Climate Change
Syukuro Manabe, pioneer of the science of global warming
Winner of Nobel Prize in physics developed 'digital twins' of Earth's climate
Science
Agriculture
Philippines stirs controversy with genetically modified rice
Critics take aim at nutrient-enriched Golden Rice, but government says it is safe
COVID vaccines
Singapore SARS survivors yield hope for COVID super vaccine
Pfizer recipients found with 'highly potent' antibodies to respiratory viruses
Science
A room with a lunar view: Japan eyes remote construction on the moon
Private-sector companies handling R&D with public funding soon to be chosen
Climate Change
Asia faces future of fierce monsoons, UN climate panel says
Global warming to reach Paris accord cap within 20 years in best-case scenario
Science
Japan space center joins push to settle Mars and beyond
Kyoto University teams with private sector to research artificial gravity and other fields
Obituaries
Japanese Nobel laureate Toshihide Masukawa dies at 81
Predicted the existence of new quarks to explain the concept of broken symmetry
Science
Artificial rain eases Asia's droughts but heats up tensions
China advances drone tech, while India calls weather modification a threat
Science
Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and science
To promote 'wearable cyborgs' and 'flying cars,' government needs to deregulate
Climate Change
Unfrozen world: Arctic thaw becomes major source of global risk
From resource conflicts to reanimated microbes, threats emerge at top of the world
Caixin
Chinese mRNA vaccine developer raises a record $200m
Fresh funds to finance clinical trials and production of vaccine candidate
Caixin
China's Genebox hypes a fresh breakthrough in home DNA testing
Chinese people's lack of interest in ancestral analysis may make the tech moot
COVID vaccines
WHO approves Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
Second Chinese vaccine gets green light as agency pushes for global access
Obituaries
Yuan Longping, rice researcher who helped feed China, dies at 90
Father of hybrid strains spent half a century fending off hunger
Asia Insight
COVID purgatory: Variants and other risks complicate Asia's escape
Amid uneven vaccinations, India stirs fears as Singapore and Israel offer hope
Aerospace & Defense Industries
China rocket launch kicks off first manned space station
Mission comes two weeks ahead of country's planned debut Mars landing
Coronavirus
Japan transplants live-donor lung to COVID patient in world first
Husband and son donors in good condition, says Kyoto University Hospital
Coronavirus
WHO coronavirus report: Animal carrier 'very likely' started pandemic
Lab leak called 'extremely unlikely' as 14 nations express concern over China study
Pharmaceuticals
Japanese stem cell treatment for Parkinson's set for US trials
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma aims for commercial breakthrough in iPS therapies
Coronavirus
Japan faces alarming spike in COVID variant cases
Government steps up monitoring as Philippine strain arrives
COVID vaccines
Sinovac's COVID-19 shot is 83% effective, not 91%, Turkey says
Result differs widely from Brazil test, prompting criticism over varied methods
Coronavirus
Indonesia ramps up effort to spot elusive COVID variants
'Genomic surveillance' effort to sequence 10,000 samples under fire over strategy
Arts
BOOKS: New book chronicles four-decade fight against Alzheimer's
Japan's Susumu Shimoyama brings scientific development of latest drug to life
Coronavirus
WHO's Wuhan team calls coronavirus lab leak 'extremely unlikely'
Experts say SARS-CoV-2 likely jumped from animals but fail to pinpoint source
Coronavirus
Israel sees big drop in COVID cases among vaccinated
Early results show aggressive campaign can pave way out of pandemic