By Mike Wehner From BGR Nothing would excite astronomers more than to discover a planet somewhere out there with obvious signs of life, but it just hasn’t happened yet. Earth, we think, is pretty special in its ability to foster life, and as far as we know there’s a few things that are vital for […]
Japan found water on an asteroid, and it could reveal secrets about Earth
Japan ferry ‘hits whale’, injuring more than 80 on board
From BBC More than 80 passengers have been injured, several seriously, after a ferry hit what appears to have been a whale in the Sea of Japan. The high-speed hydrofoil ship was en route to Sado Island from the port of Niigata on Saturday. Ferry operators said the vessel hit an object, leaving a 15cm […]
Traditional craft and contemporary design in Japan
By CORE JR From Core77 An opportunity to study traditional Japanese crafts in Fukuoka, Japan SVA Made in Yame returns with its June 2019 opportunity to study traditional Japanese crafts in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan and have a contemporary product design produced and distributed by MoMA Wholesale. SVA Made in Yame accepts applications from all interested […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx has started orbiting asteroid Bennu
By Marietta Moon From engadget The asteroid is now the smallest celestial body orbited by a spacecraft. After NASA’s OSIRIS-REx arrived at asteroid Bennu in early December, its ground team quickly started measuring and mapping out the celestial body. They needed all the information they could get in order to enter Bennu’s orbit, since the asteroid has […]
Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower Just After Dusk By Trey Ratcliffe From Stuck In Customs JAPAN HIGHLIGHT VIDEO My team and I recently visited four great cities in Japan as part of our ongoing 80 Stays around the World tour. Check out this short video with highlights from Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Okinawa at website below. DAILY PHOTO […]
Dry Coconut Powder | Global Market 2018 Analysis | (Cocomi, Caribbean, Maggi) and more…
By Leon Gaban From The Finance Goof The Dry Coconut Powder Market report provides overview of Dry Coconut Powder Industry, including industry chain analysis, manufacturing technology, characteristics and latest market trends & dynamics.The Dry Coconut Powder market research report also focuses on future trends and demand,supply and market expansion rate,prices, competition, size, prices and value […]
Robot installs drywall
Humanoid construction robot installs drywall by itself By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s clever, if also a commentary on Japan’s labor priorities. If Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute has its way, construction workers might be a thing of the past. Researchers have built HRP-5P, a humanoid bot that can handle a variety of […]
China ‘threatened with isolation’ by veto written into US-Mexico-Canada trade deal
By Lee Jeong-ho, Keegan Elmer, Zhou Xin From South China Morning Post A clause allowing any member of the North American trio to effectively block each-other’s free-trade deals seems aimed at China and is expected to feature in future US trade agreements A special clause in the new US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement would give Washington a […]
Revived Kirk heading for Lesser Antilles; Japan in Trami’s Sights
By Bob Henson From Weather Underground Tropical storm watches and warnings are in place across several eastern Caribbean islands ahead of strengthening Tropical Storm Kirk. As of 2 pm EDT Wednesday, Kirk’s top sustained winds were up to 60 mph. Kirk was located about 300 miles east of Barbados, moving just north of due west […]