Giant 10-person ‘flying taxi’ passes first flight test in China
A Chinese company successfully flew a 5-ton (4,536-kilogram) electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) in a new feat for electric aircraft. Its makers at...
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Science news this week: Cannibal orcas in Russia, oracle bones that reveal climate disaster in ancient China, humming black holes and a barefoot volcanologist
Science news this week was full of bizarre and baffling animal behavior, with news of chewed-up orca fins washing up on a Russian beach pointing...
Climate disasters caused societal upheaval 3,000 years ago in China, study of ‘oracle bones’ hints
Abrupt population drops over 3,000 years ago in the waning years of China’s Shang dynasty were likely the result of a deadly increase in typhoons...
Ancient China: Facts, news, features and articles about the most powerful ancient civilizations in the world
Quick facts about Ancient China Location: Mostly modern-day China Dates: Around 8,000 years ago to 1,800 years ago Languages: Different dialects that used the same...
Science news this week: China turns a desert into a carbon sink, a Viking Age grave holds a giant who had brain surgery, real-life inception, and a last-minute Valentine’s gift idea from nature
This week’s science news was filled with astonishing stories about ecological transformations. Topping the list was the finding that China has planted so many trees...
China banned fishing in its biggest river, and species are starting to recover
China’s Yangtze River is showing signs of recovery following the introduction of a 10-year ban on commercial fishing in 2021. The number of large fish...
China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it’s turned this ‘biological void’ into a carbon sink
Mass tree planting in China is turning one of the world’s largest and driest deserts into a carbon sink, meaning it absorbs more carbon from...