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5,000-year-old skeleton masks and skull cups made from human bones discovered in ChinaArchaeologists in China found a collection of human bones that showed signs of being "worked" like any other natural material.
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Shapeshifting 'braided river' in Tibet is the highest in the world, and is becoming increasingly unstableEarth from space 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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China issues new pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions — is it now a global leader in climate action?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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When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listenOpinion 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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'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"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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1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humansReconstruction of a 1 million-year-old skull shows that early human groups split and diversified quickly.
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New report warns that China could overtake the US as top nation in space — and it could happen 'in 5-10 years,' expert claimsA 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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World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers findThe 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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Iconic winged lion statue in Venice may actually be from China's Tang dynasty, study findsA 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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