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Student Becomes First Chinese Winner of Aerospace Prize

Nov 11, 2015 03:57 PM EST

Tang Jun, a 27-year-old PhD student, is the youngest person – and first from China - to be awarded the William Sweet Smith Prize for aerospace.

Tag Heuer Debuts $1,500 Smartwatch

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 10, 2015 06:37 PM EST

Luxury Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer today unveiled a $1,500 smartwatch called TAG Heuer Connected.

Chinese Inflation Growth Slows More Than Expected

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 10, 2015 06:35 PM EST

China’s consumer inflation rose less than expected in October, a signal that the country's economy may be cooling off again.

Chinese Scientists Win Physics Breakthrough Prize

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 10, 2015 06:32 PM EST

China’s Wang Yifang and his team have been awarded the 2016 Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize for their Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. It is the first time Chinese scientists have won the award.

$16.4 Billion Undersea Gold Deposit Discovered in China

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 10, 2015 06:26 PM EST

The largest-ever gold deposit found in China has been discovered 2,000 meters under the East China Sea near Sanshan Island. It is also the first undersea gold mine found in China.

NASA Finds Ice Volcanoes, Twirling Moons on Pluto

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 09, 2015 06:03 PM EST

NASA's New Horizons science team has discovered that Pluto contains cryovolcanoes, or ice volcanoes, and is orbited by moons that behave unlike any other. "Nothing like this has been seen in the deep outer solar system," said one scientist.

U.S., China Hold First Ever Joint Naval Drills

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 09, 2015 05:34 PM EST

China has completed a joint drill with the U.S Navy that was held in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Jacksonville, Fla.. It called the maneuvers the “first of its kind between the two navies.”

Russia Faces Possible Ban From 2016 Olympics

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 09, 2015 03:37 PM EST

The International Association of Athletics Federation is seeking to levy sanctions against Russia, including banning it from next year's Olympics after a scathing report found wide-spread state-sponsored dopping among Russian athletes.

Five-Year-Old Rats Out Dad to Police After Being Stiffed on Allowance

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 09, 2015 10:09 AM EST

A five-year-old boy in Chongqing, China has ratted out his own dad to the police after the youngster was not given the 1 yuan ($0.16) he was promised for snack money.

Chinese Female Students Asked to Sign Celibacy Pledge

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 08, 2015 10:43 PM EST

A course called “Youth of No Regrets” at a college in northwest China has drawn outrage for asking only female students to sign an agreement promising to abstain from pre-marital sex.

Drug Deaths Among White Gen Xers Equal to AIDS Epidemic

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 08, 2015 08:15 PM EST

A new report blames drug abuse for half a million avoidable deaths among a “lost generation” of middle-aged white Americans, and compares it to the AIDS epidemic.

The Future of Urban Transport is a Tricycle.

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 07, 2015 06:10 PM EST

An electric-powered tricycle could help reduce over-crowding and pollution in major population centers such as China, Europe and the U.S.

Rising Sea Levels Could Displace 20 Million Americans by 2100

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 06, 2015 10:26 PM EST

A new study finds that if sea levels continue to rise unabated, "hundreds of coastal municipalities and land currently inhabited by tens of millions of persons hang in the balance.” The states most at risk are Florida, California, New York, and Louisiana.

Scientists Decipher Giant Panda Secret Language

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 05, 2015 01:59 PM EST

Researchers at a giant panda breeding center in China have deciphered13 different kinds of vocalizations within the endangered species' mysterious language.

Scientists Create Genetically Modified Super Dog

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 04, 2015 09:55 PM EST

In what is certain to alarm postal workers everywhere, scientists in China have produced a genetically modified dog that has twice the amount of its normal muscle mass.