Electrified chopsticks that change the taste of food extended the winning streak of Japanese researchers for a satiric Ig Nobel Prize to 17 straight years.
People who live in cooler areas of Japan are at double the risk of heatstroke when temperatures soar than residents who are more accustomed to scorching heat, an Asahi Shimbun analysis found.
The sample brought back to Earth by the Hayabusa 2 space probe is described as being very “fresh” because it originated relatively soon after the birth of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.
Japanese astronomers are among an international research team that successfully captured the first image of a black hole at the center of the Milky Way, which could shed light on the formation of our galaxy.