12+ hour, 37+ min ago  (321+ words) Every day, millions of people in Japan open a bento or dig into a restaurant's meal while holding a pair of chopsticks that are destined for the garbage once finished, possibly even sooner if one is dropped on the floor....

12+ hour, 39+ min ago  (593+ words) A guide called out to endangered golden monkeys with grunts and clicks to signal he posed no threat, a familiar sound in the mist-covered forests of Rwanda "s Volcanoes National Park. Here in one of Africa's most well-known parks, steep…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (415+ words) A robot being developed at Duke University is almost ready to face the world, in any direction. Instead of trying to copy symmetrical shapes from nature by building robots that look like people, dogs or insects, engineering professor Boyuan Chen…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (644+ words) Some of the plants that make familiar landscapes recognizable may not survive by century's end as climate change becomes an increasingly important driver of species loss, according to scientists, reshaping and often shrinking suitable habitats that "the plants need to…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (670+ words) Mechanical hands dexterous enough to thread a needle, childlike dancing robots and adult-sized ones to help with deliveries were on display Thursday as the Humanoids Summit Tokyo opened. Among the dozens of companies taking part, including well-known players like Boston…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (251+ words) A Blue Origin rocket exploded during a test at the launch pad Thursday night, shaking nearby homes and briefly painting the sky orange. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin said its New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine-firing test. No one was…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (213+ words) Casio Computer Co Ltd has released the "ER-100" hearing assist earphones as the first product in its new ear U brand, which aims to solve the problem of misunderstandings and stress caused by hearing difficulties. According to Casio, in addition…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (870+ words) Rice feeds more than half the world. From terraced paddies in Southeast Asia to irrigated fields in China and India, it underpins daily meals for billions of people. But the same flooded soils that help rice thrive also create ideal…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (806+ words) Average global temperatures are forecast to reach near-record levels in the next five years, with Arctic'temperatures expected to "warm faster than other regions, a report by the U. N. weather agency and the UK's Met Office said on Thursday. The annual report…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (687+ words) Europe, which is in the throes of a record-smashing heatwave this week, is the world's fastest-warming continent and stretches into an even more rapidly heating Arctic. After record high temperatures for May were broken in Britain, Ireland and France on…...