An emerging trend among young Chinese students, with some as young as four, is studying traditional Chinese culture, including Confucianism and Chinese calligraphy, instead of learning more Western activities.
The Chinese government’s latest efforts to curb the poor behavior of Chinese tourists are being questioned by the public as the week-long National Day holiday drew to a close. Despite the new blacklist regulation, holidaymakers remain ill-mannered, according to reports and social media.
Svetlana Alexievich, the Belarusian writer has won the Nobel Prize for literature 2015.
A popular, long-held theory is that the feeling of ecstasy and relaxation that a runner has after an intense exercise session (runner's high) results from "happy" chemicals known as endogenous morphine or endorphins. However, a new study with lab mice implies that the runners' feel-good phenomenon could be the result of chemical compounds called endocannabinoids, which create the "high" caused by marijuana's -tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Tus-Holdings, an affiliate of China’s semiconductor giant Tsinghua Holdings Co., has partnered with the city government of Fuzhou in southeast China’s Fujian Province to build a science park worth 17 billion yuan ($2.7 billion), the Want China Times newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Public discussions about loneliness have been sparked by a new trend started by a woman offering to send "goodnight" messages to strangers for 1 yuan ($0.16) per message.
For individuals who have embraced the path to healthy eating, one superfood that packs a wallop is avocado. A recent study by the Journal of American Heart Association, an avocado a day can reduce bad cholesterol.
A collaborative oil painting entitled "Paradise" made by Jack Ma and Zeng Fanzhi has been sold in an auction at the Sotheby's Hong Kong branch. The artwork sold for HK$36 million ($4.6 million).
A new study showed that sexual activity triggers physiological changes in the woman's body including her immune system, which in turn boosts her chance of fertility even when it is outside the ovulation period. The finding could influence recommendations for couples wanting to make a baby, to have more sex and lots of copulation if they want the woman to become pregnant after sexual intercourse.
Modern technologies such as smartphones and tablet computers may have contributed to the development of language learning in this day and age, but most people still prefer tried and tested means.
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar.
A new study revealed that face-to-face human interaction functions like vitamins and minerals for people's emotional health. It examined how regular social contact affected people's emotions and reduced the symptoms and risks of depression.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics on Oct. 6.
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 on Oct. 6.
A new study shows that millions of Americans who do 30-minute workouts a day to meet the moderate-intensity exercise recommended by the American Heart Association's (AHA) experts for a healthy heart might not be physically active enough. The research discovered that a half-hour daily session only provided modest decreases in risk of heart failure, but two hours of exercise a day produced a 35 percent plummet.
