Chinese astronauts began Saturday their six-month mission on China's first permanent space station, after successfully docking aboard their spacecraft.
Space Exploration
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China on Saturday sent three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost
Space Exploration
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Eurypterids, normally known as sea scorpions, are an important group of Paleozoic chelicerate arthropods. As a "star animal" in the Silurian (about 430 million years ago) sea, its evolutionary history and paleoecological ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 29, 2021
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New research on China suggests that declining birth rates and an aging population might not hinder future prosperity when associated with better education of the young.
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2021
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Alcoholic beverages have long been known to serve an important socio-cultural function in ancient societies, including at ritual feasts. A new study finds evidence of beer drinking 9,000 years ago in southern China, which ...
Archaeology
Aug 31, 2021
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Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories—like the dramatic comeback of bald eagle populations in North America—birds of prey are in decline worldwide.
Ecology
Aug 31, 2021
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A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China, one in South Africa and one in Australia has found that the Chinese lockdown last year following the initial outbreak of COVID-19 led to an early spring ...
China's Zhurong Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for frozen water that could provide clues as to whether it once supported life.
Space Exploration
Aug 21, 2021
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Three dinosaurs from Northwest China represent two new species and are some of the first vertebrates uncovered in the region, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The findings shed light on sauropods in ...
Paleontology & Fossils
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China, working at the University of Science and Technology of China, has achieved another milestone in the development of a usable quantum computer. The group ...
