53 h. ago World’s first intergovernmental mediation body launched in Hong Kong

The newly established international mediation body, headquartered in Hong Kong, can contribute to improving the world’s legal system, according to mainland China’s vice-foreign minister. Hua Chunying also highlighted the short time it took for the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed) – the world’s first intergovernmental body dedicated to mediation – to become operational. She said this showed strong support from the international community for the peaceful settlement of...

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59 h. ago Chinese scientists discover secret to healthy ageing in naked mole

The remarkable longevity and disease resistance of naked mole rats are linked to a version of a protein involved in DNA repair that is also found in humans, Chinese scientists have discovered. The team led by researchers from Shanghai’s Tongji University found that introducing this modified protein in flies and mice reduced the genetic damage associated with ageing and helped to extend lifespan, according to results of their study published earlier this month. Their findings suggest that the...

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1 week ago Chinese, Dutch scientists discover how to regenerate single cell into new plant

Chinese, Dutch scientists discover how to regenerate single cell into new plant  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago New creature with 'visible internal organs' discovered by scientists. It looks straight out of a Studio Ghibli movie

New creature with 'visible internal organs' discovered by scientists. It looks straight out of a Studio Ghibli movie  Good Good Good News

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2 w. ago Cave creature with ‘visible’ internal organs found in China. It’s a new species

Cave creature with ‘visible’ internal organs found in China. It’s a new species  Miami Herald

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3 w. ago Beijing issues paper on Taiwan, rebukes West for ‘gross violation’ of global order

Beijing marked the anniversary of foundation of the People’s Republic by reasserting its position on Taiwan and describing attempts by the United States and other Western nations to expand Taiwan’s presence in international organisations as “a gross violation” of the global order. In issuing a position paper reaffirming support for United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 on Tuesday, Beijing’s foreign ministry criticised what it said was Washington’s history of obstructing Beijing’s...

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3 w. ago Netherlands to return ‘Java Man’ fossils to Indonesia in historic move

The Netherlands pledged on Friday to return to Indonesia the remains of “Java Man”, the first-ever “Homo erectus” unearthed by modern scientists, in a landmark discovery for human evolution. The Dutch plan to hand back some 28,000 fossils of the “Dubois Collection” looted by anatomist and geologist Eugene Dubois in 1891, when Indonesia was still a colony of the Netherlands. They include Java Man’s skull cap, molar and femur that form part of evolutionary history – providing the first established...

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3 w. ago Chinese studio criticized for using AI to make gay couple straight in body horror film

Chinese studio criticized for using AI to make gay couple straight in body horror film  NBC News

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4 w. ago Scientists find new dinosaur from Argentina with crocodile bone in its mouth

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur from Argentina with powerful claws, feasting on an ancient crocodile bone. The new find was possibly seven metres (23 feet) long and hailed from a mysterious group of dinosaurs called megaraptorans. They prowled across what is now South America, Australia and parts of Asia, splitting off into different species over millions of years. Megaraptorans were known for their stretched-out skulls and “huge and very powerful claws”, said Lucio Ibiricu with the...

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