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China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds
By Patrick Pester published
A nuclear fusion reactor in China, dubbed the "artificial sun," has broken its own record to bring humanity one step closer to near-limitless clean energy.
China plans to build enormous solar array in space — and it could collect more energy in a year than 'all the oil on Earth'
By Ben Turner published
China has announced plans to build a giant solar power space station, which will be lifted into orbit piece by piece using the nation's brand-new heavy lift rockets.
Tibet earthquake: Deadly magnitude 7.1 quake hits holy city of Shigatse
By Patrick Pester published
A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China.
Chinese 'robot dog' that moves like a cat could revolutionize space exploration and asteroid mining
By Rory Bathgate published
Using AI training, researchers designed a "robot dog" that moves like a cat, and has no trouble navigating low-gravity environments
Viral disease HMPV is on the rise among kids in China — what is it?
By Pandora Dewan published
Health officials have reported a rise in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections among children ages 14 and under in China, but the exact magnitude of this uptick is unclear.
Rare army general and chariot unearthed among China's Terracotta Warriors
By Pandora Dewan published
The life-size clay figurines offer new insights into the organization and structure of China's army 2,000 years ago.
China aims to be 1st to bring samples back from Mars
By Stephanie Pappas published
China's planned mission to bring rock samples to Earth from Mars would beat both NASA and the European Space Agency to the punch.
Doctors discover live worms growing under a woman's eyelid in China
By Emily Cooke published
An office worker in Beijing developed a parasitic infection that caused worms to grow under her right eyelid.
New, big-headed archaic humans discovered: Who is Homo juluensis?
By Kristina Killgrove published
Researchers have named a new species in the Homo genus. What do we know about these "big headed" people?
Hailin impact crater: China's newly discovered meteor pit born from a 'nuclear explosion level' event
By Sascha Pare published
The Hailin impact crater is a newly-discovered scar in the mountains of Northeast China left behind by a meteor impact, but geologists aren't sure exactly when this happened.
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