Scientists found ancient never-before-seen viruses locked in a glacier
You can find a lot of interesting things if you start digging around in ice that’s been frozen for thousands and thousands of years. For …
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CDC confirms Chinese coronavirus has arrived in the US
The bizarre new virus strain that popped up in China weeks ago has now made its way to the United States. Officials from the Centers …
That mysterious virus in China is jumping from person to person
The saga of the mysterious new virus strain that popped up in China several weeks ago just received a slightly troubling new chapter. The virus, …
The scary mystery virus that appeared in China is now spreading to other countries
The strange and slightly troubling saga of the mysterious virus that sprung up in China a few weeks ago just entered a frightening new phase. …
Six more people have come down with China’s mystery virus
China’s mystery pneumonia is continuing its spread, with a further six confirmed cases of the illness now being reported in Hong Kong. The illness, which …
The iPhone 11 is helping Apple do something it hasn’t done in a long time
For several quarters, Apple has suffered through a slump in iPhone sales in one of its most important markets — the biggest consumer electronics market …
Frightening mystery virus continues to spread as US embassy warns Americans living in China
The bizarre “unidentified pneumonia” that Chinese health officials first began monitoring a little over a week ago has now spread to over twice the original …
Mysterious virus outbreak in China is spreading rapidly
A strange pneumonia-like infection that first popped up in the Chinese city of Wuhan just days ago is beginning to spread, with the total number …
A scary unidentified virus is spreading in China
Dozens of residents of Wuhan, the capital city of the Hubei province in China, haven hospitalized with an unidentified virus that is causing pneumonia-like symptoms. …
Chinese scientist who genetically edited babies will spend 3 years in prison
One of the craziest stories to come out of 2018 was the saga of a Chinese scientist named He Jiankui. The genetics researcher took it …
China hits major milestone with launch of Long March 5 rocket
China’s oft-delayed Long March 5 rocket program hit a major milestone on Friday when it sent a communications satellite into Earth orbit. The rocket is …
iPhone shipments took a big hit in one of Apple’s most important markets
Here’s the thing about how important of a market China is to Apple when it comes to iPhone sales. According to data prepared by Bloomberg, …
Chinese scientists created ‘monkey pigs’ by adding primate cells to pig embryos
If there’s one thing sci-fi movies have taught us over the year it’s that combining one animal with another animal almost always ends badly. Scientists …
Those gene-edited babies in China have unexpected mutations
In late 2018, a Chinese genetics researcher named He Jiankui announced that he had genetically modified babies that were then carried to term and born. …
Yet another case of the plague was just discovered
A fourth person in China is now confirmed to have the plague. A farmworker in Inner Mongolia tested positive for the disease and is now …
A third case of the ‘Black Death’ plague just popped up in China
Last week, China gave the world a bit of a scare when health officials in the country confirmed that two people had come down with …
China is going to Mars, and it just hit a major milestone
All eyes have been on NASA’s Mars 2020 rover as the space agency prepares it to travel to the Red Planet midway through next year, …
The Black Death plague just reappeared in China
At least two people in China are under close observation and are receiving treatment for infections of the same plague that devastated Europe in the …
Here’s a fish with a human face, in case you needed nightmare fuel
A truly bizarre video is flying all over the internet at the moment that appears to show a fish with a human face where its …
Man slices his finger off after snake bite, then the doctor tells him it was unnecessary
Getting bitten by a snake obviously isn’t fun, but when that snake is a species that is venomous and potentially deadly? Well, then you’ve got …
Five reluctant hitmen from China ended up in jail after bungling an assassination
This almost sounds like the plot of a wacky Netflix original series. Six men, sitting in jail, because one of them hired a hitman to …
Air pollution is killing fetuses before they’re born
There’s no shortage of scientific evidence to show that air pollution can have seriously harmful effects on each and every once of us. Recent research …
Blizzard under fire as Chinese-related censorship spreads to gaming
Examples have been multiplying in recent days and months of American companies seeming to kowtow to pressure from China to censor content related to things …
Chinese farmers are breeding ‘mutant’ pigs the size of polar bears
Farmers have always done their best to maximize yield, whether that be cramming another row of corn onto a field or breeding beefier cattle, but …
China grew cotton on the Moon, if only for a moment
China may have had to sit and watch as countries like the United States dominated space for decades, but things are a whole lot different …
Police in China find fugitive who has been living in a cave for 17 years
When news broke late last month about a fugitive in Wisconsin who had made his home in a makeshift bunker in the middle of the …
China releases new images of a bizarre substance found in a Moon crater
Earlier this month, the Chinese space agency revealed that the Yutu-2 rover it sent to the far side of the Moon months back found something …
Chinese vase bought for about $1 at a thrift store turns out to be a rare antique worth $100,000
Taking a trip to your local thrift shop probably isn’t going to yield any remarkable discoveries. You’ll probably find a few broken printers, an incomplete …
China’s lunar rover found a bizarre and unexpected substance on the Moon
China’s space program started the year strong by performing a soft landing on the far side of the Moon. It was a first for the …
US-China tensions are threatening an undersea internet cable between the two countries
In yet another byproduct of continued tensions between the US and China, a national security review is reportedly scrutinizing an undersea internet cable between the …
