of thousands of seamounts scattered across the seafloor.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Minami Kasuga-2 submarine volcano in the Pacific Ocean.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Japan's new volcanic island has erupted again — and the dramatic explosion was caught on camera ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An underwater volcano that gave birth to a new island off Japan's Iwo Jima island has erupted again, sending huge plumes of ash and smoke into the sky in footage released by Japan's Coast Guard. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:11:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:02:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nz3TJnVHFMbMu4xiQgVV9H-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Japanese coast guard has captured aerial footage of a new explosive eruption near Iwo Jima.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An aerial view of the latest eruption of an underwater volcano near Iwo Jima.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Adorable, newfound pygmy squid species named after Japanese forest fairies ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two new species of pygmy squid have been discovered off Okinawa and named after mythical creatures. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ elise.poore@futurenet.com (Elise Poore) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elise Poore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WRTutvUa63EyirFx4xPhBe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Ryukyuan pygmy squid is named after the Kijimuna that are red-haired, childlike creatures who live in banyan trees. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A small squid swims beside a marine plant]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Strange sea worms have butts that grow a brain before wriggling off to find a mate ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have worked out how Japanese green syllids grow a butt with a brain that can swim away to reproduce. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:21:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Richard Pallardy ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PgeEMrwq4BHXhZXYQ32HUb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Nakamura et al 2023]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A female Japanese green syllids (Megasyllis nipponica) developing a stolon. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A marine worm covered with spikes protruding out of its body]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hoard of 100,000 centuries-old coins discovered in Japan ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/hoard-of-100000-centuries-old-coins-discovered-in-japan</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A hoard of more than 100,000 coins found in Japan might have been buried by warriors centuries ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4daJUrVVmRii8VQFQ4rQ4T-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Here we see some of the coin bundles. If you look closely, you can see square holes in the middle of the coins where a string could have held them together.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photograph of stacks of bundled Japanese coins atop a straw woven mat upon a white tabletop.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New island that emerged from the ocean off Japan is now visible from space ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newly-formed island off the coast of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean was spotted in satellite images after it emerged during an underwater volcanic eruption at the end of October. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:47:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:07:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ hannah.osborne@futurenet.com (Hannah Osborne) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hannah Osborne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PvMoYRehyf8SZhp465efSW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[new volcanic island after underwater eruption off Japan&#039;s Iwo Jima ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[new volcanic island after underwater eruption off Japan&#039;s Iwo Jima ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bear linked to multiple attacks in Japan found dead alongside its final victim ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Japanese officials found the body of a missing student alongside the corpse of a brown bear that likely killed him. The bear is also suspected of attacking several other people in the area. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 17:28:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FatpU3qUnZYt7HNbGj7Eeh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Underwater volcanic eruption gives birth to new island in the Pacific ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A volcanic eruption off the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on Oct. 30 led to the formation of a new 330-foot-wide island just north of the explosion site. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:28:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:06:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RABRuhsLtvWZvhvY4k39u6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Earth and sand are sent into the air above a new islet that appeared after a volcanic eruption off the coast of Iwo Jima.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A aerial view of the new island and its eruption plume.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Haunting 'mermaid' mummy from Japan is a gruesome monkey-fish hybrid with 'dragon claws,' new scans reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have scanned the mummified remains of a supposed "mermaid" from Japan. The initial results suggest it is a horrifying mix of fish, monkey and lizard parts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:53:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xFh3G54khzRFaazbxGc5LN-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Fiji Mermaid Project/Joseph Cress]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The mummified remains of what appears to be a small mermaid]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The mummified remains of what appears to be a small mermaid]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious bamboo regeneration baffles scientists ahead of once-in-a-century blooming event ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/mysterious-bamboo-regeneration-baffles-scientists-ahead-of-once-in-a-century-blooming-event</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Henon bamboo flowers only once every 120 years then vanishes for years, and researchers have no idea how it regenerates. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacklin Kwan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RxL3UW2KCX2CnVHSJBYGxU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[a shoot of the enigmatic bamboo species henon bamboo which flowers once every 120 years]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a shoot of the enigmatic bamboo species henon bamboo which flowers once every 120 years]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fukushima nuclear power plant is now pumping wastewater into the Pacific Ocean ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/fukushima-nuclear-power-plant-is-now-pumping-wastewater-into-the-pacific-ocean</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The International Atomic Energy Agency — the UN's atomic watchdog — has said the release meets international safety standards with a "negligible radiological impact." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:24:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jdKx4o8ffr6jHVpD6apZT5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Treated wastewater is currently stored in more than 1,000 steel containers, but space is running out as water is added every day.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of the steel containers used to store wastewater at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hirota people of Japan intentionally deformed infant skulls 1,800 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Hirota people, who occupied a Japanese island for around 400 years, deliberately flattened the back of their children's heads. And experts are not entirely sure why. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cznKmqxRo8dn6BinsgXhKn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[The Kyushu University Museum]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deadly swarm of earthquakes in Japan caused by magma moving through extinct volcano ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Over 10,000 earthquakes have hit the Noto Peninsula over the last three years. They are believed to be emanating from an long-dead volcano, with fluids pushing through the collapsed system. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FRqvDtNpeWmEapjwZ25u7e-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dolphins terrorize and bite beachgoers in Japan — for the 2nd year in a row ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Four separate incidents on a beach in Fukui prefecture on July 16 echo a string of attacks in the same region last year that may have been perpetrated by a single Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MfzEDgoXFSyjsEJbdV3PAT-1280-80.png">
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