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Special Episode: Life Beyond Earth - The Search for Habitable Worlds in the Universe
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Are we alone in the vast universe? One Japanese researcher is tackling this profound mystery: Dr. Norio Narita, a planetary scientist and an astrobiologist at the University of Tokyo's .. show full overview
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The Naked Mole Rat
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What if you had to live underground with little oxygen and you could never change your job, but you would live to 90 years old without getting sick? Would you accept it? That's how the .. show full overview
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Slow Slip Earthquakes
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New research on imperceptibly low-energy earthquakes known as "slow slips" has revealed some surprising longer-term patterns in the seismic activity leading up to devastating .. show full overview
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Diamonds - The Ultimate Magnetic Field Sensor
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Research is underway on using diamonds inside sensors for measuring magnetic fields at the nanoscale. In Japan, a team lead by Professor Mutsuko Hatano at the Tokyo Institute of .. show full overview
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Cracking the Mysterious Primitive Organisms
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Planet Earth is home to humans and various life forms, but where did our ancestors come from? How did we evolve? While different theories on the origin of life include space and the deep .. show full overview
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Special Episode: The Sky's the Limit! - Takanori Takebe and iPS Cell Research
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Professor Takanori Takebe of Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Director of Commercial Innovation at Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Research and Medicine [CuSTOM], Cincinnati .. show full overview
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Japanese Indigo - More than a Pretty Dye!
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Japanese indigo is famous for producing a traditional dye known as "Japan blue." Now, more and more hidden powers of the indigo plant are being discovered for applications in medicine .. show full overview
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The Incredible Intelligence of Crows
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Crows are often thought of as pests, getting into garbage and even attacking people at times. Yet crows are some of the most intelligent birds, and researchers around the world have been .. show full overview
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Bringing Back Samples from a Martian Moon
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After the Hayabusa-2 mission successfully brought samples from the surface of an asteroid back to Earth, Japan next plans to apply this know-how to the moons of Mars. The Martian Moons .. show full overview
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The Unheard Sounds around Us
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Did you hear that? No? Well, it might have been one of a growing number of applications for sounds outside the range of human hearing. In this episode, sound expert Shohei Yano joins us .. show full overview
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The Chemistry around Young Stars: Astronomer Nami Sakai
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Most of space is a vacuum. But since 1940, radio telescopes have detected "interstellar molecular clouds" containing carbon monoxide, ammonia and water molecules. Over tens of millions .. show full overview
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New Clues About Active Fault Earthquakes
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In April 2016, a massive magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture in the Kyushu region, causing extensive damage to over 200,000 houses. The earthquake was the result of large .. show full overview
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Nanoscale Manufacturing with DNA Origami
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Research is being conducted on microscopic nanorobots that attack only cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed. This science fiction-like concept has been made possible by .. show full overview
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Growing Steak Meat in the Lab
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Would you eat a steak that was grown in a laboratory? As global population continues to grow, conventional cattle farming is being stretched to its limits. University of Tokyo professor .. show full overview
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Creating Next-generation Inks that Never Fade
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Most of the colors we see around us are produced by the reflection of light from pigments. Yet there is another type of color called "structural color," produced when light is reflected .. show full overview
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Special Episode: Advances in iPS Cell Technology - New Hope for ALS and Spinal Cord Injury
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15 years have passed since the discovery of iPS cells - versatile cells that can turn into any type of cell. Professor Hideyuki OKANO of Keio University was one of the first to use iPS .. show full overview
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Lightning Superbolts That Cause "Annihilation"
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In winter the area along the Sea of Japan experiences some of the heaviest snowfall in the world, as northerly winds from Eurasia blow with a large amount of water vapor from the Sea of .. show full overview
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Fossil Findings - Clues to Japan in the Cretaceous Period
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The Cretaceous period is regarded as the last part of the age of dinosaurs, when these fascinating creatures lived at their peak. While the flora and fauna of Japan's land mass during .. show full overview
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Breakthroughs in Weather Forecasting
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Typhoons are some of the most powerful storms on Earth. And climate change is expected to make them even stronger in coming years. In this episode, we'll see how sea level differences, .. show full overview
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Using Optical Illusions and AI to Study Brain Function
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Computer modeling is a powerful tool being used for a rapidly growing range of tasks. But as artificial brains boom, they raise questions about how our human brains work. Scientists are .. show full overview
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Hydrogen Promises Cleaner Energy
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Hydrogen is the simplest and lightest of the elements. When combined with oxygen in a fuel cell, hydrogen produces heat and electricity with only water as a by-product. It's now used in .. show full overview
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Syukuro MANABE: Nobel Laureate & Climate Research Pioneer
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Dr. Syukuro MANABE, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics, was one of the first to sound the alarm about the growing seriousness of global warming. He created a model that could .. show full overview
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The Art and Science of Cell Imaging
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Have you ever looked at something up close? Really, really close? Micro-anatomist Daisuke Koga has looked even closer! He uses cutting-edge microscopes to visualize the insides of cells. .. show full overview

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