As missions like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, TESS, and Kepler continue to provide insights into the properties of exoplanets (planets around other stars), scientists are increasingly able to piece together what these planets look like, what they are made of, and if they could be habitable or even inhabited. In a new study published recently in The Planetary Science Journal, a ...
At the heart of this era-hopping, original, and ultimately satisfying book is the journey of one good man who learns what is truly worth fighting for. Book of Bravery, by Australian author James Burke, plays out this adventuresome story over a two millennia stretch of history. In each of its 14 chapters, we start with ...
Known for its rich collection of nearly 700,000 antiquities spanning about 7,000 years from the Neolithic to modern times, the National Palace Museum (NPM) located in northern Taiwan’s Taipei City is one of the largest and best museums in the world. To balance cultural resources between the north and the south, as well as enhance ...
When we talk about Chinese traditional culture, some of the things that come to mind are the philosophical and ethical teachings of Confucius and the Daoists, the colorful clothing, and the close-knit communities whose members take care of each other. But communist rule has completely wiped out any trace of such culture from the large ...
Fashion trends can sometimes be bizarre, bordering on ridiculousness. A weird trend spread across China in 2015 when people began sporting plastic decorations in the shape of plants, vegetables, and fruits on their heads. While the fad seems to have died down now, this bizarre “plant fashion” remains one of the weirdest in China’s recent ...
When paleontologists digging in a quarry in southwestern China uncovered the nearly complete skeleton of a giant, dolphin-like marine reptile known as an ichthyosaur, they didn’t expect to find another fossil in its stomach. This second skeleton belonged to a four-meter-long, lizard-like aquatic reptile known as a thalattosaur and is one of the longest fossils ...
Many of the modern developments have been made possible by minerals that are essential to electronics, construction, and so on. But many minerals are extremely toxic and can easily kill people. 6 of the most deadly minerals found on Earth 1. Crocidolite Many experts consider crocidolite as the single most dangerous and deadly mineral in ...
In China, September 10 is celebrated as Teacher’s Day. This should be a celebration of teaching as a noble profession. However, Teacher’s Day in China has unfortunately descended into a greed-driven event where parents give their kid’s teachers expensive gifts in hopes that they will treat their children with special care, something that many people ...
Nestled in the countryside near the Zengwen Reservoir in Nanxi District in southern Taiwan’s Tainan City is a magnificent garden affiliated with a Buddhist temple, Dazhishan Xuankong Temple. With a breathtaking garden, the temple ranked first among the 100 most beautiful religious sites in Taiwan in an online poll conducted by the Ministry of Interior ...
From ancient times to the present day, many people, including emperors, generals, and ordinary people, have liked to eat corn. It has a high nutritional value and can help prevent coronary heart disease, obesity, and gallstones. The nutritional value According to historical records, Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty was hungry when he was away ...
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