91²Ö¿â

author

 
Menu
Search
 
June 19, 2026
 

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

Meta

Will Dunham
Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, showed huge growth, but its "pulse" appeared to be highly speculative.
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2026
Satellite observations detect ¡®urban pulse¡¯ of six global cities
Researchers looked at Dubai, Lagos, Mexico City, Mumbai, Seattle and Shenzhen using a new way to document dynamic changes unfolding in each ?of these cities in near real-time.
A professional table tennis player competes against Sony AI autonomous robot Ace in December in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 23, 2026
Table tennis robot Ace makes history by beating top-level human players
The feat could presage an array of other applications for similarly adept robots.
A "selfie" taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, made up of 62 individual images, in July 2025.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 16, 2026
Huge ¡®bathtub ring¡¯ may show contours of ancient ocean on Mars
A new study builds on earlier evidence of a bygone Martian ocean including studies identifying features resembling an ancient shoreline.
An artist's impression shows a stellar explosion with subtle hints of a black hole binary in the background.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2026
Scientists find evidence for theorized gargantuan star explosions
Scientists since the 1960s have theorized the existence of ultra-powerful supernovas, and have now come up with evidence for them ¡ª albeit indirect.
Chickpeas grown in a mixture that included lunar soil simulant inside a climate-controlled growth chamber at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2026
With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in ¡®moon dirt¡¯
The development marks a step toward enabling astronauts on long-term moon missions to produce their own food.
The media-savvy Rev. Jesse Jackson advocated ?for the rights of Black Americans and other marginalized communities dating back to the turbulent civil rights movement of the 1960s.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2026
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and U.S. presidential hopeful, dies at 84
The media-savvy Jesse Jackson advocated ?for the rights of Black Americans and other marginalized communities dating back to the turbulent civil rights movement of the 1960s.
An artist's impression of the NASA Magellan spacecraft making radar observations of Venus, with the data from it indicating the presence of a subsurface lava tube in this handout image released on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 10, 2026
Radar data shows cavernous underground lava tube on Venus
Researchers said radar data gathered on Venus was consistent with a geological feature called a lava tube found in some volcanic locations on Earth and also on the moon.
A new study estimates the contribution of genes to determining human lifespan at about 50%, or roughly double ?what prior research concluded.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 30, 2026
Study finds greater role for genetics in driving human lifespan
The conclusions may have implications for research into aging as ¡°our work validates the search for genetic factors of longevity,¡± said the lead author of the new study.
The "Doomsday Clock" is set to 89 seconds to midnight during the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jan 28, 2026
Atomic scientists set ¡®Doomsday Clock¡¯ closer to midnight than ever
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock to 85 seconds before midnight, the theoretical point of annihilation.
The skull of a Pleistocene wolf from Alaska, used for photogrammetric reconstruction of 3D models in a study on the emergence and diversification of dog morphology, pictured at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2025
Doggie diversity in size and shape began at least 11,000 years ago
New research contradicts the notion that such diversity was mainly a relatively new phenomenon driven by selective breeding in recent centuries.
Scientists use a raft inside the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector located about 1 kilometer under Mount Ikeno near the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, in this undated image obtained on Wednesday
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2025
Researchers in U.S. and Japan offer insight into ghostly neutrinos
The new study is providing insight into the difference in mass between neutrino types, a key unanswered question.
A bright band of diffuse gamma rays glows along the map's center, which marks the central plane of the Milky Way galaxy, in this undated image based on five years of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 17, 2025
Scientists move closer to confirming existence of dark matter
Scientists are confident dark matter exists because of its gravitational effects in the universe, but because of its very nature, its existence has been hard to prove.
An artist's rendition of events immediately preceding a powerful collision between two black holes. It depicts the view from one of the black holes as it spirals toward its cosmic partner.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2025
Astronomers get best view yet of two merging black holes
The merger of the black holes unleashed a tremendous amount of energy that radiated outward as gravitational waves, which were detected on Jan. 14 at research sites in the U.S.
Former astronaut Jim Lovell talks about his historic space flights in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in April 2010
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 9, 2025
Jim Lovell, commander of NASA¡¯s Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97
The mission nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and endurance and led to the hit Hollywood movie starring Tom Hanks.
Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed and using them to rub and groom each other, scientists announced on Monday, saying it is the first evidence of cetacean tool manufacturing.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 25, 2025
Killer whales use seaweed as tools to groom each other
The researchers hypothesize that the behavior promotes skin health while strengthening social bonds.
An elephant walks through the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 20, 2025
Humans adapted to diverse habitats before trekking out of Africa
Homo sapiens acquired an adaptability useful for tackling the wide range of conditions awaiting beyond the continent.
A new study is offering fresh insight into where consciousness resides in the brain.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 2, 2025
Scientists explore where consciousness arises in the brain
There are practical applications in gaining a deeper understanding of the mechanics of consciousness in the brain.
A handout artist's impression released on Thursday by N. Madhusudhan/University of Cambridge shows the K2-18b super-Earth, a hycean world, in which astronomers say they have found the strongest yet ¡°hints¡± of life outside our solar system.
WORLD
Apr 17, 2025
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet
The scientists stressed they are not announcing the discovery of actual living organisms and that the findings should be viewed cautiously.
The Penghu Islands coast at low tide, located off the coast of Taiwan. Although the exact location is unknown, the fossilized mandible of a male Denisovan, an extinct archaic human, was discovered off the coast of this island.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 11, 2025
Jawbone from Taiwan shows geographic reach of enigmatic archaic humans
Confirmed Denisovan fossils have been identified from only two other places ¡ª Denisova Cave in Russia and Baishiya Karst Cave in China¡¯s Gansu province.
A genetically modified wolf juvenile, one of three successfully bred by reconstructing a genome from the ancient DNA of fossils from dire wolves that had been extinct for over 12,500 years by Colossal Biosciences, billed as "the world¡¯s only de-extinction company," is seen at age five months after his Oct. 1, 2024 birth, at a secure site in the northern United States.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2025
U.S. company resurrects the extinct dire wolf, or some version of it
Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has announced the birth of three genetically engineered wolf pups ¡ª all with striking white fur ¡ª created with the help of ancient DNA.
¡®Customer harassment¡¯ continues in Japan despite moves to end it
A "customer harassment" prevention awareness poster at the entrance of an Aoki Super supermarket in Aichi Prefecture
Onitsuka Tiger pivots from Asics stripes to tap luxury market
An Onitsuka Tiger store in the Omotesando district of Tokyo. The footwear brand prepares to transform into a luxury lifestyle label distinct from Asics.
Starbucks in South Korea to close all stores early for history training
Activists put stickers on an image of Shinsegae Chairman Chung Yong-jin during a rally calling for a boycott of the Starbucks coffee chain in Seoul on May 27.
Tokyo launches scholarship program for students bound for top global universities
Students at the campus of Harvard University. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Tuesday announced a scholarship for top-level students who are looking to pursue higher education abroad.
Prices of chicken and eggs in Japan hit record highs
The national average price of a packet of 10 eggs stood at ?309, matching the highest level marked in March and May.
Music Awards Japan levels up and looks ahead
Kaze Fujii received a second consecutive album of the year award for ¡°Prema,¡± his English-language debut, at the Music Awards Japan ceremony.
Cultural aspects dominate coverage as sumo enthralls Paris
<i>Yokozuna</i> Hoshoryu waves to reporters during a news conference at the Japanese Culture House of Paris on June 11.
Japan steps on the gas in unprecedented regional defense export push
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi walks with his Indonesian counterpart, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, as the two inspect an honor guard during a welcome ceremony in Jakarta on May 4.
As his centennial nears, Osamu Tezuka gets a global reintroduction
Seen here in an archival shot, Osamu Tezuka&#039;s influence on Japanese anime has been monumental.
Why more bears are entering urban areas
Hikers walk past a bear warning sign in the Okutama area in western Tokyo on Sunday as local authorities urge visitors to take precautions following increased reports of bear sightings in the region.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.
The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan¡¯s culture of conformity
By Tomoko Otake

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER