Why is China drilling a hole more than 10,000 metres deep?
2 June 2023
An oil company in China has started drilling a hole that would be the deepest in the country and among the deepest in the world
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China reclaims pandas from US zoos – is the panda politics era over?
17 March 2023
Most of the contracts loaning giant pandas to US zoos are expiring without extensions – some say this could be a reflection of rising tensions between the US and China, though others suggest it may be coincidence
US agency says covid-19 may have leaked from lab – here's what to know
28 February 2023
The US Department of Energy says that covid-19 most likely originated from an unintentional laboratory leak in China, according to a classified document. However, it has not released evidence supporting the claim
China can make staple crops carbon-negative by adding biochar to soil
14 February 2023
Researchers calculate that alternative farming practices could turn staple crop production into a carbon sink and boost crop yields in China if adopted en masse
Chinese spy balloon: Everything we know after US recovers wreckage
10 February 2023
The US has recovered the wreckage of a Chinese surveillance balloon after shooting it down with a fighter jet last week – here's what has been discovered and what it might mean
Suspected Chinese 'spy balloon' shot down by US fighter jet over sea
6 February 2023
A Chinese balloon that was travelling over the US, including over military sites, was shot down by a fighter jet on 4 February
China prepares to launch laboratory module to Tiangong space station
21 July 2022
On 24 July, China will launch the second of three modules to its space station, with the rocket taking off from Hainan Island, located southwest of Hong Kong, at around 2pm local time
Are the world's most powerful supercomputers operating in secret?
6 June 2022
A supercomputer called Frontier has been officially crowned as the world's first exascale computer – one capable of a billion billion operations per second – but more powerful machines may be out there
China's new climate plan promises to peak CO2 emissions before 2030
28 October 2021
China is responsible for 27 per cent of global emissions, making its newly announced climate plan an important move ahead of the COP26 climate summit
Rocks gathered by Chang'e 5 rover show magma once spewed from the moon
7 October 2021
Lunar samples brought back to Earth by the Chang’e 5 spacecraft seem to be less than 2 billion years old, meaning the moon had volcanic activity more recently than researchers expected
