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  Washington DC (UPI) Mar 5, 2021 Astronauts Kate Rubins and Soichi Noguchi completed a spacewalk Friday of 6 hours, 56 minutes to perform maintenance on the exterior of the International Space Station. Rubins, of NASA, and Noguchi, of the Japanese Space Agency, installed a device on an airlock cover to prevent it from blowing out when a hatch is opened. The two also attached new apparatus that will hold upgraded solar panels when they are installed over the summer. The outing was the fourth career spacewalk for both Rub ... read more |
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NASA, Japanese astronauts plan spacewalk FridayWashington DC (UPI) Mar 4, 2021 Astronauts Kate Rubins and Soichi Noguchi are scheduled to conduct the 236th spacewalk in International Space Station history Friday morning. ... more  
Chief of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command: Strengthen Guam, support TaiwanWashington DC (UPI) Mar 5, 2021 Strengthening the U.S. military presence on Guam and providing arms to Taiwan should be priorities, the chief of the U.S .Indo-Pacific Command said. ... more  
The towering sea wall legacy of Japan's 2011 tsunamiTaro, Japan (AFP) March 5, 2021 The Japanese town of Taro had sea walls that were supposed to be able to survive almost anything the ocean could offer up, but the 2011 tsunami still brought utter destruction. ... more  
Honda launches advanced self-driving cars in JapanTokyo (AFP) March 5, 2021 Honda launched the world's most advanced self-driving car licensed for the road on Friday, releasing an initial batch of 100 models in Japan. ... more |
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Sri Lanka offers strategic deep-sea port to India, JapanColombo (AFP) March 2, 2021 Sri Lanka will offer a strategically located deep-sea port to India and Japan, an official said Tuesday, as the island seeks to balance traditional ties against China's rising regional influence. ... more  
SPY-7 joint Japan project completes initial demonstration of capabilityFort Belvoir VA (SPX) Feb 26, 2021 On 27 January, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy Aegis Technical Representative (TECHREP) witnessed the successful demonstration of the first software release of the Japanese J7.B Aegis ... more  
Hi, Robot: Japan's android pets ease virus isolationTokyo (AFP) Feb 26, 2021 Nami Hamaura says she feels less lonely working from home thanks to her singing companion Charlie, one of a new generation of cute and clever Japanese robots whose sales are booming in the pandemic. ... more 
Toyota breaks ground on futuristic 'Woven City' for Japanese employeesMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 26, 2021 Toyota has sunk half a billion dollars into Uber's self-driving car program, but that effort has proceeded at a snail's pace. However, it's Aurora's tech that will be featured in the next version of ... more  
U.S., Japan start computer-based Resilient Shield 2021 exerciseWashington DC (UPI) Feb 22, 2021 Resilient Shield 2021, a computer-based drill involving the United States and Japan, began on Monday, a week after Chinese ships trespassed in Japanese waters. ... more |
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Biden renews 'Quad' with allies despite Beijing pressureWashington (AFP) Feb 17, 2021 The United States announced talks for Thursday with Australia, India and Japan, with President Joe Biden renewing the alliance of the so-called "Quad" in defiance of warnings from China. ... more  |
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Plant as superhero during nuclear power plant accidentsMorioka, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2021 In recent time, HBO's highly acclaimed and award-winning miniseries Chernobyl highlighted the horror of nuclear power plant accident, which happened in Ukraine in 1986. It is not a fictional series ... more 
Dozens injured in strong quake off Japan's FukushimaTokyo (AFP) Feb 14, 2021 A 7.3-magnitude earthquake off Fukushima in eastern Japan injured more than 100 people, authorities said Sunday, nearly a decade after the region suffered a devastating quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. ... more 
Nissan says not in talks with Apple on self-driving carsTokyo (AFP) Feb 15, 2021 Japanese auto maker Nissan said Monday it is not in talks with Apple to develop self-driving cars, a week after Hyundai also denied reports it was discussing the top-secret project with the US tech giant. ... more  
UK urges G7 action on Covid recovery, climate, tech taxLondon (AFP) Feb 12, 2021 Britain on Friday pressed for G7 action to tackle the global fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, as well as climate change and digital taxation, as it outlined its priorities for the elite economic club. ... more  
Fossil fuel pollution causes one in five deaths globally: studyParis (AFP) Feb 9, 2021 Fossil fuel pollution caused more than eight million premature deaths in 2018, accounting for nearly 20 percent of adult mortality worldwide, researchers reported Tuesday. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 3, 2021 
Two top Pentagon officials who were chosen by former president Donald Trump were blamed in a Senate hearing Wednesday for the slow security reaction to the January 6 Capitol assault.
Witnesses told the hearing that a nearly three-and-a-half hour delay in deploying the national guard against the attack by Trump supporters was because deployment authority was held only by then-acting secretary ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 04, 2021 
Since the beginning of the space age, with the launch of Sputnik in 1958, we have launched thousands of rockets carrying more than ten thousand satellites into space.
The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in these numbers, and over the last few decades there has been a change in the type of mission flown, with private companies (yellow) launching smaller satellites than those la ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2021 
Water levels in the world's ponds, lakes and human-managed reservoirs rise and fall from season to season. But until now, it has been difficult to parse out exactly how much of that variation is caused by humans as opposed to natural cycles.
Analysis of new satellite data published March 3 in Nature shows fully 57 percent of the seasonal variability in Earth's surface water storage now occ ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 24, 2021 
Polished glass has been at the center of imaging systems for centuries. Their precise curvature enables lenses to focus light and produce sharp images, whether the object in view is a single cell, the page of a book, or a far-off galaxy.
Changing focus to see clearly at all these scales typically requires physically moving a lens, by tilting, sliding, or otherwise shifting the lens, usuall ... more |
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 Fort Belvoir VA (SPX) Feb 26, 2021 
On 27 January, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy Aegis Technical Representative (TECHREP) witnessed the successful demonstration of the first software release of the Japanese J7.B Aegis Weapon System equipped with SPY-7 radar in Moorestown, New Jersey.
Overall, there has been significant program progress since Japan's Aegis SPY-7 system selection in July 2018, and this demonst ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 05, 2021 
The crewmembers who will participate in the construction of China's space station have been selected and are being trained for their missions, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The construction of the space station has entered a crucial stage, said the CMSA, noting that this year will see several space missions including the launch of the station's core module, cargo reple ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Feb 26, 2021 
Nami Hamaura says she feels less lonely working from home thanks to her singing companion Charlie, one of a new generation of cute and clever Japanese robots whose sales are booming in the pandemic.
Smart home assistants such as Amazon's Alexa have found success worldwide, but tech firms in Japan are reporting huge demand for more humanlike alternatives, as people seek solace during coronavi ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 5, 2021 
Australian public broadcaster SBS said it would stop using content from Chinese state-run television Friday, pending a review of serious human rights concerns.
The Australian television, radio and web outlet - which specialises in multilingual, multicultural content - said it was investigating CGTN and CCTV's airing of dozens of forced prisoner confessions.
SBS said it had been contact ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 03, 2021 
Understanding the changes happening to Earth and its delicate balance is of ever increasing importance. "With the Harmony mission, we have the opportunity to gain new insights into processes that take place within the Earth system. This represents a considerable scientific and technical challenge," says Alberto Moreira, Director of the German Aerospace Center Microwaves and Radar Institute.
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 Singapore (SPX) Mar 02, 2021 
According to United Nations estimates, the global population is expected to grow by 2 billion within the next 30 years, giving rise to an expected increase in demand for food and agricultural products. Today, biotic and abiotic environmental stresses such as plant pathogens, sudden fluctuations in temperature, drought, soil salinity, and toxic metal pollution - made worse by climate change - imp ... more |
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 Torun, Poland (SPX) Mar 03, 2021 
An international team led by Prof. dr habil. Andrzej Niedzielski, an astronomer from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland), has discovered yet another three extrasolar planets. These planets revolve around the stars that can be called elder sisters of our Sun.
You can read about the astronomers' success in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The prestigious European journal will pub ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 04, 2021 
Do you have fresh ideas on how Earth observation data can contribute to monitoring the effects brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic? If so, ESA and the European Commission have launched a new series of monthly challenges asking for innovative solutions on how satellite data can be used to help better understand the effects of the coronavirus on society, economy and the environment.
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 Paris (AFP) March 3, 2021 
As Emmanuel Macron admits that France covered up its torture and killing of a top Algerian lawyer in 1957, we look at the North African country's bloody struggle against French rule.
The war of independence left half a million dead - say the French - or 1.5 million according to the Algerians, and very nearly tore France apart.
Soul searching over the torture and killings carried out by ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 05, 2021 
NASA and Boeing are evaluating a new target launch date for the CST-100 Starliner's Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station after winter storms in Houston, and the recent replacement of avionics boxes, set the program back about two weeks. NASA also is weighing the volume of verification and validation analysis required prior to the test flight and the visiting vehicle s ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 5, 2021 
Israel is preparing to act independently against Iran and is updating plans for military strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said.
He noted that numerous targets within Iran's nuclear production program have been identified, and that the Israel Defense Force is capable of inflicting assaults to damage the program's development.
"If the world stops them b ... more |
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