When J. David Goldin saw the recorded interview of Babe Ruth for sale on eBay he knew something was wrong. There was only one original record of that 1937 interview and Goldin had donated it to a government archive. (read the story…)
A Japanese research team has set a new record for deep-sea drilling depth, reaching 25,400 feet below the Pacific Ocean's surface. (read more…)
TOKYO (AP) – A Japanese research institute says its deep-sea drilling probe has set a new world record for depth, reaching 7,740 meters (25,400 feet) below the sea surface. The Chikyu, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, was digging the seabed off Japan's northern coast to take … (more here…)
Japan reports biggest fiscal trade deficit ever as nuclear crisis caused by March 2011 tsunami pushed up oil and gas imports Japan has reported its biggest fiscal year trade deficit ever, a contrast from decades of surpluses on booming exports, as the nuclear crisis brought about by the March 2011 tsunami boosted oil and...
Disaster-battered Japan reported its biggest annual trade deficit ever today, a contrast from decades of surpluses, as a nuclear crisis boosted expensive oil and gas imports. (get the story…)