A Chinese cargo spacecraft that serviced the country's permanent orbiting space station has largely burned up on reentering the atmosphere, amid separate concerns over China's decision to allow a massive booster rocket to ...
Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2022
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Through concerted, policy-driven efforts, China has converted large swaths of desert into grassland over the past few decades, but this success has come at a cost. In a study published recently in Nature Sustainability, scientists ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2020
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One of China's major cities has reached an environmental milestone: an almost entirely electric-powered taxi fleet.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 8, 2019
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A combined team of researchers from Japan and China has announced the finding and study of the fossilized remains of a bird from the Early Cretaceous. In their paper published in the journal Communications Biology, the group ...
A sauropod from China may have had the longest neck of any known dinosaur.
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 15, 2023
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Scientists have used mitochondrial DNA to trace a female lineage from northern coastal China to the Americas. By integrating contemporary and ancient mitochondrial DNA, the team found evidence of at least two migrations: ...
Archaeology
May 9, 2023
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The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers solve the mystery of how the giant species developed a "false thumb" and became the only dedicated vegetarian in the bear family.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jul 3, 2022
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Japan and China has found evidence of goose domestication in China approximately 7,000 years ago. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...
A team of researchers at Peking University, the First Institute of Oceanography and the University of Bristol has identified a well-preserved fossilized Markuelia hunanensis embryo of the Cambrian period. In their paper published ...
China's first Mars rover will be named Zhurong after a traditional fire god, the government announced Saturday.
Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2021
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