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NASA reveals ambitious multi-spacecraft plan to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth

That NASA intends to collect a sample from Mars and return it to Earth is well known — they’ve said so many times. But how would they go about scooping up soil from the surface of a distant plan

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1,749 prosecuted in China for wildlife-related crimes

A total of 1,749 people in China were prosecuted for damaging wildlife resources in the first quarter of the year, up 62.4 percent from the same period last year, said

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Easter holiday tempts some Italians to break quarantine as majority stay at home

Italy's five-week-old national lockdown appears to have been a little hard to take for some people during Sunday's national Easter holiday, which also coincided with one of the warmest and sunni

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Ode to fragility amid COVID-19

Corporal Mathias Jahn, member of the German armed forces Bundeswehr, fixes his glasses beside a mobile coronavirus test station, Gera, Germany, April 1, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Edoardo Monaco

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China toughens crackdown on cybercrime

China launched a crackdown on cybercrime as it has seen a rapid spread of online fraud, rumormongering and infringements of individual privacy, among other offenses. C

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U.S. unmasks its selfishness for medical equipment

Editor's Note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column "The Real Point."American broadcaster CNN published a report saying that coronavirus has sparked a "war for mask

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Beijing repairs 'wild Great Wall'

Beijing will start repairing the eastern part of the Jiankou Great Wall at the end of April.Jiankou section is located in Huairou District of Beijing. It is one of the most dangerous parts of the Grea

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'Aggressive expropriation attempt': Russia blasts Trump's order declaring space up for grabs by Americans

The US has declared outer space a legal equivalent of the Wild West, and Russia believes it may lead to the grimmest of consequences like many policies of territorial e

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Tech shares close down on the day despite roaring start

American equities closed down today, with the major domestic indices all losing ground after a wild trading cycle. After starting the day up sharply higher after strong Monday gains, those gains were

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Hides of endangered snow leopards seized in Mongolia

The hides of three snow leopards were recently seized in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator, the country's Ecological Police Department (EPD) reported on Monday.Several men were arrested in late

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Nearly 13.4 mln Chinese mourn deceased online on Tomb-sweeping Day

BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 13.4 million people in China used online platforms to mourn the deceased on Saturday, the Tomb-sweeping Day, the Ministry of Civil A

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Customers desert South Korea's animal cafes over virus fears

A beige feline paces between two Gaudi-style columns at the empty 2 Cats cafe in Seoul, with upturned stools standing on the tables where humans sat to play with them in pre-virus days.Business ha

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China intensifies fight against food, drug-related crimes

China has intensified the fight against crimes in areas of food, drugs, wildlife and intellectual property rights to support work resumption amid the novel coronavirus

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VR workplace training startup Strivr lands $30 million Series B

Virtual reality has been two years away from mainstream adoption for the past six years. In that time, huge companies have made big VR bets only to walk away, countless VR startups have faded or flare

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Equity Monday: Three funding rounds and a downturn

Good morning friends, and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a short-form audio hit to kickstart your week.If you missed Friday’s main episode, it was a fun one so take the time if you

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Like COVID-19, tuberculosis deserves more attention

03:49 Editor's note: As COVID-19is raging worldwide, there are also calls for more efforts to prevent other infectious diseases like tuberculosis (TB). It is preventable and curable, b

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Accusing China of info cover-up reveals a U.S. leadership in crisis

Editor's note:Hannan Hussain is a security analyst at the London School of Economics - South Asia Centre, and an author. The article reflects the author's opinions, not necessarily the views of CG