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China releases world’s most detailed moon atlas (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China has released a highly detailed geologic atlas of the moon. The atlas, which is available in Chinese and English, depicts the ...

Scientists Uncover Advanced 1.1 Million-Year-Old Tools in China

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A groundbreaking study reveals that East Asia was inhabited by hominins with advanced tool-making skills equivalent to Mode 2 technology over 1.1 ...

Galactic Dance Reveals Universe Is Younger Than Thought

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Galaxies falling into a massive galaxy group. Upon entering the group, these galaxies exhibit a blueshift in comparison to the central galaxy. ...

Chinese Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches 4th mission in 18 days (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China sent a classified experimental satellite into orbit last week with yet another launch of the Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket. A Kuaizhou-1A lifted ...

Meet Retro — the first rhesus monkey cloned using a new method

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Scientists in China on Tuesday announced that they have cloned the first healthy rhesus monkey, a two-year-old named Retro, by tweaking the ...

Chinese scientists create cloned monkey

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Meet Retro, ...

China launches ‘lobster eye’ Einstein Probe to study black holes, neutron stars and more (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China launched its Einstein Probe on Tuesday (Jan. 9), kicking off its mission to observe the X-ray sky. The Chinese Academy of ...

AI Unlocks Secrets of Oxygen Production on the Red Planet

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Recent breakthroughs in synthesizing oxygen on Mars using a robotic AI-chemist to create OER catalysts from Martian meteorites mark a significant step ...

Upcoming Einstein Probe will use its ‘lobster eye’ to hunt for extreme black holes and star explosions

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A new space telescope set to launch in Jan. 2024 will look at the cosmos with a revolutionary “lobster eye,” hunting for ...

The First Dinosaur Eggs Were Not What We Expected

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The discovery of Qianlong shouhu, a new dinosaur species, has led to the revelation that the first dinosaur eggs were likely leathery. ...