Tour of retired Japanese Antarctic research ship Shirase 5002 details its adventures
From 1983, the Shirase made 25 round trips between Japan and Showa Station in Antarctica over the course of 25 years.
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No room to feed: The hidden struggles of working mothers in Pakistan
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Inside Singapore’s love affair with the lottery
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Puffed rice machine invented by Japanese woman to feed hungry children
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From ashes of war to arsenal of world: South Korea’s defence industry boom
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Seeds of the cosmos: How a Pakistani engineer sent wheat into space
The test tube carrying the Pakistan-origin wheat seeds was aboard the SpaceX Dragon Capsule, which was launched from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre on August 1.