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Viral disease HMPV is on the rise among kids in China — what is it?
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
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
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
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?
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
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.
'Supergiant' gold deposit discovered in China is one of the largest on Earth — and is worth more than $80 billion
Chinese officials have announced the discovery of a massive deposit of high-quality gold ore, potentially worth around $83 billion, which could end up being the largest known deposit of the precious metal anywhere in the world.
Chinese scientists claim they have built a Death Star-inspired beam weapon
Chinese scientists claim they have made a converging energy beam weapon — but did they really, or have they been watching too much Star Wars?
