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Tiangong-1 space station

Space

China's reckless attitude to space debris needs to change

Recent near misses show China's pursuit of space prowess seems to trump debris risks. The re-entry of its space station is another looming drama, says Paul Marks

Comment

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing complex

Health

Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials

Analysis

rubbish mountain

Life

China's plan to stop recycling the world's rubbish may backfire

Analysis

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

Life

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

News

Panda

Life

The first ancestors of giant pandas probably lived in Europe

News

Four Japanese couples posed on a hilltop

Space

Science fiction picks sound wedding bells and other alarms

Culture

solar panels in China

Technology

Why China's green ambitions will make it the next world leader

Insight

Submarine

Technology

China's quantum submarine detector could seal South China Sea

News

China flood

Earth

Satellite shows clear-up operation after severe floods in China

Regulars

Dinosaur fossils

Life

Chinese dinosaurs make a historic trip to the UK

A small Nottingham museum offers a big frisson for fossils fans, with a world-exclusive showing of key finds that proved birds evolved from dinosaurs

Culture

Space

Rocket failure may delay China’s space station and moon missions

News

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