A test flight of the world’s largest eVTOL taxi, the V5000 Sky Dragon/Matrix — which can carry 10 passengers — marked a…
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Want to talk about tea over a cup? Forget the cozy image of a grandmother with a teacup, because the real story of this beverage is steeped in gunpowder, sea…
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Science & Technology
China launches 29-hour Shanghai–Buenos Aires flight, the world’s longest passenger route
China Eastern Airlines has launched a record-breaking commercial route. This marathon journey spans approximately 20,000 kilometers across the Pacific Ocean and even passes near Antarctica. The inaugural flight took off…
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Archaeologists have found that cosmetics were thriving in China during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD). A new study in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences shows China produced cosmetics similar to modern…
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MingYang announced plans to build another giant wind turbine and said the move would bring China one step closer to carbon neutrality. The flagship offshore turbine, the MySE 18.X-28X, has…
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Science & Technology
Ancient Chinese bamboo strips might hold the oldest record of the northern lights
Independent researcher Marinus Anthony van der Sluys (Canada) and Hisashi Hayakawa from Nagoya University (Japan) have deciphered an ancient document that likely describes the aurora borealis. According to the authors…
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Chinese customs officials have seized more than 500,000 vaping products — about $100 million worth — after Beijing enacted a law banning the production and export of electronic cigarettes. The…
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Have you ever seen a sunflower that has its own name, like a racehorse, a steamboat, or a factory? In the Chinese province of Hubei, there is such a sunflower.…
