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China: Hungry Kittens Claw for Food in Shenyang

On August 25, 2025, in Shenyang, Liaoning, a cat breeder filmed a feeding scene inside his home. A metal bowl filled with minced meat and cat food was placed outside a cage, immediately drawing a crowd of tiny kittens. They clawed frantically through the bars, stretching their paws to snatch bits of food. Only a few managed to grab mouthfuls, while others meowed in frustration.

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CANADA-TORONTO-PDAC-CONVENTION

(240304) -- TORONTO, March 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Attendees look at core bits at the 2024 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) International Convention in Toronto, Canada, on March 4, 2024. With more than 30,000 attendees from over 130 countries and regions, the world's premier mineral exploration and mining convention is held here from March 3 to March 6 this year. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Handout photo dated September 26, 2023 shows OSIRIS REx Asteroid Sample Return lid opening at Building 31 Astromaterials Curation Facility. Nasa officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial scientific observations about the material. The mission, Osiris-Rex, concluded in September when a capsule containing the collection of asteroid samples re-entered through the Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered in the Utah desert. As technicians pried into the external container, they found that some of the material leaked out. Scientists were able to perform a quick analysis that revealed some early findings. The asteroid bits included waterlogged clay minerals. Their presence could help solve how Earth became a water planet. Asteroids similar to Bennu may have crashed into Earth, filling our oceans. Photo by Robert Markowitz/Nasa via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Handout photo dated October 12, 2023 shows Asteroid particles coat the base of the OSIRIS-REx science canister. Nasa officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial scientific observations about the material. The mission, Osiris-Rex, concluded in September when a capsule containing the collection of asteroid samples re-entered through the Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered in the Utah desert. As technicians pried into the external container, they found that some of the material leaked out. Scientists were able to perform a quick analysis that revealed some early findings. The asteroid bits included waterlogged clay minerals. Their presence could help solve how Earth became a water planet. Asteroids similar to Bennu may have crashed into Earth, filling our oceans. Photo by Dante Lauretta/Nasa via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Handout photo dated October 12, 2023 shows stromaterials processor Mari Montoya and OSIRIS-REx curation team members set the TAGSAM (Touch and Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism) down in the canister glovebox after removing it from the canister base and flipping it over. Nasa officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial scientific observations about the material. The mission, Osiris-Rex, concluded in September when a capsule containing the collection of asteroid samples re-entered through the Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered in the Utah desert. As technicians pried into the external container, they found that some of the material leaked out. Scientists were able to perform a quick analysis that revealed some early findings. The asteroid bits included waterlogged clay minerals. Their presence could help solve how Earth became a water planet. Asteroids similar to Bennu may

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Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Handout photo dated October 12, 2023 shows astromaterials processors Mari Montoya, left, and Curtis Calva, right, use tools to collect asteroid particles from the base of the OSIRIS-REx science canister. Nasa officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial scientific observations about the material. The mission, Osiris-Rex, concluded in September when a capsule containing the collection of asteroid samples re-entered through the Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered in the Utah desert. As technicians pried into the external container, they found that some of the material leaked out. Scientists were able to perform a quick analysis that revealed some early findings. The asteroid bits included waterlogged clay minerals. Their presence could help solve how Earth became a water planet. Asteroids similar to Bennu may have crashed into Earth, filling our oceans. Photo by Nasa via A

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Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Handout photo dated September 27, 2023 shows a view inside a glass and stainless steel glovebox containing the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return canister. Nasa officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial scientific observations about the material. The mission, Osiris-Rex, concluded in September when a capsule containing the collection of asteroid samples re-entered through the Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered in the Utah desert. As technicians pried into the external container, they found that some of the material leaked out. Scientists were able to perform a quick analysis that revealed some early findings. The asteroid bits included waterlogged clay minerals. Their presence could help solve how Earth became a water planet. Asteroids similar to Bennu may have crashed into Earth, filling our oceans. Photo by Dante Lauretta/Nasa via ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM BASIN-DEEP EARTH EXPLORATION (CN)

(230827) -- URUMQI, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2023 shows a worker on the drilling platform for a borehole over 10,000 meters deep in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert within the Tarim Basin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The drilling of China's first borehole over 10,000 meters deep for scientific exploration began on May 30 this year in the Tarim Basin. With a design depth of 11,100 meters, the borehole is located in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China. During the drilling process, the equipment, including drill bits and drill pipes weighing more than 2,000 tonnes, will go deep into the Earth, penetrating more than 10 continental strata. The Tarim Basin is one of the most difficult areas to explore due to its harsh ground environment and complicated underground conditions. By Aug. 27, 2023, the equipment has reached the depth of 6,000 meters. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM BASIN-DEEP EARTH EXPLORATION (CN)

(230827) -- URUMQI, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2023 shows the drilling project for a borehole over 10,000 meters deep in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert within the Tarim Basin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The drilling of China's first borehole over 10,000 meters deep for scientific exploration began on May 30 this year in the Tarim Basin. With a design depth of 11,100 meters, the borehole is located in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China. During the drilling process, the equipment, including drill bits and drill pipes weighing more than 2,000 tonnes, will go deep into the Earth, penetrating more than 10 continental strata. The Tarim Basin is one of the most difficult areas to explore due to its harsh ground environment and complicated underground conditions. By Aug. 27, 2023, the equipment has reached the depth of 6,000 meters. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM BASIN-DEEP EARTH EXPLORATION (CN)

(230827) -- URUMQI, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2023 shows a worker applying lubricating oil onto drill bits on the drilling platform for a borehole over 10,000 meters deep in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert within the Tarim Basin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The drilling of China's first borehole over 10,000 meters deep for scientific exploration began on May 30 this year in the Tarim Basin. With a design depth of 11,100 meters, the borehole is located in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China. During the drilling process, the equipment, including drill bits and drill pipes weighing more than 2,000 tonnes, will go deep into the Earth, penetrating more than 10 continental strata. The Tarim Basin is one of the most difficult areas to explore due to its harsh ground environment and complicated underground conditions. By Aug. 27, 2023, the equipment has reached the depth of 6,000 meters. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM BASIN-DEEP EARTH EXPLORATION (CN)

(230827) -- URUMQI, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 21, 2023 shows the drilling project for a borehole over 10,000 meters deep in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert within the Tarim Basin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The drilling of China's first borehole over 10,000 meters deep for scientific exploration began on May 30 this year in the Tarim Basin. With a design depth of 11,100 meters, the borehole is located in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China. During the drilling process, the equipment, including drill bits and drill pipes weighing more than 2,000 tonnes, will go deep into the Earth, penetrating more than 10 continental strata. The Tarim Basin is one of the most difficult areas to explore due to its harsh ground environment and complicated underground conditions. By Aug. 27, 2023, the equipment has reached the depth of 6,000 meters. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM BASIN-DEEP EARTH EXPLORATION (CN)

(230827) -- URUMQI, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2023 shows a worker on the drilling platform for a borehole over 10,000 meters deep in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert within the Tarim Basin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The drilling of China's first borehole over 10,000 meters deep for scientific exploration began on May 30 this year in the Tarim Basin. With a design depth of 11,100 meters, the borehole is located in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China. During the drilling process, the equipment, including drill bits and drill pipes weighing more than 2,000 tonnes, will go deep into the Earth, penetrating more than 10 continental strata. The Tarim Basin is one of the most difficult areas to explore due to its harsh ground environment and complicated underground conditions. By Aug. 27, 2023, the equipment has reached the depth of 6,000 meters. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM BASIN-DEEP EARTH EXPLORATION (CN)

(230827) -- URUMQI, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2023 shows a worker operating a drilling equipment for a borehole over 10,000 meters deep in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert within the Tarim Basin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The drilling of China's first borehole over 10,000 meters deep for scientific exploration began on May 30 this year in the Tarim Basin. With a design depth of 11,100 meters, the borehole is located in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China. During the drilling process, the equipment, including drill bits and drill pipes weighing more than 2,000 tonnes, will go deep into the Earth, penetrating more than 10 continental strata. The Tarim Basin is one of the most difficult areas to explore due to its harsh ground environment and complicated underground conditions. By Aug. 27, 2023, the equipment has reached the depth of 6,000 meters. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

HEFEI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 7, 2023 - A superconducting quantum computer in operation at QuantumCtek in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, February 7, 2023. Multiple control system cases are connected by many wiring harnesses. On May 31, 2023, in Hefei, Anhui province, a new generation of quantum computing cloud platform connected to the 176-bit superconducting quantum computer "Zuchongzhi" was officially released. This not only sets a new record for the number of bits of superconducting quantum computer on our cloud platform, but also is the first quantum computing cloud platform in the world that has the potential to realize quantum superiority and is open to the outside world on the superconducting quantum quantum route, which will further promote the development of quantum computing hardware and software and ecological construction.

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Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

HEFEI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 7, 2023 - An operating superconducting quantum computer, a quantum chip, the core of a quantum computer, is seen inside a white metal tank at QuantumCtek Co LTD in Hefei, Anhui province, China, February 7, 2023. On May 31, 2023, in Hefei, Anhui province, a new generation of quantum computing cloud platform connected to the 176-bit superconducting quantum computer "Zuchongzhi" was officially released. This not only sets a new record for the number of bits of superconducting quantum computer on our cloud platform, but also is the first quantum computing cloud platform in the world that has the potential to realize quantum superiority and is open to the outside world on the superconducting quantum quantum route, which will further promote the development of quantum computing hardware and software and ecological construction.

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Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

HEFEI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 7, 2023 - A superconducting quantum computer in operation at QuantumCtek in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, February 7, 2023. Multiple control system cases are connected by many wiring harnesses. On May 31, 2023, in Hefei, Anhui province, a new generation of quantum computing cloud platform connected to the 176-bit superconducting quantum computer "Zuchongzhi" was officially released. This not only sets a new record for the number of bits of superconducting quantum computer on our cloud platform, but also is the first quantum computing cloud platform in the world that has the potential to realize quantum superiority and is open to the outside world on the superconducting quantum quantum route, which will further promote the development of quantum computing hardware and software and ecological construction.

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Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

HEFEI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 7, 2023 - A superconducting quantum computer in operation at QuantumCtek in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, February 7, 2023. Multiple control system cases are connected by many wiring harnesses. On May 31, 2023, in Hefei, Anhui province, a new generation of quantum computing cloud platform connected to the 176-bit superconducting quantum computer "Zuchongzhi" was officially released. This not only sets a new record for the number of bits of superconducting quantum computer on our cloud platform, but also is the first quantum computing cloud platform in the world that has the potential to realize quantum superiority and is open to the outside world on the superconducting quantum quantum route, which will further promote the development of quantum computing hardware and software and ecological construction.

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Hakuho's retirement ceremony

Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) attends former sumo grand champion Hakuho's retirement ceremony at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2023. Some 280 people took turns snipping bits of the topknot of the wrestler, who won a record 45 grand sumo tournament titles, a ritual that marks his formal retirement.

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Hakuho's retirement ceremony

Former yokozuna Hakuho, who won a record 45 grand sumo tournament titles, wipes away tears as around 280 people take turns snipping bits of his topknot, during his retirement ceremony at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2023, a ritual that marks his formal retirement as a sumo wrestler. (Pool photo)

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1 killed in blasts in north China

TAIYUAN, China - Bits of glass are scattered in front of a Communist Party office building in the city of Taiyuan, northern China, on Nov. 6, 2013, following a series of explosions earlier in the day. At least one person was killed and eight others were injured in the blasts that occurred in front of the building used by the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the ruling party.

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IBM 'Millipede' fits 25 mil. pages on stamp-sized medium

NEW YORK, United States - Two photos show a new data storage medium developed by International Business Machines Corp. IBM said June 11 the storage medium is dense enough to fit 25 million printed textbook pages on a surface the size of a postage stamp, 20 times greater than the densest magnetic storage now available. Its research project code-named ''Millipede'' is like a nanotechnology version of old-fashioned punch-card data processing developed more than 110 years ago. However, Millipede media are rewriteable and may be able to store more than 3 billion bits of data in the space occupied by just one hole in a standard punch card, IBM said.

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-SICHUAN CUISINE (CN)

(220611) -- CHENGDU, June 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children try grinding soybeans into small bits with a hand-powered stone mill in Chengdu Sichuan Cuisine Museum in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 5, 2022. Sichuan cuisine is one of the eight Chinese culinary specialties. Bean sauce, or Doubanjiang, is commonly referred to as "the soul of Sichuan cuisine." Doubanjiang is a spicy, salty paste made from fermented broad beans, soybeans, salt, rice, and various spices. The technique of producing doubanjiang was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Sichuan cuisine, including doubanjiang, is a reflection of the distinctive and profound local culture. Cooking skills related to Sichuan cuisine integrate the wisdom of local people, as an important part of Bashu culture along with the Sichuan dialect and opera. The cooking skills to produce Sichuan cuisine made it onto the list of China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2021. (Xinhua)

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IBM 'Millipede' fits 25 mil. pages on stamp-sized medium

NEW YORK, United States - Two photos show a new data storage medium developed by International Business Machines Corp. IBM said June 11 the storage medium is dense enough to fit 25 million printed textbook pages on a surface the size of a postage stamp, 20 times greater than the densest magnetic storage now available. Its research project code-named ''Millipede'' is like a nanotechnology version of old-fashioned punch-card data processing developed more than 110 years ago. However, Millipede media are rewriteable and may be able to store more than 3 billion bits of data in the space occupied by just one hole in a standard punch card, IBM said.

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Researchers show harmful microplastics collected from Tokyo Bay

Little bits of plastic, known as microplastics, collected from Tokyo Bay are shown by a research team of the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in this undated photo. Germany has taken the initiative, including at a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven economic powers it hosted on June 7-8, 2015, for global cooperation in removing such waste harmful to marine life. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo