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How Will Micro-Schools Affect Academics After the Pandemic? 

COVID-19 placed restrictions on the education system in the United States, causing some parents looking for an alternative to turn to micro-schools. What is this alternative solution for educational nourishment all about? What are micro-schools? Micro-schools, which educate K-12 children, are, as the name implies, very small schools that normally serve 10 to 15 students, ...

Ratul Saha

Elementary school teacher with students.

The Unintended Consequences of Saving a Beggar

In the time of the Qing Dynasty, east of the Yangtze River, there lived a man named Yuan Xujun. Xujun knew traditional Chinese medicine and decided to open a shop near the Guanhe River. There were many willow trees along the river, and one very tall group of willows provided a good amount of shade, ...

Tatiana Denning

A willow tree along a river at sunset.

What Qualities Determine the True Wealth of a Family?

A family home is where everyone’s life begins and is an inevitable destination for those born into this world. Traditionally, around the world, and in particular for Chinese people, a home is considered to be their secure fortress or a place of refuge.  In The Book of Rites, it states: “When fathers and sons are close and ...

Emma Lu

A family walking together holding hands.

HXMT Breaks Own Measurement Record for Strongest Magnetic Field in the Universe

Neutron stars have the strongest magnetic fields in the universe, and the only way to measure their surface magnetic field directly is to observe the cyclotron absorption lines in their X-ray energy spectra. The Insight-HXMT team has recently discovered a cyclotron absorption line with an energy of 146 keV in the neutron star X-ray binary ...

Troy Oakes

Machine Learning ‘Phones Home’ for Famous ‘Black Beauty’ Martian Meteorite

Using a multidisciplinary approach involving a machine learning algorithm, the new research – published in Nature Communications – identified the particular crater on Mars that ejected the so-called ‘Black Beauty’ meteorite, weighing 320 grams, and paired stones, which were first reported as being found in northern Africa in 2011. Black Beauty is the only brecciated Martian sample ...

Troy Oakes

Black Beauty meteorite.

Official Experiences Miracles After Helping a Framed Monk Obtain Justice

The framing of Monk Jingman In ancient China, under the reign of Queen Wu Zetian during the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 624-715), there lived a monk named Jingman who resided in Luquan Temple, Heng County. Monk Jingman was very upright, strictly followed the precepts of Buddhism, and conducted himself well.  However, other monks in the temple ...

Tatiana Denning

A monk sitting by a waterfall in meditation.

The Power of Music and How It Affects Listeners

The power of music is no doubt ubiquitous and far-reaching. It molds so many of life’s everyday experiences: An epic film would not be epic without its cinematic soundtrack, a party without dance music is unimaginable, and a run without an energetic playlist seems a lot more exhausting.  It has been demonstrated to affect everything, ...

Haidene Go

Young man and woman laying in the grass listening to music through headphones.

Human Bones Used for Making Pendants in the Stone Age

In the Stone Age, pendants with potent symbolism were made from animal teeth and bones, adorning clothes or accessories and serving as rattles. Human bones were also used as a raw material for pendants, as demonstrated by a study where burial finds dating back over 8,200 years were re-examined after 80 years. The finding is ...

Troy Oakes

Human skulls and bones.

Who Knew Fish Could Be So Smart? A New Study Shows They Can Calculate

Some animals, such as primates, have mathematical abilities. Even insects, specifically bees, can do math. But what about water-dwelling animals like fish? The answer to that is a wild yes!  Like how humans can tell the quantity of a small number of coins on a table at a glance, fish can similarly detect small amounts ...

Arianne Ayson

A school of electric yellow cichlid fish.

Nature Artist Rajput Gives Life to Paper Bird Sculptures

With her expert scissors, nature artist Niharika Rajput craftily and carefully cuts small pieces of paper into small parts for her paper sculptures. She thinks about even the smallest details when she makes these pieces. From kingfishers to minivets, Rajput is able to bring her paper birds into life.  Through her artistry, Rajput intends to ...

Mike West

Paper bird sculpture of a mother bird feeding hatchlings in a nest.