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Moon soil to head for Chairman Mao's hometown


With Chang'e-5 probe making a perfect conclusion to its 23-day journey to the moon, bringing back soil from Earth's celestial neighbor, Central China's Hunan Province, the hometown of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, will be one of the sites where the moon samples are stored, to commemorate the leader and his passion for space exploration, China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday.

Tesla faces scrutiny

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday cited driver errors and Tesla Inc's Autopilot design as the probable causes of a Model S crash in January 2018. The car, ...

Exhibition of Chinese arts students in Serbia shows changes in urban, rural China

Visitors view photos during the photo exhibition "Reflection in Water" in Novi Sad, Serbia, July 21, 2019. The changes in urban and rural China were presented to Serbian art audience ...


Moon soil to head for Chairman Mao's hometown

With Chang'e-5 probe making a perfect conclusion to its 23-day journey to the moon, bringing back soil from Earth's celestial neighbor, Central China's Hunan Province, the hometown of the late ...
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/17 20:02:58

China to promote development of global IPR governance

China seeks to strengthen its cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization and other countries to achieve deeper participation in global intellectual property governance, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying ...
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/4 4:13:39

Arid environments buzz with more bees, says study

Researchers have mapped the distribution of bee species to study the size and diversity of their global population.
Source: Xinhua | 2020/11/30 14:32:45

China develops electric-hub driverless tractor

An agricultural machinery innovation center in China has developed a prototype of an electric-hub driverless tractor.
Source: Xinhua | 2020/11/27 13:58:46

China launches 1st lunar sample return mission, aims for multiple breakthroughs in aerospace history

The Long March-5 Y5, China's state-of-the-art carrier rocket and strongest member of the Long March launch vehicle family, blasted off early Tuesday morning from the Wenchang Space Launch Center located ...
Source: Global Times | 2020/11/24 5:07:19

China launches Chang'e-5 mission via Long March-5 rocket to retrieve Moon rocks

China launches Chang'e-5 mission via Long March-5 rocket to retrieve Moon rocks.
Source: Global Times | 2020/11/24 4:30:32

How two companies sprinted ahead in search for a cure

Researchers race to design a vaccine to stop a pandemic in its tracks in less than a year.
Source: Reuters-Global Times | 2020/11/19 18:33:40

Digital banks race to capture the next generation

When John Hibbs' daughter Xanthe received her first bank card in the mail, the six-year-old spent the next week Googling how to buy a horse.
Source: Reuters-Global Times | 2020/11/19 18:28:42

China's Mars probe travels over 300 million km

China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 had traveled more than 300 million km by early Tuesday morning (Beijing Time), according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
Source: Xinhua | 2020/11/17 14:03:50

Anti-depression drug fluvoxamine can prevent deterioration of mild COVID-19 infections, research shows

None of the 80 infected subjects who received fluvoxamine treatment for 15 days experienced deterioration in their health, while six persons in the placebo group all suffered deterioration, according to ...
Source: Global Times | 2020/11/17 12:58:41

Country's best energy option

The Western civilisation since Industrial Revolution two and a half centuries ago has been thriving on fossil fuel-powered machines. And commercial production of electricity with coal-fired generators began around one ...
Source: thefinancialexpress | 2020/11/9 18:02:23

Canada seeks $630 million from streaming firms to fund domestic content

Canada introduced a bill that would strengthen the broadcast regulator and allow it to collect up to C$830 million ($630 million) by 2023 from online streaming companies such as Netflix ...
Source: Reuters | 2020/11/5 20:28:40

The 3rd World Laureates Forum opens in Shanghai, emphasizes global cooperation in fight against COVID-19

The importance of science development and cooperation between all people seems unprecedentedly apparent this year, as the world witnesses how global scientists work together amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in curing ...
Source: Global Times | 2020/10/30 13:47:34