There's this scientific problem called the Theory of Everything. Its aim is to connect every single scientific theory that the human race's collective knowledge has developed. It's a problem because it hasn't been established yet.

Interestingly, we might be one step closer to solving it as scientists developed a way to simulate the cosmos inside a test tube the size of a finger. The full details after the jump!

China now has enough technology, material, and economic strength to put a man on space by 2024, says deputy chief architect of China's lunar probing project Long Lehao.

It seems like the efforts of China's ambitious space exploration, set for 2017, is just the third of the four steps that will eventually lead to the country's putting a man on space. The first stage was already realized when China sent Shenzou IV to orbit the Earth. The second stage will take place from 2009 to 2015 and will see China's first space walk.

China is gearing at the possibility of mining the moon for its Helium-3, which has great potential as a non-polluting fuel source. Although currently, there is still no technology to exploit Helium-3, it is still being eyed for its value as a replacement for oil and gas.

China will be sending an unmanned probe to orbit the moon and survey its surface next year.