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Ancient Chinese burials with swords and chariot cast light on violent 'Warring States' period
By Tom Metcalfe published
Researchers say the finds could help them understand the political and social changes going on in China during the Warring States period.
Lavish, 800-year-old tombs in China may hold remains of Great Jin dynasty elites
By Tom Metcalfe published
Three newfound brick tombs date to the Golden Khanate, a non-Chinese people who ruled in northern China centuries ago.
Russia and China announce plan to build shared nuclear reactor on the moon by 2035, 'without humans'
By Harry Baker published
The proposed nuclear reactor, which could be transported and assembled without human assistance, would provide energy to a lunar base that Russia and China have agreed to build together.
China will launch giant, reusable rockets next year to prep for human missions to the moon
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
China's new jumbo-size, reusable rockets are part of the country's plans to send humans to the moon by 2030.
'Everything has changed since Apollo': Why landing on the moon is still incredibly difficult in 2024
By Sharmila Kuthunur last updated
More than 50 years after the Apollo era, major governments and well-funded private companies still struggle with lunar landing missions. Why is landing on the moon so hard in 2024?
Record-smashing Chinese maglev hyperloop train hits 387 mph and could someday outpace a plane
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
The T-Flight is a maglev train that hit a record-breaking speed of 387 mph on a short test track — but engineers want to double that rate so the train can carry passengers at speeds faster than if they were traveling by plane.
China eyes May 2024 launch for 1st-ever lunar sample-return mission to far side of the moon
By Andrew Jones published
China's Chang'e-6 mission is expected to launch in May 2024 and touch down on the moon's far side to collect samples of lunar material to be returned to Earth for study.
New Chinese AI model 'better than industry leader' in key metrics
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
The newly announced Spark v3.5 can beat OpenAI's GPT-4 in language workloads, among other areas, and can synthesize human speech that conveys different emotions, tones and speech patterns, its creators claim.
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