China's destructive laser rifle has a half-mile range
Eastern Arsenal Explaining the ZKZM 500 China has built the world's first destructive laser, capable of setting clothes on fire and detonating fuel tanks- but it can't kill people- yet.
View ArticleChina's latest quantum radar could help detect stealth planes, missiles
Eastern Arsenal Next Stop Stratosphere China's quantum radar makes more progress, and China plans to put it high up in the stratosphere, to spy on ballistic missiles and stealth aircraft.
View ArticleChina launched two more massive Type 055 warships
Eastern Arsenal Another Record China's launched two of the world's largest warships at once on July 3rd, as it builds a navy fit for a superpower.
View ArticleChina's super-sized space plans may involve help from Russia
Eastern Arsenal Long March 9 The 4,000 ton Long March 9 (LM-9) could be destined for Mars missi…
View ArticleTwo people got rat lungworm from eating raw centipedes. Could you be next?
Health The answer is yes—even if you don't like eating bugs. Rat lungworm isn’t confined to Asia and the Caribbean anymore: It’s in the U.S. And you don’t have to knowingly eat raw bugs for the...
View ArticleThe ozone hole is both an environmental success story and an enduring global...
Environment And we should take what it's taught us into future fights. Headlines in recent months have read like something out of an eco-thriller. Who's producing the banned chemicals we know will...
View ArticleHere's China’s massive plan to retool the web
Eastern Arsenal The most ambitious project of mass control is the country's “social credit” system. All Chinese citizens will receive a numerical score reflecting their “trustworthiness." The...
View ArticleChinese robots are on a mission to beat NASA to the far side of the moon
Space It could be the first of many firsts. Chang’e 4 is part of an extensive and ambitious effort by China to explore the moon like only NASA has before.
View ArticleChina just accomplished the first landing on the far side of the moon
Space It's the first time a working rover has touched down on the far side. China successfully landed its robotic Chang’e 4 probe on the surface of the far side of the moon on Thursday, around noon...
View ArticlePretty soon we'll have to stop blaming China for global carbon emissions
Environment The United States is lagging behind. The connection between what the U.S. is doing (or not doing) and what China is doing (or not doing) is more complex than a simple either-or.
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