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Space Exploration Jan 25, 2024

Japan's precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down

Japan's space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon's surface it was aiming for, in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system—although the probe appears to be lying ...

Space Exploration Jan 20, 2024

Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday.

Space Exploration Jan 19, 2024

Japan space agency says its lunar spacecraft is on the moon but is still 'checking its status'

Japan's space agency said early Saturday that its spacecraft is on the moon, but is still "checking its status." More details will be given at a news conference, officials said.

Space Exploration Jan 19, 2024

Japan's first moon lander is aiming for a very small target

As Japan's space agency prepares for its first moon landing early Saturday, it's aiming to hit a very small target.

Biotechnology Mar 20, 2023

A sowing, pruning, and harvesting robot for Synecoculture farming

Synecoculture is a new agricultural method advocated by Dr. Masatoshi Funabashi, senior researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. (Sony CSL), in which various kinds of plants are mixed and grown in high density, ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 20, 2023

How antioxidants produced by mitochondria reach the cell surface to protect against death

Antioxidants are often advertised as a cure-all in nutrition and offered as dietary supplements. However, our body also produces such radical scavengers itself, one of which is coenzyme Q. Now researchers from the Max Planck ...

Economics & Business Jan 5, 2023

The effect of investing in foreign countries to pay lower taxes on economic productivity

An increasingly connected world and a strong digital economy have made it easier for multinational companies to have investments in multiple countries. This investment, where the company buys a controlling stake in a foreign ...

Archaeology Dec 8, 2022

Murderous 1600s pirate hid out in US colonies with impunity

One tarnished silver coin at a time, the ground is yielding new evidence that in the late 1600s, one of the world's most ruthless pirates wandered the American colonies with impunity.

Social Sciences Nov 15, 2022

Health harms of mass shootings ripple across communities

A grim and familiar pattern has followed the parade of mass shootings across America. In their aftermath, the nation's attention focuses on the direct victims of the attacks, the dead and injured, their families and friends, ...

Space Exploration May 31, 2021

Japanese space agency to put Transformable Lunar Robot on the moon

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced on its website that the agency has plans to put a Transformable Lunar Robot on the moon. In their announcement, they note that the goal of the robot deployment is ...

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