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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in China ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Science news this week: Artemis II lifts off, diabetes cured in mice, and smog in China shapes Arctic storms ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ April 4, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/npya5SMKrDx8DgKbzgxvmf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This week included a few historic firsts, including the Artemis II mission heading for the moon and scientists curing Type 1 diabetes in mice. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two images with a diagonal golden line between them. The left shows the Artemis II rocket blasting off from the launch pad and the right shows a close up of a purple and pink pancreas tissue sample]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese satellite with robotic 'octopus arm' passes key refueling test in orbit — making longer-lived space assets more likely ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The experimental Hukeda-2 satellite and its highly flexible robotic arm have passed a major refuelling test in low Earth orbit. The demonstration is the latest step toward China significantly expanding the longevity of its spacecraft. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:33:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:33:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fWuJ9sJDLyUcG4sTqB2sCD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[China&#039;s Hukeda-2 satellite has passed a major refueling test after its experimental robotic arm successfully docked with a target port elsewhere on the spacecraft.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of the Hukeda-2 satellite in space, showing the robotic arm reaching toward a target port]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China's huge push to reduce air pollution had an unexpected consequence in the Arctic ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ China's cuts to aerosol emissions reduced sea ice loss, but it may have revealed a bigger story about climate change. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:54:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:23:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Quentin Septer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r3rwnXFPQEryjBpqhBZNKd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New research revealed China&#039;s actions to clean up its air pollution impacted other areas of the globe. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A smog-filled cityscape on the edge of a body of water is seen under a clouded over sun]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese lander reveals giant 'cavity' of radiation between Earth and the moon — and it could change how lunar exploration is done ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study using data from China's Chang'e-4 moon lander found an area of reduced radiation from cosmic rays near the moon. The findings could be used to improve the safety of lunar explorations. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:08:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:57:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mnBAkvZwC8wVfqr73yRXuX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration showing how the gamma-ray cavity forms near Earth&#039;s magnetic field. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A diagram showing the Earth in a blue oval surrounded by a white and red dotted line showing the moon&#039;s orbit, with labeled areas for different levels of cosmic radiation]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Critically endangered hare spotted in surprising location for the first time in 40 years — but it was already dead ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists in China have announced the first confirmed sighting of the critically endangered Hainan hare in part of its native range in four decades, after spotting its completely flattened carcass on a roadside. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:38:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:31:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aristos Georgiou ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nEEvwbrp3MYFpjo8DRUonQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The hare was spotted by researchers by chance while they were doing fieldwork on Hainan Island. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[beach scene with palm trees and mountains in background in Hainan Island]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Artemis II: NASA is preparing for a return to the moon, but why is it going back? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Artemis II mission is sending humans back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era. Here are the reasons why the U.S. wants to return. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:36:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GzRsFyAxskk4p8aaQBDi8E-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Astronaut James B. Irwin standing on the lunar surface during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of astronaut James B. Irwin standing on the lunar surface during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Meet Sky Dragon, the giant 10-person 'flying taxi' that just passed its first flight test in China ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ China's massive Sky Dragon and Matrix aircraft are suitable for up to 10 passengers, or more than one ton of cargo. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:41:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alan Bradley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZEjvVU8VJiGxWE9LpteSQP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[China could have the world&#039;s largest flying taxi carrying up to 10 people. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A sleek silvery aircraft flies over a smoggy cityscape with multiple propellors and tails.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese EV maker claims it's engineered the world’s first semi-solid-state EV battery with huge 620-mile range ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The experimental manufacturing process could one day deliver a vehicle with a 1,000-plus mile range, researchers say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:47:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alan Bradley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XURYFSLTUqdgpHRkAVXsw7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The new technology offers an energy density of more than 500 watt-hours per kilogram — 30% higher than dominant lithium-ion batteries.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The inside of an EV with the battery on display]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Climate disasters caused societal upheaval 3,000 years ago in China, study of 'oracle bones' hints ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some civilizations in inland China underwent dramatic changes and population drops 3,000 years ago. Now, researchers are using oracle bones, archaeological evidence and climate modeling to find out why. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:07:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HaQXQ8LnthHkSxv8kBtmwP-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Image reproduced from Guo Moruo (ed.), The Complete Collection of Oracle Bone Inscriptions (He 12836, front side and He 12899, front side), used with permission of Zhonghua Book Company.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A rubbing (left) of a Chinese oracle bone piece revealing an inscription that translates to &quot;Will there be a disaster?&quot; The character for &quot;disaster&quot; resembles a series of waves. Another rubbing (right) of a Chinese oracle bone piece revealing an inscription on the left side that translates to &quot;Is this rain auspicious?&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two black and white illustrations of inscribed oracle bones]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese astronauts describe moment a crack was discovered on Shenzhou-20 spacecraft ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Taikonauts from the ill-fated Shenzhou-20 mission have described what happened when they discovered cracks on their spacecraft as they prepared to depart China's Tiangong space station last year. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:49:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:46:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hgdGUn48qELXqPLjHSceVR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Shenzhou-20 crew — Wang Jie (left), Chen Zhongrui (center), and Chen Dong (right) — has been stranded on board the Tiangong space station after their return capsule was hit with space junk. The trio launched into space on April 24.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of three Chinese astronauts waving to the cameras before launching to space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Incomplete remains of world's 'youngest' impact crater spotted lurking in Chinese forest — Earth from space ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 2021 satellite photo shows off the recently uncovered Yilan crater in China, which is most likely the youngest impact structure on Earth. The incomplete ring is also the largest of its kind and only the second impact crater ever found in the country. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3s9zU9JVeUyFg8uGadFRxg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Yilan crater (center) is a 1.15-mile-wide meteor crater recently discovered in China&#039;s Lesser Xing&#039;an mountain range. It could be as young as 46,000 years, likely making it the youngest major impact structure on Earth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Satellite photo with a horseshoe-shape impact crater at its center]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lotus shoes: Tiny footwear for Chinese women whose feet were bound as children ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lotus shoes are tiny footwear associated with foot-binding, a beauty practice that lasted for at least a millennium in China. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:03:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HPb47J3Vmg96rWMLyk8Q5T-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A shoe for a woman with bound feet, made in China in the 1930s. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a person with a dark glove holds a very small heeled shoe]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China tests world's first megawatt-class flying wind turbine — it generated enough energy to power a house for 2 weeks ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A pioneering energy-generating device utilizes reliable wind speeds at an altitude of 6,500 feet (2,000 meters). ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:10:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Engineering]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rory Bathgate ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aywSFvJhX8eph4r7rbmBFA-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Screenshot taken from a video of China&#039;s megawatt-class airborne wind power system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Screenshot taken from a video of China&#039;s megawatt-class airborne wind power system.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Absolute surprise': Homo erectus skulls found in China are almost 1.8 million years old — the oldest evidence of the ancient human relatives in East Asia ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new date for Homo erectus skulls found in central China provides new insight into how and when ancient human relatives reached eastern Asia. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:54:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RA7HhAU5om2ztTPMLdkRKM-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The reconstruction of the two original Yunxian &lt;em&gt;Homo erectus&lt;/em&gt; fossils, discovered in 1989 and 1990. There is currently no reconstruction of the third Yunxian skull.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two reconstructions of archaic human faces based on the two original Yunxian Homo erectus skulls. Below are the original skulls.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Humanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in China ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Improvements to the AI that powers Unitree's H2 and G1 humanoid robots, alongside mechanical upgrades, have resulted in a dazzling kung-fu demonstration. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:11:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:47:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keumars Afifi-Sabet ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/goTK4MtnKuhEWkL5xsMFeU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Unitree&#039;s humanoid robot donning traditional wear in a kung-fu demonstration]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Unitree&#039;s humanoid robot donning traditional wear in a kung-fu demonstration]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China banned all fishing to save the Yangtze River. This 'nuclear' option appears to be working. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Decades of overfishing and habitat degradation led to huge declines in freshwater biodiversity in China's longest river, but there are signs of recovery after a fishing ban was implemented in 2021. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:02:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:48:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Simms ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wzGw4Wkx3MHZATkSvKSYiN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[China put a 10-year ban on commercial fishing on the Yangtze River. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An aerial shot of the Yangtze river, a teal colored strip of water seen between two lush, rocky peaks. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China's emissions are flatlining — and may be falling — in critical turning point for biggest emitter, report says ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The carbon emissions of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter have plateaued for nearly two years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:42:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:13:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YxYPMFEkteRWqJMqUkX5Kj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An aerial view of an agrivoltaic (solar and agricultural) farm in Hechi city, China, on Oct. 25, 2025.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An aerial view of an agrivoltaic farm in Hechi city, China, on October 25, 2025.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of one of the world's largest and driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs more CO2 than it emits, research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:43:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GJMc6FqGdoRyshNoyVK8uL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Vegetation grows on the banks of the Tarim River along the Taklamakan Desert&#039;s northern edge.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[View of the Tarim River at the edge of China&#039;s Taklamakan Desert.  We see waterways and vegetation on the river banks.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spotted lanternflies are invading the US. They may have gotten their evolutionary superpowers in China's cities. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The alarming spread of spotted lanternflies across the U.S. has been made possible by cities acting as evolutionary incubators, fine-tuning the insects and enabling them to thrive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:02:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:09:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Simms ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jUWMGFzFN5mcm9UNWXZvSh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The invasive spotted lanternfly feeds on tree sap with its piercing mouthparts.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Closeup photo of a spotted lanternfly sitting still on a wooden table or bench. Its wings are tucked behind it and are brown with black spots. Its legs are solid black.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 160,000-year-old sophisticated stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiens ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held assumption about stone tool use. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:04:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DpN2UB72PmwyCfBFMMGkBV-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of what tool making may have looked like at Xigou around 160,000 years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist illustration of Xigou tool-making. We see hands tying a stone point to a stick in front of a river with an elephant and deer.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China's Great Green Wall: The giant artificial forest designed to slow the expansion of 2 deserts ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Since 1978, China has planted more than 66 billion trees along its 2,800-mile-long northern border, and it wants to plant 34 billion more over the next 25 years to complete its "Great Green Wall." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CZhF437mYjtxkLjMu3f8c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[China&#039;s Great Green Wall is designed to slow desertification.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of China&#039;s Great Green Wall.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Male human heads found in a 'skull pit' in an ancient Chinese city hint at sex-specific sacrifice rituals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A genetic study of 80 skulls found at a Stone Age city in China has revealed that the sacrificed people were mostly men, in contrast to previous assumptions. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TS6KKEeByMMw2ssKC7tH3D-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An ancient carved stone at the site of Shimao in China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a large rock carved with a face stands in front of archaeological ruins of a wall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient 'hanging coffin' people in China finally identified — and their descendants still live there today ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through DNA research. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:03:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:34:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kRkzswuLGefTMoMh2TZTr6-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Photographs of hanging coffins at archaeological sites in China&#039;s southern Yunnan province. The wooden coffins were pegged onto cliffs or deposited in mountain caves. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photographs of hanging coffins at archaeological sites in China&#039;s southern Yunnan province.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China has planted so many trees it's changed the entire country's water distribution ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/t9E5mGnXVD9NV56oz3MMv5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Great Green Wall is a huge regreening initiative in China&#039;s north aimed at slowing desertification.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of the edge of China&#039;s Kubuqi Desert where a large-scale tree planting effort is slowing desertification.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Marooned no more! Stranded Chinese astronauts finally have a way home following launch of unmanned 'lifeboat' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ China has launched an unmanned "lifeboat" to the Tiangong space station, ending a month-long fiasco. The spacecraft will eventually ferry home the marooned Shenzhou-21 crew, who have been stuck without a return capsule for over a week. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:43:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zxMKHiy5dLASGYRqVt29ri-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The unmanned Shenzhou-22 return capsule launched into space   late on Monday (Nov. 24) on board a Long March 2F rocket. It will eventually ferry the stranded Shenzhou-21 astronauts back to Earth early next year. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a rocket taking off from a launch pad in China]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Three more Chinese astronauts are now stranded in space following successful rescue of their colleagues ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Shenzhou-21 crew has been marooned on China's Tiangong space station after three of their colleagues were brought back to Earth in the wrong spacecraft. For now, the astronauts have no safe way of returning home. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:35:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NMEK3x6WkizXur2YwQNAzh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Shenzhou-21 crew has been temporarily marooned on China&#039;s Tiangong space station. This photo shows Zhang Lu (right), Wu Fei (center) and Zhang Hongzhang (left)before they launched into space on Oct. 31.  ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of three Chinese astronauts before a launch]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Stranded' astronauts aboard Chinese space station are preparing to come home — but no date has been announced ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Three astronauts remain stuck on China's Tiangong space station after errant debris struck their return capsule last week. But their return vessel has already arrived, meaning a flight home will come sooner rather than later. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:19:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EV5ctdHdFVqMQ5gTPMapmh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[China&#039;s Tiangong space station.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[China&#039;s Tiangong space station with Earth in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Three Chinese astronauts stranded in space after debris hits their return capsule ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Three Chinese taikonauts — Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China's Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of orbital debris on Wednesday. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:58:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hgdGUn48qELXqPLjHSceVR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Shenzhou-20 crew — Wang Jie (left), Chen Zhongrui (center), and Chen Dong (right) — has been stranded on board the Tiangong space station after their return capsule was hit with space junk. The trio launched into space on April 24.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of three Chinese astronauts waving to the cameras before launching to space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China solves 'century-old problem' with new analog chip that is 1,000 times faster than high-end Nvidia GPUs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers from Peking University say their resistive random-access memory chip may be capable of speeds 1,000 faster than the Nvidia H100 and AMD Vega 20 GPUs. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Computing]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Hughes ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZFj6VmRph4pi6M7jvDSnBf-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The technician laying the CPU chip in the motherboard&#039;s socket.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The technician laying the CPU chip in the motherboard&#039;s socket.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Charred piece of secretive Chinese rocket found still smoldering in the Australian outback ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Experts believe that a five-foot-wide piece of space debris discovered near an Australian mining town was part of a dead Chinese rocket. The wreckage likely crashed just before it was found. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:34:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ARE9D3GSm2j4N53ytteSiY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Local police were called to a remote area near a town in Western Australia when miners stumbled across a burning chunk of space debris. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a smoking black wreckage on red sand ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5,000-year-old skeleton masks and skull cups made from human bones discovered in China ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists in China found a collection of human bones that showed signs of being "worked" like any other natural material. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:19:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:58:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NY9MC96EDqBd7uWjjBAX4E-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists discovered four mask-like facial skulls at a Neolithic site in China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Skulls made into a mask (left), skull made into a cup (right).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Shapeshifting 'braided river' in Tibet is the highest in the world, and is becoming increasingly unstable — Earth from space ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 2025 satellite photo shows a particularly complex section of the Yarlung Zangbo River as it twists its way through the Tibetan Plateau. This part of the "braided" waterway has experienced drastic visual changes over recent decades, which could soon be accentuated by climate change. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Rivers &amp; Oceans]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5K2qGJpJzLpDRpcmfb8SB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The many shifting &quot;braids&quot; of the Yarlung Zangbo River are part of the world&#039;s highest waterway, which winds its way through the Tibetan Plateau. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A satellite photo of the Yarlung Zangbo river, showing its many braids winding through mountains ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China issues new pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions — is it now a global leader in climate action? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ China has committed to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 7% to 10% by 2035 — but is this going to cut it? Tell us what you think. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:32:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ elise.poore@futurenet.com (Elise Poore) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elise Poore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UkFghdb3PyMq32hxbQoM2Y-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Beijing has a track record of only promising what it plans to deliver. But too often the world's attention is elsewhere. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:19:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Myles Allen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RLDq47L6P3GVbbTW79fJUM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[President Xi announced China&#039;s new climate plans at a United Nations summit on Sept. 24, pledging to cute emissions by up to 10% from its peak by 2035. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Xi Jinping pointing a finger up]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'If there is a space race, China's already winning it': NASA unlikely to bring Mars samples back to Earth before China does, experts say ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "If there is a space race, China's already winning it, and could win it dramatically in the next few decades." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:54:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:00:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vMVbZnGBhznKfzhnpTJftB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover next to a cache of sealed Mars sample containers. The rover has collected 30 geological samples on Mars, but NASA’s planned mission to collect them has stalled.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A rendering of the Perseverance Rover on the surface of Mars with a sealed sample on the ground]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humans ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Reconstruction of a 1 million-year-old skull shows that early human groups split and diversified quickly. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sJVzuCWtpVFfgsACbu4iiE-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The unreconstructed Yunxian 2 skull is housed at the Hubei Provincial Museum.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an ancient human-like skull that has been partly squashed]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New report warns that China could overtake the US as top nation in space — and it could happen 'in 5-10 years,' expert claims ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new report from the Commercial Space Federation warns that China could soon overtake the U.S. in the "new space race." The country's rapid progression starkly contrasts the limitations imposed on NASA by record-breaking budget cuts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:01:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YqgiTfLiCBNyYVRHHsVns5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The new report hints that China could win the race to return to the moon. The country is also planning to build a fully operational lunar base by 2035.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A concept image of a Chinese moon base]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:36:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:57:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8iKyN5v8JVtpGWnfxKduV5-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The remains of a middle-aged man who was mummified and buried more than 9,000 years ago in Guangxi, China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a tightly crouched human skeleton in the ground]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Iconic winged lion statue in Venice may actually be from China's Tang dynasty, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study of the trace amounts of lead in Venice's famous winged lion statue suggests that its metal originated in China — and Marco Polo's family may have brought it over. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 23:03:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LoJctABD64wrQpZHg4B23c-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The iconic lion of Venice statue has long had murky origins, but a new study finds that the copper used to craft it came from China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a bronze winged lion statue stands on a solitary column, framed by a background of watery Venice]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China's 'Darwin Monkey' is the world's largest brain-inspired supercomputer ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Darwin Monkey or 'Wukong' features over 2 billion artificial neurons and more than 100 billion synapses — similar to the neural structure of a macaque. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Computing]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Hughes ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yfQsLCir8JU2JL9nENYDum-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China is dunking data centers into the ocean to keep them cool ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ China is pulling ahead of the rest of the world in sinking data centers that power AI into the ocean as an alternate way to keep them cool. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ You Xiaoying ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ctBjaKPynfZmcdnnEkvrDj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The underwater data center off the coast of Hainan was a pilot project before another more advanced one is now being built off Shanghai. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a view of the surface of the underwater data center]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Robots awkwardly race, fight and flop around in China's first World Humanoid Robot Games ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The first World Humanoid Robot Games are underway in China, with robots competing against each other in track and field, soccer, kickboxing and other events. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:17:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:19:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yJaYdwMQAYZ4vGTqU3XovG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As experts study the human fossil record of Asia, many have come to see it as telling a different story than what happened in Europe and Africa. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:10:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:28:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xVPPpNodJNyP4XFgLmfRLK-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Homo sapiens&lt;/em&gt; (left) and &lt;em&gt;Homo erectus&lt;/em&gt; (right) skull replicas. One expert thinks that &lt;em&gt;H. erectus&lt;/em&gt; may have mated with &lt;em&gt;H. sapiens&lt;/em&gt; in Asia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two skulls against a black background -- human on the left and Homo erectus on the right]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 300,000-year-old teeth from China may be evidence that humans and Homo erectus interbred, according to new study ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A study of a handful of 300,000-year-old teeth revealed an ancient human group had a mix of archaic and modern tooth features. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:46:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:20:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aWekchDqscoAMbbhiZbdnP-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fossil teeth from Hualongdong show a mix of ancient and modern traits.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a series of teeth and jaws from ancient humans]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 400-mile-long chain of fossilized volcanoes discovered beneath China ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic plates collided during the breakup of Rodinia, around 800 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:58:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:45:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aubrey Zerkle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MJnmYMUKeMQ8Wgrki3Jh83-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The chain of volcanoes was discovered beneath the Sichuan Basin in southern China. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Western sichuan basin.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Oldest wooden tools unearthed in East Asia show that ancient humans made planned trips to dig up edible plants ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The 300,000 year-old tools show that hominins in East Asia made planned foraging trips to lakeshores and designed instruments for specific purposes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:04:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:01:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zbapzsRsjudDiKoiFGhae5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest wooden tools ever found in East Asia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An archaeologist excavating a wooden tool in China.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New viruses identified in bats in China ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Bats found near orchards harbor pathogens that could be passed to livestock or humans. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:58:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:18:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brian Owens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fyoJF6mJguUJSrKJEyYjPJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bats caught near orchards in China&#039;s Yunnan province were found to be infected with 20 never-before-seen viruses.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a group of bats huddle together in a cave]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Women likely ruled in Stone Age China, DNA analysis of 4,500-year-old skeletons reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Genetic analysis of 60 people buried in a Stone Age cemetery has revealed two clans headed by women that spanned 10 generations. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:51:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2oyHTZ9TJ3KRsUGUierHpT-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Stone Age site of Fujia in eastern China produced two cemeteries and pottery.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two human burials, a series of four pots, and a map showing the location of two cemeteries in Neolithic China]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient 'Dragon Man' skull from China isn't what we thought ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:02:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:43:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kristina.killgrove@futurenet.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XaGGTH8hVyxGAj6pMBs7jg-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A reconstruction of &lt;em&gt;Homo longi&lt;/em&gt; from the ancient Harbin skull found in China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Reconstruction of Homo longi (Denisovan)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China pits rival humanoids against each other in world's first 'robot boxing tournament' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Unitree's combat robots can punch and kick while keeping their balance, but they are controlled by humans — for now. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Robotics]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rory Bathgate ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GyjPYmfLLeUempUX5jnZK8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two Unitree G1 humanoid robots fought in a boxing competition this May.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two robots fight in a boxing match]]></media:text>
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