By Hidetaka Horiai / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterYOKOHAMA — The Earth Science Museum was established by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) so the public could learn about its research projects, including deep-sea observation with cutting-edge vessels and equipment. When I visited the museum — located in JAMSTEC’s Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences (YES) — I saw parents and children on the first floor watching a semispherical video monitor, three meters in diameter, that was displaying details about geological formations and marine currents. “This semispherical monitor is one-4.23 millionth...
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