Science
Chinese astronauts return after 90-day mission to space station
Mission first of four with crew planned through 2022 as assembly continues
Science
COVID vaccines
Singapore SARS survivors yield hope for COVID super vaccine
Pfizer recipients found with 'highly potent' antibodies to respiratory viruses
Science
A room with a lunar view: Japan eyes remote construction on the moon
Private-sector companies handling R&D with public funding soon to be chosen
Climate Change
Asia faces future of fierce monsoons, UN climate panel says
Global warming to reach Paris accord cap within 20 years in best-case scenario
Science
Japan space center joins push to settle Mars and beyond
Kyoto University teams with private sector to research artificial gravity and other fields
Obituaries
Japanese Nobel laureate Toshihide Masukawa dies at 81
Predicted the existence of new quarks to explain the concept of broken symmetry
Science
Artificial rain eases Asia's droughts but heats up tensions
China advances drone tech, while India calls weather modification a threat
Science
Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and science
To promote 'wearable cyborgs' and 'flying cars,' government needs to deregulate
Climate Change
Unfrozen world: Arctic thaw becomes major source of global risk
From resource conflicts to reanimated microbes, threats emerge at top of the world
Politics
US government report offers no explanation for 143 UFO cases
Unclassified intelligence analysis inconclusive, but does not rule out aliens
Coronavirus
First COVID case could have hit China in October 2019: UK study
Researchers say new coronavirus started circulating before it surfaced in Wuhan
Obituaries
Nobel-winning chemist Ei-ichi Negishi dead at 85
Japanese scientist did pioneering work in organic compounds used in drugs and farming
Caixin
Chinese mRNA vaccine developer raises a record $200m
Fresh funds to finance clinical trials and production of vaccine candidate
Pharmaceuticals
FDA approves Biogen and Eisai's much-debated Alzheimer's drug
Decision likely to spark disagreements among physicians and patient groups
Coronavirus
Fauci urges China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers
Biden adviser calls for help on solving question of whether COVID 'leaked' from facility
Caixin
China's Genebox hypes a fresh breakthrough in home DNA testing
Chinese people's lack of interest in ancestral analysis may make the tech moot
COVID vaccines
WHO approves Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
Second Chinese vaccine gets green light as agency pushes for global access
Obituaries
Yuan Longping, rice researcher who helped feed China, dies at 90
Father of hybrid strains spent half a century fending off hunger
Science
China's Martian rover takes 1st drive on surface of Red Planet
Solar-powered Zhurong begins study of surface soil and atmosphere
