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Could China make a sea-skimming hypersonic missile a real nightmare for the US?
19 Jun 2026 - 10:00PM
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The Chinese scientists hoping to use a space solar plant to power the world
19 Jun 2026 - 9:00AM
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Chinese scientists create record-smashing brain implant electrode array
19 Jun 2026 - 6:00AM
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China mulls controlling world’s largest high-speed rail network from space
18 Jun 2026 - 10:23AM
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Nvidia, Apple HQs caught on camera; Nasa’s Artemis flaws: 7 science highlights
17 Jun 2026 - 3:53PM
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What the I Ching is really about
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Could China make a sea-skimming hypersonic missile a real nightmare for the US?
19 Jun 2026 - 10:00PM
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The Chinese scientists hoping to use a space solar plant to power the world
19 Jun 2026 - 9:00AM
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Chinese scientists create record-smashing brain implant electrode array
Breakthrough recorded neural activity with high clarity and remained safely functional for 18 months without a drop in performance.
19 Jun 2026 - 6:00AM
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Archaeology and palaeontology
Our ancient enemy: scientists discover oldest-known plague outbreak
Ancient DNA from Siberian burials reveals prehistoric outbreaks struck hunter-gatherers long before the Black Death.
18 Jun 2026 - 12:00PM
Mainland China
China mulls controlling world’s largest high-speed rail network from space
Study shows low-orbit satellites might avoid another Wenzhou disaster but reveals how hackers could deliberately crash speeding trains.
18 Jun 2026 - 10:23AM
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Why tantalum is the ‘final boss’ of watchmaking materials
Notoriously difficult to work with, the blue-grey metal is nevertheless appealing to independent horologists like H. Moser & Cie, Atelier Wen, Fleming and Ming.
18 Jun 2026 - 6:00AM
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Nvidia, Apple HQs caught on camera; Nasa’s Artemis flaws: 7 science highlights
From a Chinese firm releasing images of Nvidia and Apple HQs to SpaceX’s IPO, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
17 Jun 2026 - 3:53PM
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Why a Chinese study on subsea supercurrents is alarming global tech networks
A team led by Tsinghua University says it has built a framework that could better predict and manage these powerful flows.
17 Jun 2026 - 3:36PM
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Military stealth coating sold as cheap house paint? China might do it
New microwave-absorbing material points to more affordable mass production, as reports of commercial ‘stealth paint’ spark debate.
16 Jun 2026 - 3:32PM
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Could a diamond wafer as wide as a basketball be China’s trump card in AI race?
From wedding gems to supercomputers, China’s giant synthetic diamonds may reshape the global computing competition.
16 Jun 2026 - 12:00PM
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Did volcanic eruptions ruin China’s Ming dynasty and undermine the Qing?
New study upends conventional thinking that has blamed Ming’s fall on eunuch dictatorship, factionalism, peasant uprising and rise of Manchus.
15 Jun 2026 - 4:00PM
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Mainland China
The waste-to-sand plant that could pave the way for China’s zero waste coal goal
A project in the coal-rich north is turning the tough solids of gangue into construction-grade aggregates and other high-value materials.
15 Jun 2026 - 2:46PM
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Chinese materials scientist Pei Qibing takes up new post in Macau
The artificial muscles and skin specialist from UCLA will head a physics and engineering institute.
14 Jun 2026 - 6:00PM
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Aerospace: Science
Why SpaceX may not be a model for Chinese companies to copy
A leading economist argued the country’s space industry could take a ‘big leap forward’ by building up its satellite infrastructure.
13 Jun 2026 - 8:46PM
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United States
Chinese team flags life-threatening weakness in Nasa’s Artemis programme
Researchers say China’s lunar lander has three backup engines, unlike US design which relies on one main power source.
13 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM
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Chinese team builds first commercial ‘3-lane highway’ in optical fibre
Newly activated system allows substantially more data to travel through existing infrastructure.
13 Jun 2026 - 12:00PM
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PLA scientists propose a plan to destroy US carrier groups from 3,000km away
China’s military proposes a strategy to attack out-of-reach American military assets as distance becomes a shield.
12 Jun 2026 - 10:00PM
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China’s Zhejiang University tops Harvard in Nature Index world academic rankings
Mainland institutions dominate in 2026, accounting for nine of top 10 in list based on research output in high-quality academic publications.
12 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM
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United States
US-China vaginal microbiome differences challenge broad-spectrum solutions
Findings underscore need for localised medical treatments rather than standardised care drawing on data largely from Western populations.
12 Jun 2026 - 6:10PM
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Deep-sea cable cutting can be a weapon of deterrence, RETN CEO says
Global internet service provider says the true threat of subsea cable cutting tech is its psychological power rather than sabotage.
12 Jun 2026 - 3:57PM
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Australia
For 5 million years, whales have come to this place in the Indian Ocean to die
Graveyard discovered by Chinese team is Earth’s deepest and most extensive for whale fossils, carcasses and the ecosystems they support.
12 Jun 2026 - 3:08PM
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China launches new satellite to test high-speed communication tech
Long March 5 rocket’s lift-off marks pivotal step in validating technologies for next-generation orbital connectivity speeds and reliability.
11 Jun 2026 - 9:06PM
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Don’t panic if you see a snake on a Chinese power line. It might be a robot
In Kunming, robot dogs are also being deployed to ensure the energy supply during the high-stakes college entrance exams.
11 Jun 2026 - 2:00PM
Shanghai
Starlink rival Qianfan hits satellite milestone, but is it too slow and costly?
Constellation now has 201 satellites in orbit but the company is said to be under pressure to ramp up launches.
13 Jun 2026 - 9:41PM
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Archaeology and palaeontology
Scientists find woolly mammoth DNA while digging through squirrel poo
A treasure trove of ancient genetic material was stashed away by the rodents before being ‘frozen in time’ by permafrost.
10 Jun 2026 - 1:32PM
Russia
China delivers first samples collected from far side of the moon to Russia
The rocks were collected during the Chang’e-6 mission and the handover is the first time foreign scientists will have a chance to study them.
9 Jun 2026 - 9:00PM
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Japan
China’s rail gun milestone: guided projectile prototype passes real firing test
Breakthrough as a delicate silicon shell fitted with a guidance chip is shot from an electromagnetic rail gun, survives and records the ride.
9 Jun 2026 - 4:03PM
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