Home Search
japan - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
The World Has Achieved Huge Milestones in 6 Areas of Renewable Energy So Far This Year
Despite a few national governments continuing to keep their coal and oil projects afloat, market demand and private entrepreneurship is driving what can only...
Teen Folds a Thousand Origami Cranes in One Sitting – For Guinness World Record
A schoolgirl didn't fold under pressure and set a new world record for the fastest ever origami, by making 1,000 paper cranes.
15-year-old Evelyne Chia...
Orchid Thought to Be Extinct in UK Was Discovered Blooming on the Rooftop of London Bank
An extremely rare colony of orchids previously believed to be extinct in Britain has been discovered growing on a City of London rooftop.
The small-flowered...
Magical Firefly Lights May Seem Random But There’s a Different Pattern For Every Species in U.S.
If every snake has a different pattern on its scales, and every cat has a different pattern on their fur, why wouldn't fireflies all...
80-Year-old Bonsai Master Creates Incredible Tiny Forests As a Rebel in the Ancient Art – LOOK
Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing ornamental, artificially dwarfed trees.
Masahiko Kimura began creating his first bonsai designs in his mid-teens.
Featuring dead wood sculpted...
This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
Electronic Nose Has Been Developed That ‘Sniffs Out’ Covid Infections – in Just 80 Seconds
A 3-D printed electronic nose has been developed that 'sniffs out' Covid in just seconds.
The device smells chemicals in infected individuals, opening the door...
End-of-Life Specialists are Surging in Number – Helping American Families to Better Process Death and Dying
There are special caregivers in society who feel their place in the world is at the side of the bed of a dying person,...
New Australian Marine Parks Will Protect an Area Twice the Size of the Great Barrier Reef
This article has been re-printed with permission from Mongabay.
The Australian government has moved to create two new marine protected areas that cover an...
The World Achieves its Target to Protect More Land, Adding 42%—the Size of Russia—in Last Decade
Since 2010, over 8.1 million square miles have been added to the world’s network of national parks and conservation areas, an area greater than...
Ingenious Musician Turns Rain Drops Into Otherworldly Music – LISTEN
Music can be made with all sorts of things—including, it would seem, rain drops.
For today's moment of Zen, listen to this video. Made in...
Seaweed is the Food –and Fuel– of a Sustainable World, And it May Start in Australia
Australian scientists have been uncovering a near-unending list of ways kelp and other kinds of seaweed can help in the fight against climate change.
It's...
79-Year-old Diver and This Fish Have Been BFFs for Nearly 30 Years After He Nursed Her Back to Health
In fishing lore, tall tales abound. Whether it’s ‘the one that got away’ or ‘the one that jumped right into the boat,’ pretty much...
Believed to Be Solitary, Male Sperm Whales Actually Hang With the Boys – In Friendships That Can Last Years
A Japanese biologist studying the social structure of sperm whales has discovered that the phrase "Saturday's for the boys," translates into echolocation.
His research reveals...
Chernobyl Guards Have Befriended Abandoned Dogs, Feeding Them and Bringing Medical Care
In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, guards watching for human trespassers are befriending and even caring for the descendants of dogs abandoned when tens of...
Watch This Historic First: Astronauts Successfully Launched Using Recycled Rocket – to International Space Station
A four-astronaut team launched by NASA and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX made history by becoming the first humans propelled into space by an...
MIT Scientists Spin Some Music Out of Spider Webs – And it Sounds Otherworldly (Listen)
Spiders are master builders, expertly weaving strands of silk into intricate 3D webs that serve as the spider's home and hunting ground.
If humans could...
Caltech Uses Existing Underwater Cables to Detect Earthquakes and Tsunamis Ahead of Time
Seismologists at Caltech working with optics experts at Google have developed a method to use existing underwater telecommunication cables to detect earthquakes. The technique...
Compounds in Amber Could Help Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria Superbugs, Scientists Find
For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ancient amber for medicinal purposes. Even today, infants are given amber necklaces that they chew to...
Particle Mystery Deepens As ‘Strong’ New Evidence Hints at ‘5th’ Force in Nature
Like the four cardinal elements of yore, or the four cardinal directions, there are also four forces of nature—the ones which cause particles to...