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As you've probably experienced firsthand, some mosquito species have a real taste for warm, human blood. So much so that if you raise them on it the lab, they'll accept no substitute. Fortunately, I don't get major reactions at all. Brad Main is a mo

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Venezuelan authorities are now conceding President Hugo Chavez is dealing with a severe lung infection. Ernesto Villegas is the Information Minister. After the delicate surgery of this past December 11, Comandante Chavez has faced complications as a

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China's first female astronauts could be sent into space on Shenzhou 10, which is scheduled to be launched in the coming two years. CRI's Shuangfeng files this report from Jiuquan. It has been 48 years since the first female astronaut in the world, V

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Lung patients get singing therapy

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Dating back as far as the early Qing Dynasty, Lanzhou Guzi, the local ballad of Lanzhou, the capital of northwest China's Gansu province, has been passed on from mouth to mouth for about 400 years. Going through ups and downs, this art form has survi

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The place to meet Jana Danica is at the Lanzhou University library. Jana has been studying Chinese for 6 and half years, and earned a bachelor's degree in sinology. For the last 2 and half years she's been working on an environmental law program taug

China's Shenzhou 10 Spacecraft Ready to Launch

The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft has been transferred to its launch pad in northwestern China in preparation for its launch later on this month. CRI's Su Yi has the details. Both the ship and its Long-March 2-F rocket have been moved to the Jiuquan Satelli

U.S. researchers discover human lung stem cell

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