Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Chinese scientists have begun drilling a 10,000-meter (32,808 feet) hole into the Earth’s crust, as the world’s ...

China has begun drilling a hole over 10,000 meters (32,808 feet) deep into the Earth's crust. The project will provide data on the Earth's internal structure. Chinese President Xi Jinping named deep ...

Chinese companies have launched a new ultradeep drilling campaign in the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China, hoping to unlock more oil and gas resources from deep underground. The drilling campaign, ...

Forget digging a hole to China — now China’s the one digging the really deep holes. The Asian nation has begun drilling a more than 32,800-foot-deep hole into the Earth’s crust as part of a so-called ...

Chinese scientists have begun drilling a 10,000-meter (32,808 feet) hole into the Earth’s crust, as the world’s second largest economy explores new frontiers above and below the planet’s surface.