New Scientific Frontiers

Though nicknamed “the world’s factory” due to its manufacturing capacity, China has progressed steadily in scientific and technological development in recent decades by investing heavily in fundamental research. This year, such endeavor has borne fruit in many fields including space exploration and oceanography. How these achievements will eventually affect human life remains an open question. But, they will certainly contribute to efforts aimed at making our world a better place. The following recaps some of this year’s notable developments: