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China’s ghost radar, big-brained early hominid debate: 7 science highlights

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1. Chinese ghost radar moves at ‘near-light-speed’ to detect submarines

Chinese scientists have achieved a breakthrough in submarine detection by successfully creating a radio-emitting source in the sky using high-energy microwave synthesis technology.

2. Why are top scientists leaving the West for China?

A growing number of leading academics are being tempted away from Western countries as they make the move to Chinese institutions.

3. Is a big-brained early hominid found in China a new species?

Scientists make their case for classifying an extinct group that lived in northern China until 120,000 years ago as a separate species.

Bone fragments from several individuals at the Xujiayao site in China are challenging long-held assumptions about the region’s fossil record. Photo: Wu Xiujie

Bone fragments from several individuals at the Xujiayao site in China are challenging long-held assumptions about the region’s fossil record. Photo: Wu Xiujie

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