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A man pedals his tricycle in front of a billboard featuring an advertisement for a Chinese official website Jan. 30, 2002 in Beijing, China.
Chinese regulator to crackdown on fake news generated from social media

The Chinese Internet regulator has decided to crackdown on news reporting based on social media. The move is a part of the government's so-called drive against fake news and rumor mongering.

Rescuers evacuate residents from flood-hit areas in Chongqing, China, in this July 2, 2013 photo.
Heavy Rains Leave Dozens Dead in Southern China

Fifty people have been killed and another 12 missing after three straight days of heavy rain in southern China, authorities said on Sunday, as areas along the Yangtze River brace for additional floods.

Two sizes of ripples are evident in this Dec. 13, 2015, view of a top of a Martian sand dune, from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. Sand dunes and the smaller type of ripples also exist on Earth. The larger ripples are a type not seen on Earth nor previously
Why Sand Dunes on Mars Are So Different from Earth

New images by NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars show the amazing sand dunes of the Red Planet that appear similar to Earth's yet are still so different.

Sailors look at a model of a submarine to be delivered to Vietnam.
Thailand Agrees to Buy Three Submarines from China for $1 Billion

Thailand has agreed to buy three submarines from China for $1 billion, its defense minister confirmed on Tuesday, June 28, the Global Times reported.

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The Chinese government's plans to construct an incinerator in southern China has been met with widespread backlash.
Chinese Protest Against Incinerator Plan Draws Thousands

Violence erupted on Sunday after more than 10,000 people took to the streets in southern China to oppose government plans to construct an incinerator.

Artist's impression of the giant impact that would have given birth to Phobos and Deimos. The colliding object is about 1/3 the size of Mars—which at the time may have had a thicker atmosphere and water on its surface.
Mars Originally had 10 Moons and One Giant Moon That All Collided Together

New studies reveal how impacts from Martian moons milions of years ago, created the only two remaining moons, Phobos and Deimos.

The historic Silk Road town of Kashgar remains a political and commercial center.
'Belt & Road Initiative' Benefits China As Well As Other Countries

The Chinese-initiated “Belt and Road Initiative” is expected to benefit many countries all over the world, but not as much as it would provide better business for state-owned enterprises in the country.

Juno probe arrives in Jupiter today, with a successful orbital insertion around the gas giant.
Welcome to Jupiter: Juno Spacecraft Successfully Enters Orbit

NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Jupiter, where the probe will determine the interior of the planet, until February 2018.

Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Pluto-like object in the distant Kuiper Belt.
After Pluto, New Horizons Spacecraft Goes Deeper Into Space 1 Billion Miles Away

NASA just approved an extension of the New Horizons mission after its historic Pluto flyby last year, as it heads towards the Kuiper belt, in the outer reaches of the solar system.

Beijing officials are discussing various ways on how to counter traffic congestion.
Beijing Authorities Debate on Possibility of Congestion Tax

As traffic congestion in Beijing becomes worse, authorities in the Chinese capital are debating on the possibility of levying a congestion tax in the city's high-traffic locations, China Daily reported.

This view, made using images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, is a color-coded topographic map of Occator crater on Ceres
Mysterious Ceres: NASA's Dawn mission discovers new side of previously known boring, ice-space rock

The queen of the asteroid belt, Ceres, was first invaded by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2015. Ceres was considered to be a hard and boring ice-space rock at that time, however, now it seems that it might be much more different.

China's noisiest park installed noise monitors to reduce noise pollution.
China's Noisiest Park Tones Down Racket

A Chinese park dubbed as the “world’s noisiest park” decides to tone down the noise following the installation of noise monitors.

This pea plant can probably make better life decisions than you can.
Pea Plants Can Take Risks to Make Better Decisions

A new study revealed how pea plants apparenly use higher risk options to decide for better chances of survival.

FAST radio telescope is now the world's largest telescope, located in Guizhou, China.
China Successfully Completes World's Largest Radio Telescope to Search for Aliens

China's FAST telescope just installed its last panel last Saturday, finally completing the world's largest radio telescope, that will detect alien signals.

 A spectacular view to the northeast of the Pavlof eruption taken at 20,000 feet, by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Pavlof Volcano in Alaska Ready to Erupt Again?

Recent seismic activity around Alaska's Pavlof volcano suggests a possible eruption, as observations also report gas emissions from its peak.

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