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A glacier in China is melting at an unprecedented rate — but it is India that may end up paying the price
A cluster of Chinese glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate — and could have disastrous cons…
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Meet the 'most handsome man in China' — a Tibetan yak herder who's threatening to sue online critics for claiming he's just a pretty face
Tibetan herder Dingzhen Zhenzhu is hitting back at his critics who have mocked him for being the ep…
Cheryl Teh
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Ancient tools and DNA discovered in a Tibetan cave shed unprecedented light on humans' most enigmatic ancestor, the Denisovans
Anthropologists found an ancient jawbone, tools, and DNA in a Tibetan cave. They come from Denisova…
Aylin Woodward
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A 160,000-year-old jaw from a human ancestor was found in a Tibetan cave. It might explain why Tibetans are able to live at high altitudes today.
Usually, when humans reach high altitudes - where oxygen levels are lower - our bodies make more he…
Aylin Woodward
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A Young Monk Just Became The 100th Tibetan To Set Himself On Fire
The Dalai Lama's office in New Delhi confirmed the 100th immolation attempt involved a monk. Repres…
Agence France Presse
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As winter storms arrive later in the year, North India faces dual threat of water scarcity and flooding
Traditionally, winter storms have graced the Himalayas with abundant snow from December to March, e…
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Scientists discovered a surprising cooling trend on glaciers in Mount Everest 10 years ago. Now they think they know what's causing it.
For the last 15 years, local temperatures have dropped on mountains like Mount Everest during warme…
Saugat Bolakhe
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There's an enormous gravity hole in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Scientists say they've finally worked out what's causing it.
A whole area of the Indian Ocean is about 300 feet lower than the average sea level. Scientists now…
Marianne Guenot
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Videos and photos show a massive sandstorm chasing motorists and darkening the sky in northwestern China
One video shows multiple vehicles trying to outrun an oncoming wall of sand in China's Qinghai prov…
Matthew Loh
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Fossils unearthed in China reveal a new species of giant prehistoric rhino - the largest land mammal to ever walk the Earth
Giant rhinos were roughly the size of six elephants and they moved back and forth across Asia as th…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China is using AI and 3D printing to build a 590-foot-tall dam without the need for human workers, scientists say
Using artificial intelligence, construction robots, and zero human labor, China is poised to comple…
Matthew Loh
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India reorients around 50,000 troops to focus on the disputed border with China
India has reoriented around 50,000 troops whose main focus will be the disputed border with Chin…
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28 prehistoric viruses unknown to science were found in a glacial ice cores. They are thought to be around 15,000 years old.
The researchers said that the viruses found in an ice core taken from the Guliya ice cap in the Tib…
Marianne Guenot
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China launches first fully-electrified bullet train near Himalayan region of Tibet
The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has been inaugurated ahead of t…
PTI
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China's small Beijing-3 satellite can take high-resolution images of US cities within seconds, a speed its American counterparts can't match, scientists say
The Beijing-3 captured high-definition images over a 1,470 square-mile area of the San Francisco Ba…
Matthew Loh
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A 600-foot 'garbage belt' has taken over a Chinese UNESCO world heritage site and is overwhelming local herders tasked with cleaning it up
Years of trash building up in the tourist-filled region has littered the region with swathes of pla…
Matthew Loh
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China claims 'great breakthroughs' with rocket technology that could give it an edge in a high altitude fight
"I imagine the Chinese are not pleased with how events unfolded last year, and there are some who f…
Christopher Woody
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The world's most valuable parasite, caterpillar fungus, can cost up to $63,000 per pound
What would you do if a fungus invaded your body, and started consuming you from the inside? It soun…
David Anderson,Chia-Yi Hou
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A pandora's box of 28 ancient viruses are trapped in glaciers — and climate change could set them free
The best-case scenario is despite the melting ice, the viruses won't activate. Even so, it wou…