On November 21, global disease tracking organization ProMED posted about hospitals in Northeast China that are overwhelmed due to an surge of “undiagnosed pneumonia” among children, particularly in China’s capital, Beijing, and nearby Liaoning. Some parents there are expressing concern that authorities may have concealed a broader epidemic. ProMED reportedread more
A two-month-long heat wave affecting large portions of China, declared the most severe in recorded history, is causing widespread drought across the country, drying up both rivers and crops, with hundreds of regions reporting record-breaking temperatures in excess of 40°C (104°F). This news comes at a time when many regionsread more
Like its counterparts in the west, the Chinese military has its own task force dedicated to tracking UFO encounters, the reports of which are numerous enough for the group’s analysts to use AI to sort through the data to determine which sightings are mundane occurrences, and which are genuine unknowns.read more
Researchers in China plan on creating matter out of absolutely nothing by using an ultra-powerful laser to overcome spacetime itself at the quantum level. While we shouldn’t expect the laser to manifest a hot cup of Earl Grey tea out of nowhere, the experiment is expected to produce elementary particlesread more