Leaves found inside 120-million-year-old bird fossil in China
Chinese researchers have revealed the oldest evidence for leaf eating in birds as the fossilized leaves were found in the stomach of an extinct early bird that once lived in…
US credit rating downgrade chips away at its global dominance
Move reflects Washington's irresponsible policymaking that hurts world: analysts Rating agency Fitch Ratings on Tuesday downgraded the US government's top credit rating, citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years…
Hackers behind cyberattack on Wuhan Earthquake Monitoring Center aim at stealing geological data: top cybersecurity expert
The Wuhan Earthquake Monitoring Center recently suffered a cyberattack launched by an overseas organization. Zhou Hongyi, co-founder of 360 Security Technology told the Global Times in an exclusive interview that the purpose…
China-US tension may continue despite US invites Chinese FM to visit Washington
The US State Department announced that it has invited China's newly reappointed Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs,…
Calculations may divide US, Japan, South Korea in mulled security links
The US' goal of making the US, Japan and South Korea a closer security alliance is likely to take a step further. According to the Financial Times, Washington is pushing…
Are metal export controls a gesture or real cut-off?
As China's export controls on gallium and germanium, two niche materials key to making semiconductors and other high-tech products, took effect on Tuesday, the focus shifted to traders' applications for…
G20 fails to agree on climate crisis due to introduction of geopolitical issues by certain countries: Chinese FM
China finds it regrettable that the G20 Environment and Climate Ministers' Meeting failed to adopt a communiqué due to the introduction of geopolitical issues by certain countries, a Chinese Foreign…
Chinese university team releases video verifying synthesis of magnetic levitation-enabled LK-99 crystal
Topics about room-temperature superconductors have been spreading on Chinese social media amid a global wave of efforts to verify the synthesis of magnetic levitation-enabled LK-99 crystal, as Chinese, US and…
Chinese scientists propose ground station layout plan for atmospheric CO2 concentration observation, essential for achieving China’s net-zero ambitions before 2060
Chinese scientists from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, proposed a ground station layout plan for observing atmospheric CO2 concentration. This plan is expected to play…
PLA Air Force’s YU-20 tanker, Navy’s J-15 carrier-based fighter hold first in-flight refueling
A YU-20 tanker aircraft of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force and a J-15 carrier-based fighter jet of the PLA Navy have conducted their first in-flight refueling exercise.…