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The bionic aircraft independently developed by a research team at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China hit new Guinness World Records, according to the university's website.
"Yun Xiao," a flapping robot bird independently developed by Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in northwest China, was capable of flying for upmost 123 minutes continuously at one time, which was confirmed by a professional institute, said the university on Wednesday.
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Updated July 9, 2021 at 2:44 PM ET
It s a good day to be a giant panda. Chinese conservation officials have announced that they no longer consider giant pandas in China an endangered species.
Their status has been updated to vulnerable, Cui Shuhong from China s Ministry of Ecology and Environment said Wednesday, China s state-run news agency Xinhua reports.
There are now 1,800 giant pandas living in the wild, a number that officials credit to the country s devotion to maintaining nature reserves and other conservation initiatives in recent years. As a result, other species have also flourished: Siberian tigers, Asian elephants, and crested ibises have all seen a gradual increase in population numbers, according to the outlet.
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