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SCIENTISTS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2019
Competitive culture brings out the worst in scientists
A Chinese researcher wanted to be a pioneer so badly that he ignored ethical boundaries; others think a Nobel is a license to rant
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 29, 2018
How scientists succumb to corruption and cook results
It starts with a dash of temptation. Stir in some rationalization and deception. The final and key ingredient is: stupid systems with perverse incentives.
JAPAN
May 30, 2016
Science Council of Japan considers overturning long-held opposition to military research
The nation's largest and most powerful group of scientists has started discussing lifting its decades-old ban on defense-related research as the government seeks more collaboration with civilians in the development of weapons technology.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 8, 2016
'Anthropocene' epoch mulled over Earth's human imprint but starting date eludes
The indelible imprint left by human beings on Earth has become so clear that it justifies naming a new geological epoch after mankind, experts said on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 10, 2015
February's milky rain in Pacific Northwest laid to dry lake bed, not eruption in Japan
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of a milky rain that coated cars and raised eyebrows across a wide swath of the Pacific Northwest this February, researchers said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 28, 2015
Coldest case? Spain cave yields 430,000-year-old murder mystery
This 430,000-year-old case may be the world's oldest murder mystery.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 1, 2015
Little songbird's arduous migration reaches 'brink of impossibility'
The blackpoll warbler accomplishes a mighty big feat for a such a little bird.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2014
Scientists find brain mechanism behind glucose greed
British scientists have found a brain mechanism they think may drive our desire for glucose-rich food and say the discovery could one day lead to better treatments for obesity.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 4, 2014
New map shows Milky Way lives in Laniakea galaxy complex
The Milky Way galaxy resides on the outskirts of a massive, previously unknown galaxy super-cluster scientists have named Laniakea, from Hawaiian words for "immeasurable heaven."

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