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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.
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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.
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Meteorite hunters scour the Sahara for riches from outer space
Prices for meteorites range from hundreds of dollars for pieces traded on internet sites like eBay to millions for larger chunks sold through auction houses like Christies.
WORLD / Science & Health
UNICEF says Israel blocking 1 million syringes needed to vaccinate Gaza children
The blockage comes amid Israeli concerns that items such as syringes and refrigerators could be repurposed for military use.
James Watson — the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure — has died, his former lab said Friday. He was 97.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 8, 2025
James Watson, Nobel prize-winning DNA pioneer, dead at 97
By Maggy Donaldson
Watson was co-credited for the discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but his reputation was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks.
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
By Will Dunham
The new study is providing insight into the difference in mass between neutrino types, a key unanswered question.
Unitree robot dogs climb a flight of stairs during a demonstration in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on March 21.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2025
Robot dogs and AI drone swarms: How China could use DeepSeek for war
By Eduardo Baptista — Fanny Potkin
A review of research papers, patents and procurement records gives a snapshot of Beijing's systematic effort to harness artificial intelligence for military advantage.
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
By Will Dunham
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.
A health worker administers HPV vaccine to a student in Islamabad on Sept. 24.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 14, 2025
Spread of drug-resistant superbugs surging, WHO warns
By Nina LARSON
The United Nations' health agency warned that one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections worldwide in 2023 showed resistance to antibiotic treatments.
John Clarke, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, is interviewed on campus on Tuesday after being named one of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in physics.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 10, 2025
Nobel Prizes this year offer three cheers for slow science
By Katrina Miller
In an age when government efficiency has been used to justify sharp cuts to scientific funding, the science Nobels offer a case for plodding curiosity.
A bust of Swedish chemist, inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel, founder and namesake of the Nobel Prize, stands at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025
Nobel physics prize goes to pioneers of quantum mechanics
By Niklas Pollard — Johan Ahlander
Quantum technology is already ubiquitous, with transistors in computer microchips an everyday example.

From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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