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Mysterious climate-changing eruption that turned the sun blue traced to remote Pacific islandZavaritskii 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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Ancient hunter-gatherer DNA linked to higher BMI in modern Japanese peopleA new study suggests that the DNA some modern Japanese people have inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers may increase BMI.
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'Ghost Ship of the Pacific,' which fought on both sides in WWII, discovered near San FranciscoThe newfound wreck could help maritime archaeologists better understand how 20th-century warships were designed.
archaeology -
'Secret teachings' about ritual Samurai beheading revealed in newly translated Japanese textsFour newly translated Japanese texts describe how ritual samurai beheadings were supposed to take place during the Edo period and later.
archaeology -
'The secret to living to 110 was, don't register your death': Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman on the flawed data on extreme agingSaul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.
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Japan to start building 1st 'zeta-class' supercomputer in 2025, 1,000 times more powerful than today's fastest machinesJapan'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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Sexually frustrated dolphin behind spate of attacks on humans off JapanA stock image of an Indo-Pacific dolphin swimming (not the individual responsible for the recent attacks).
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Japan plans to commercially hunt vulnerable fin whales, enraging conservationistsJapan 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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Japan captures 1st image of space debris from orbit, and it's spookily stunningA new Japanese mission to photograph space junk from orbit marks a milestone in orbital debris cleanup efforts.
space-exploration
