When we mere humans are standing outside bundled from head to toe and wincing in the wind, it may seem amazing — even troublesome — that the woodland creatures around us can bear the cold all day without so much as a pair of mittens. But one doesn’t need to worry about how they’re faring, even in ...
Back in 2014, NASA awarded both Boeing and SpaceX contracts to develop commercial crew transportation systems; the eventual initial missions under these contracts will involve trips to the International Space Station (ISS). In contrast, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin have solid plans to cash in on human space travel by ferrying tourists to the frontier ...
I have groaned aloud deploring the state of modern chowder making. Being from coastal Maine, I know of what I speak and have appealed to anyone who still knows how to make a proper chowder that they seize the moment with the next susceptible young person they meet up with and teach the art before ...
Thirty years of marriage to a Shanghainese-born wife has taught me a few lessons about her culture. One of them is that bargaining in China is a national pastime. Thus, I had to learn how to bargain like a native in China. There’s lots of shopping to do in China, but it’s important to be ...
Apple confirmed that its iCloud data services in mainland China will be operated by a Chinese company in February 2018. The tech giant is complying with Chinese cybersecurity rules, introduced in July last year, which include a requirement for companies to store all data within China. The firm, Guizhou on the Cloud Big Data (GCBD), ...
China has announced a 10-year visa for “high-end talent” meant to encourage specialists such as top scientists and entrepreneurs in technology-intensive sectors to live and work in China. Under the new rules announced by the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs, foreign applicants who qualify as high-end talent will be issued a 5- or 10-year ...
A climber famous for scaling skyscrapers without any safety equipment, Wu Yongning, has died after falling from a 62-story building in the city of Changsha, China. The 26-year-old daredevil fell on November 8, but his girlfriend only recently confirmed his death. Sometimes referred to as “Chinese Superman,” Wu Yongning had amassed a considerable following on ...
When you put out the recycling bin, do you stop to think about where your waste ends up? Would you be surprised to learn the answer, in most cases, is China? But now, China’s recycling ban threatens the entire recycling industry. For decades, shipping containers have been loaded with recyclable material and dispatched to China ...
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