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‘Degrees of consciousness’: a 15-year-old philosopher considers the rights of AI

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US State Department office for science and technology pacts may be closing

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US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio might be planning to eliminate the State Department’s Office of Science and Technology Cooperation. Photo: Reuters

China taps private sector for top talent in widened sci-tech recruitment drive

China’s top sci-tech academies have widened their search for leading talent as Beijing steps up a drive for innovation and self-reliance. Photo: Shutterstock

US space agency Nasa will not fund study on China’s moon sample, says scientist

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A visitor looks at lunar soil samples collected by China’s Chang’e-5 and Chang’e-6 missions at the Osaka Expo in Japan. Photo: Xinhua

China sends back 2 Boeing jets, Pakistan-India arms showdown: 7 highlights

Two Boeing jets intended for Chinese airlines have been returned to the US, with more likely to come in the wake of heightened tariffs. Photo: AFP
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Artificial intelligence

‘Degrees of consciousness’: a 15-year-old philosopher considers the rights of AI

Teen author and aspiring sleep educator Benjamin Qin Mujia impressed at the China trials for the International Philosophy Olympiad.

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Animals

Snakes have bitten him hundreds of times. Scientists are studying his blood

US-China relations

US State Department office for science and technology pacts may be closing

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China’s private sector

China taps private sector for top talent in widened sci-tech recruitment drive

In biggest hiring spree in a decade, state academies open more doors to innovators, foreign academics, with less attention to seniority or titles.

China’s top sci-tech academies have widened their search for leading talent as Beijing steps up a drive for innovation and self-reliance. Photo: Shutterstock
China's space programme

US space agency Nasa will not fund study on China’s moon sample, says scientist

China’s moon rocks and soil will be put under the microscope and compared to Apollo-era samples to deepen understanding of volcanic past.

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Space

Failed Soviet-era spacecraft from 1972 set to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth

The Kosmos 482 was one of a series of Soviet Venus missions, but never made it out of Earth’s orbit.

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United States

China’s young talent scheme lures smart materials scientist Li Yongxi from US

Nanjing University website says Li has taken a position as an associate professor at its Suzhou campus.

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Award-winning young materials scientist Li Yongxi has left the US in favour of a research position in China. Photo: Nanjing University
US-China relations

Former Harvard professor convicted over China ties joins Tsinghua University

Chemist and nanoscientist Charles Lieber says he aims to ‘realise more scientific dreams in the vibrant and innovative city of Shenzhen’.

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI scientists may threaten US tech dominance, think tank says

It’s time to reassess assumptions ‘that the world’s best and brightest naturally want to study and stay in the United States’: paper.

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Space

China’s daytime laser ranging breakthrough takes moon race to new heights

The test by China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) expands the limits of the technology and is expected to help achieve future deep space missions.

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China’s Tiandu-1 satellite has taken part in a laser ranging experiment in Earth-moon space under strong daylight conditions, which the satellite’s developer said is a first. Image: CCTV
Mainland China

China’s Shenzhou-19 astronauts return home after forced landing site switch

Strong winds delay crew’s landing after six months on board the Tiangong space station.

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Astronaut Wang Haoze emerges from the Shenzhou-19 return capsule at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese university recruits South Korean semiconductor expert Lee Young-hee

Lee has taken a job as the head of a quantum materials research centre in Hubei province.

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AI: Geopolitics

Senior AI scientist Alex Lamb once shrugged off China. Now he’s joining Tsinghua

Lamb has trained under a Turing Award winner and worked at top companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and Google’s DeepMind.

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China is developing an ‘Underwater BeiDou’ network for navigation and tracking

Research team under natural resources ministry says prototypes have been built and tested but it’s not clear what stage the project is at.

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A team on the research vessel Shen Kuo arrives at a deep-sea station in the western Pacific in 2018. The undersea network is also expected to provide support for scientific observation. Photo: Xinhua
Mainland China

China defies ASML prediction with EUV breakthrough in advanced chip production

Research team achieves world-class results in photolithography research with solid-state laser-driven approach, paper shows.

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Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines are critical for producing the advanced chips that drive hi-tech industries. Illustration: Getty
China technology

China’s high-power microwave gun fires 10,000 shots in test, proving vacuum tech

Successful trials of gun that emits beams capable of attacking drones, missiles and more signal breakthrough in directed-energy weaponry.

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Chinese history

A fiery conquest in 112BC may have led to decline of the Chinese swamp cypress

Han military campaign toppled the rebel Nanyue kingdom but also decimated vast stands of cypress, study finds.

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Aerospace: Policy

China plans space traffic management system amid commercial satellite boom

National space body says it needs to keep space ‘sustainable’ as projections show number of satellites in low Earth orbit could hit 100,000.

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Several Chinese firms are developing large satellite constellations. Photo: Shutterstock

How the list of China-born leaders in global science is steadily growing

More Chinese scientists are taking on prestigious leadership roles at US academic societies.

Why does Chinese entrepreneur Dong Mingzhu shun jobseekers educated overseas?

Chinese businesswoman divides opinion by saying her company won’t hire overseas-educated executives due to security concerns.

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China-born scientist forged a rare-earth-free magnet. Will it help the West?

The race is on to commercialise technology that could overcome China’s dominance of the supply of critical minerals.

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Jian-Ping Wang is a world-renowned expert in the field of magnetics. He holds 65 patents and has co-founded three start-up companies. Photo: University of Minnesota
Japan

Award-winning chemist Shang Rui will leave Japan to start a lab in China

Shang will join Westlake University, where he will establish a new laboratory focused on sustainable catalysis and functional molecules.

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Professor Shang Rui, a chemistry professor at the University of Tokyo, will take up a position at Westlake University in China this year. Photo: Handout

China launches Shenzhou-20 spacecraft to install space debris defence devices

On board Tiangong space station, crew trio will conduct cutting-edge experiments on tissue regeneration, human-machine collaboration systems.

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China’s new journal publishing benchmarks set to boost scientific soft power

Beijing aims to assert voice in global academic discourse by overhauling grading system that covers thousands of Chinese scientific journals.

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Eat, prey, eat: fossil find in China reveals unusual dinosaur-mammal food chain

Fossilised remains of newly identified dinosaur species and mammal suggest they were both predator and quarry to each other.

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The findings point to a complex dynamic between dinosaurs and mammals 125 million years ago. Illustration: Handout

China unveils drone-mounted quantum device for submarine detection in South China Sea

Chinese scientists’ breakthrough in magnetic detection technology could give China the edge in submarine warfare amid Sino-US tension.

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Chinese scientists have revealed a breakthrough in magnetic detection technology that could eliminate ‘blind zones’ in the South China Sea, giving the China the edge in submarine warfare. Photo: Handout

A Chinese cave expert found something extraordinary. He fears it will be wrecked

Experts say newly found karst cave has sediment ‘gene pool’ that hasn’t been seen before, but it needs to be protected before it’s too late.

China on pace to land astronauts on moon by 2030, space agency says

Rocket, crew carrier and lander pass key early hurdles with testing ‘progressing smoothly’, as US Artemis programme navigates delays.

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