24 h. ago China and Hong Kong national security authorities launch 1st publicly known joint operation

China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, raiding the homes of six people on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security

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2 w. ago China launches spacecraft to collect samples from asteroid near Mars

China's space agency says the mission aims to ‘yield groundbreaking discoveries’

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2 w. ago China launches spacecraft it says will return samples and yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'

China's space agency says it has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars and yield “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos."

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2 w. ago Arctic, feathered or just weird: what have we learned since Walking with Dinosaurs aired 25 years ago

As the BBC updates its groundbreaking series, a look at some of the recent scientific discoveriesIt brought dinosaurs stomping and roaring into the sitting rooms of millions of viewers. Now, 25 years after the series first aired, a new, updated Walking With Dinosaurs is back on the BBC this weekend.In the intervening years, science has not stood still. About 50 species have been discovered each year since 1999 and the advent of powerful imaging techniques and digital reconstruction have led to major advances in our understanding of what dinosaurs looked like and how they lived. Here are some of the biggest developments. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tesco launches wedding gift registry as couples ditch fine china for toilet roll and bin bags

The service offers couples a range of packages covering everything from everyday essentials to Tesco Finest products.

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3 w. ago China launches 2,800 satellites into space to create world's first 'AI constellations’

The cluster of satellites will reduce the need to transmit data back down to Earth for processing, potentially opening up economic, scientific and military opportunities

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