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Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution

The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2024

Japanese scientists race to create human eggs and sperm in the lab

Scientists in Japan are leaders in the development of IVG, new technology that could make sperm and eggs from practically any cell in the body. The results could transform human reproduction.

WEKU · Sep 28, 2023

Pavin’s book about monarchy banned in Thailand

A book about the monarchy edited by academic-in-exile Pavin Chatchavalpongpun has been banned in Thailand for defaming the royal institution, according to a police announcement published in the Royal Gazette on Friday.

Bangkok Post · Jul 8, 2023

Female dogs judge their owners when they make a mistake, new study claims

Research from Kyoto University, in Japan, looked at how female dogs can allegedly recognise 'competent' humans and will naturally gravitate towards them when they're in need of help

Daily Mirror · Oct 19, 2022

Space beaches may be more common than once thought, new study reveals

New models predict that exoplanets with beaches are more prevalent than once thought, and current missions could find multiple examples this decade.

Inverse · Oct 3, 2022

Horrifying: Robots may have just gained a creepy new skill

A new AI system aims to allow robots to laugh in response to our jokes, and even corrects the appropriate type of chuckle based on the context.

Inverse · Sep 29, 2022

Researchers teaching robot to laugh at jokes

Scientists in Japan are trying to make them more empathetic

Wales Online · Sep 15, 2022

Robot ‘taught to laugh at jokes’

A robot called Erica is being used to create natural conversation styles.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

New 1300ft 'lunar city' with artificial gravity will allow babies to be born on the moon

Professor Yosuke Yamashiki, of Kyoto University, Japan, said that the day when humans will live in outer space, on the Moon and on Mars, is “just around the corner”

Daily Mirror · Jul 25, 2022

One of 'Interstellar’s wildest concepts could help humans live on Moon

A popular idea is to create rotating habitats in space that simulate artificial gravity, like the Pinwheel Station or the O’Neill Cylinder. Another proposal by a team of Japanese researchers calls for something bolder: a rotating habitat on the Moon.

Inverse · Jul 23, 2022