3+ hour, 44+ min ago  (561+ words) Observations made by a satellite operated by the US and French space agencies shortly after a strong earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last year are giving scientists a better understanding of how tsunamis originate and propagate. The researchers said…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (565+ words) A retired US colonel behind a privately financed rocket launch site in the Dominican Republic sees the project as a response to China's dominance of the space race in Latin America. Florida-based Launch on Demand is slated to begin building…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (106+ words) A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck off the coast of southeastern Taiwan at 12:23pm today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The epicenter of the quake was located at sea, about 65.7km northeast of Taitung County Hall, at a depth of 39.8km, the agency said....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (287+ words) Mostly sunny to cloudy skies are today expected in Taiwan, but sporadic rain and thunderstorms are forecast for northern areas of the country this evening, as a weather front approaches, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. Showers are also forecast…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (163+ words) Thunderstorms are expected to affect northern Taiwan starting Thursday evening, while eastern Taiwan is also likely to see rain showers, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Today, weather conditions during the daytime will remain similar to Wednesday, CWA forecaster…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (386+ words) The US space agency is to invest US$20 billion to develop a base on the moon, while suspending its plans to create the lunar orbital space station known as Gateway, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said on Tuesday. "The agency intends…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (472+ words) Scientists in Geneva on Tuesday took some antiprotons out for a spin " a very delicate one " in a truck, in a never-tried-before test drive that has been deemed a success. If the so-called antimatter had come into contact with actual…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (469+ words) Taiwan's air quality improved last year, with the annual average concentration of harmful fine-particle matter, or PM2.5, falling to 13.3 micrograms per cubic meter (mg/m3), from 17.5mg/m3 in 2024, a report released on Tuesday by IQAir Group showed. Taiwan's ranking among the world's most…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (616+ words) Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned every year in Japan " more from seniors than babies " but a recycling breakthrough has given them a new lease of life, one hot mess at a time. A pilot project, billed…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (553+ words) After Jurassic Park premiered in 1993, people began to ask if scientists could really bring long-lost species back from extinction, just like in the hit movie. The idea has triggered "de-extinction" debates in several countries, including Taiwan, where the focus has…...