Topic: Science — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-25 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Theoretical breakthrough shows that time’s arrow can emerge naturally from how quantum parts become interconnected
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[2025-12-25 00:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: В 2025 году приблизительно 70% айфонов поступили в России по серым схемам - без уплаты налогов и таможенных сборов, сообщило во вторник, 24 декабря издание "Известия". По оценке аналитиков из Mobile Research Group, до начала полномасштабного вторжения в Украину и последовавшего за ним ухода Apple с российского рынка, доля серых поставок не превышала 10%.
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[2025-12-25 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From Beijing accusing Washington of violating international law to a study on animal fats, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage
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[2025-12-25 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Beijing-based AI-for-Science firm said the Series C round would fund hiring and R&D, as interest grows in using AI to speed up scientific discovery
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[2025-12-24 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia plans to launch a power station on the Moon within a decade, space agency Roscosmos has announced, saying it has signed a contract with NPO Lavochkin, the country’s lead developer of deep-space and planetary missions, to carry out work through 2036 on the project.
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[2025-12-24 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the LVM3-M6 mission today (24), delivering the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into orbit.
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[2025-12-24 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a world-leading statistician to a mathematics luminary, here are some experts who made the move
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[2025-12-24 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Long-held beliefs about animal fats being unhealthy are challenged as scientists discover consumption at moderate levels can have benefits
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[2025-12-24 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Emperor Hirohito should be held accountable, according to scholars who say the wartime ruler was shielded from prosecution by US policy
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[2025-12-24 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In a significant move to accelerate technological innovation in Sri Lanka, Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s #1 connectivity provider and the Dialog-University of Moratuwa (UoM) Research Lab, has announced the release of SinhalaVITS, a state-of-the-art, open-source Text-to-Speech (TTS) model for the Sinhala language.
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[2025-12-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Russia has accused NATO of involvement in the preparation of cyberattacks carried out by Ukraine against Russia. NATO held in December major joint exercises Cyber Coalition 2025 in Estonian city of Tallinn, during which they worked out promising ways to launch cyber strikes against critical infrastructure, communications networks and space systems of a potential rival, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova drew attention to the work of the NATO Cyber Security Centre in Tallinn, which “over the past decades has
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[2025-12-23 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The presentation of certificates and the signing of the associated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the allocation of funds to nine projects selected from proposals submitted during the first three months of this year under the National Initiative for the Commercialisation of Research and Development (NIRDC), was held yesterday (22), at the Presidential Secretariat.
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[2025-12-23 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Legislation proposes expanding administrative permission system beyond scientific expeditions to include tourism, shipping and fishing
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[2025-12-23 13:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese state-owned and commercial developers are racing to catch up on a decade of the technology’s deployment
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[2025-12-23 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Hatton-Dickoya Urban Council (UC) Chairman Asoka Karunarathna has taken steps to inform the public to immediately halt all construction activities being carried out within the Urban Council limits without the recommendations of the Council and the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) after Cyclone Ditwah. The Chairman stated that steps have been taken to stop construction in the Hatton-Dickoya Urban Council limits because some people are constructing buildings with the cooperation of some officials of the Urban Council sans obtaining approval
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[2025-12-23 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bids invited for the development, operation, management and maintenance of The Pier in Hung Hom for about three years
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[2025-12-23 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Demonstration at cybersecurity event highlights a flaw that could turn one robot into a ‘Trojan horse’ that can seize control of others
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[2025-12-22 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police say staff member from Mong Kok East MTR station reported discovery of six workers collapsed on floor
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[2025-12-22 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: हरिनी कपूर पिछले एक साल से 'वीमेन एंड विल्डरनेस' ग्रुप के साथ जुड़ी हैं. यह महिलाओं का एक समूह है, जो दिल्ली के जंगल, पहाड़ और प्रकृति को देखने और जानने का मौका देता है. किसी भी उम्र की महिलाएं और नॉन-बाइनरी लोग इसका हिस्सा बन सकते हैं.
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[2025-12-22 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stretch of Qin Straight Road reveals sophisticated construction techniques including rammed-earth slope reinforcements and filled valleys
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[2025-12-22 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: There is no doubt that online activities play an important role in most forms of terrorism. Research has documented how terrorist organizations and extremist groups have kept pace with technological development. To the extent that the Internet permeates all aspects of our daily lives, it is also an integral part of the propagation of extremist ideologies and resulting operations.
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[2025-12-22 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) Kandy District Chief Geologist Samantha Bogahapitiya stated that an instability has been observed in the slopes along Rajapihilla Mawatha, located above Mahamaya Girls’ College in Kandy, and that further studies are required on the matter.
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[2025-12-21 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: German engineer Michaela Benthaus on Saturday became the first person with paraplegia to travel to space.
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[2025-12-21 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China is catching up fast in mRNA-related fundamental research and technological development, Hu says
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[2025-12-21 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Horse oil is said to intensely hydrate skin, fortify hair, and diminish the appearance of wrinkles, but research is lacking on such claims
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[2025-12-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Excavations at the Doushan site near Wuxi suggest water may have spurred the development of the oldest centres in the area
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[2025-12-21 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese military supplier solves tech snag to boost manufacturing levels, while American counterpart ceases operations due to financial loss
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[2025-12-21 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: German engineer Michaela Benthaus on Saturday became the first person with paraplegia to travel to space.
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[2025-12-21 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Michaela Benthaus had thought her dreams of being an astronaut were over after she was badly injured in a mountain bike accident
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[2025-12-20 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Food delivery, drone control and ride-hailing apps paralysed during satellite navigation blackout in city of nearly 10 million
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[2025-12-20 18:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: "We have to turn away women and families almost every day," says Navina Reichardt, social worker with a women's shelter in the western city of Bonn. "Not because they don't need protection, but because we don't have any more space," she told DW.
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[2025-12-20 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: USC chemistry professor is awarded one of Russia’s top science honours, topping competition from 40 countries
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[2025-12-20 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Minister, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasooriya said in Parliament yesterday that 1,382 schools across the country have been directly affected by the Cyclone Ditwah and many of these schools would be rebuilt or relocated after assessments by the National Building Research Organization (NBRO).
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[2025-12-20 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From China’s discovery of Asia’s largest undersea gold deposit to TikTok’s deal on a new US venture, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage
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[2025-12-19 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Strike radius of Chinese drone programme capable of carrying deadly military weapons doubled to reach Washington, New York and Miami
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[2025-12-19 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Breakthrough could shake-up global tech markets with nations able to run their own grids and break away from US dominance
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[2025-12-19 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump calls for moon landing in 2028, lunar base thereafter, as China targets the end of the decade for its first crewed landing
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[2025-12-19 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has reported that the Udadumbara area in the Kandy district has received over 200 mm of rainfall, raising serious concerns over landslide risks in the region.
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[2025-12-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Huge advancement allows paralysed man to work, order takeaway delivery via robotic dogs and control smart wheelchairs with his thoughts
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[2025-12-18 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Diplomatic war of words continues with PLA Daily articles targeting Tokyo’s defence and intelligence plans
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[2025-12-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manus 1.5, launched in October, boasts improvements in speed and reliability across research and web development tasks
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[2025-12-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Consciousness expert Steven Laureys has taken on a role at Hangzhou Normal University amid ‘challenging times’ for science in the US
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Deputy Defence Minister, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), inaugurated the renovated Children’s park and Sensory Garden at the ‘Senehasa Education, Resource, Research and Information Centre’ (SERRIC) today (December 17).
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[2025-12-17 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After a five-year absence, the UK returns to the EU study abroad scheme, with 100,000 people estimated to benefit in the first year alone
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[2025-12-17 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: For the first time since 2018, two EU Galileo satellites were launched into space on board a European rocket.
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[2025-12-17 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a fresh water production breakthrough to a promising Parkinson’s treatment, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting
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[2025-12-17 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City leader John Lee meets university’s party secretary on final day of duty visit to Beijing and shares plans to accelerate project’s development
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[2025-12-17 17:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police are seeking a suspect who murdered Nuno Loureiro, the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Centre
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[2025-12-17 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mast cell platform can expand to carry other payloads, such as molecules, viruses, proteins and drug-loaded nanoparticles
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[2025-12-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Senior biologist Zhang Hong, a member of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences, fears genuine innovation may be at risk
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