Contemplations
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Turning North Korea’s Trash Into Treasure
Story and Photo by The Associated Press When waves wash trash onto the shores of front-line South Korean islands, Kang Dong Wan can often be found hunting for what he…
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South Korea test-fires first solid-fuel space rocket
REUTERS South Korea’s military said it successfully test-fired a solid-fuel space rocket for the first time in late March 2022, a step it said will help it eventually launch a…
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Taiwan integrates lessons of Ukraine invasion in annual military drills
REUTERS Taiwan incorporated lessons learned from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into upcoming military exercises aimed at practicing fighting off a Chinese attack, according to the self-governed island’s National Defense Ministry.…
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Researchers create first detailed map of global coral
Story and photos by The Associated Press Researchers have completed a comprehensive online map of the world’s coral reefs by using more than 2 million satellite images from across the…
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Codifying Water and Reshaping Orders
PRC Aggression In East, South China Seas Dr. NGUYEN THANH TRUNG AND LE NGOC KHANH NGAN The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) Maritime Traffic Safety Law (MTSL) took effect September…
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Standing with the People
Hundreds of Myanmar military personnel have defected in opposition to the coup A growing stream of Myanmar (Burma) armed forces personnel are defecting in disgust over the military junta’s coup and…
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Asteroid samples more than expected, Japanese researchers say
Samples of dust collected by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid 300 million kilometers from Earth were better than hoped for, with one researcher saying he was at a…
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A scan of 10.3 million stars turns up no sign of aliens — yet
Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Australia, but they have not found anything —…
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Surviving the Rising Seas Islands can adapt to changing conditions, study finds
In recent years, leaders and inhabitants of many small-island nations such as Kiribati and Tuvalu have warned that extreme weather poses a threat to their homelands. They fear their nations could…
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Storied Discovery
Indonesian Cave Art is Earliest Known Record of Storytelling A cave painting found on Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi that depicts humanlike figures hunting animals appears to be the earliest known pictorial…
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