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May You Stay Forever Young

May You Stay Forever Young

Other Sciences / Other

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Before plastic surgery and botox, an ancient culture had a different way of dealing with the quest for eternal youth. Why not simply live forever? In medieval China, third century B.C., people believed it ...





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Surprising find: Medieval China was religious melting pot

Surprising find: Medieval China was religious melting pot

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it has gained a reputation for being closed off to the outside world, new research shows China has a long history of multiculturalism that extends back to the dynastic era.


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Taiwan, China may develop electric cars together

Technology / Energy

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taiwan and China are looking into developing electric cars together and will hold a conference here next week to seek areas where they can cooperate, a Taipei official said Monday.


China Unicom eyes one million China 3G subscribers per month

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile operator China Unicom said Tuesday it aimed to boost the number of its 3G mobile phone subscribers in China by one million per month, following its launch of Apple's iPhone there.


Past regional cold and warm periods linked to natural climate drivers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (19) | comments 28

Intervals of regional warmth and cold in the past are linked to the El Niño phenomenon and the so-called "North Atlantic Oscillation" in the Northern hemisphere's jet stream, according to a team of climate scientists. These ...


China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally alongside content deemed to be unhealthy

China launches crackdown on online gaming

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally and featuring content deemed to be unhealthy, state media reported Friday, in the nation's latest Internet clean-up effort.


Dry spells spelled trouble in ancient China: Weakening of summer monsoons to blame

Dry spells spelled trouble in ancient China: Weakening of summer monsoons to blame

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chinese history is replete with the rise and fall of dynasties, but researchers now have identified a natural phenomenon that may have been the last straw for some of them: a weakening of ...


Apple's partner sells 5,000 iPhones in China debut

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s local partner has sold 5,000 iPhones since the smart phone's formal weekend debut in China, a lackluster start after analysts warned the company might be setting prices too high.


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SKorea to plant trees in China to reduce 'yellow dust'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Seoul city government will help fund a tree-planting project in a Chinese desert to reduce the amount of harmful "yellow dust" blowing over South Korea, officials said Wednesday.


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Nokia launches Chinese TD-SCDMA device - the Nokia 6788

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia today announced the Nokia 6788, its first device for TD-SCDMA - China's domestic 3G standard, at an event in Beijing. Chinese


Wind power turbines in Dali, in China's southwestern Yunnan province

China to become 'global leader in green tech'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 6

China can become the world's top exporter of "green technology" if it carries out crucial energy and ecological reforms, leading environmental campaigners said here Saturday.



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