Body odor can be an embarrassing problem. This unpleasant smell comes from a mixture of sweat and bacteria. Sweat should have little odor. However, bacteria on the skin causes perspiration to smell sour. Our bodies perspire to lower the body temperature and keep us cool. We sweat more during hot weather, when we exercise, and […]
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Imagine raucous, ear piercing chatter and laughter in popular restaurants and festive parties. Imagine the sounds being captured and converted into electricity. High school student James Louis de Luna has managed to do just that, harnessing enough sound to power a machine called “Sumobot.” His ingenuity won for the Philippines a silver medal in the […]
More than 30 relics from China’s oldest stone arch bridge have been repaired, the first time such work has been undertaken. The items are mostly sections of the bridge guardrail of the Zhaozhou Bridge (趙州橋). Also known as Anji Bridge (安濟橋), it stands over the Xiaohe River in Zhaoxian county, north China’s Hebei province. Built […]
India-China Yoga College, China’s first yoga college, has opened enrollment for its new master’s program, said Lu Fang, deputy dean on India-China Yoga College. Students can now sign up for the three-year program, with the first two years to be taken in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan province. The final year will be completed […]
Tai Chi (太極拳), a traditional Chinese practice which involves slow and gentle movements, may help heart disease patients who decline traditional cardiac rehabilitation, a study has found. The study, conducted at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, involved eight women and 21 men, whose average age was 67.9 years. Researchers found that for the 29 […]
More than 80,000 pieces of stones and bricks have been restored to Beijing’s Yuanmingyuan (圓明園), known as the Old Summer Palace, Beijing Morning News reported recently. Used as a royal garden during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the palace park was also known for its exquisite architecture and many works of art. Unfortunately, it was destroyed, […]
Chen Yiwen (陳義文), who just celebrated his 88th birthday, is the lone surviving artist possessing a high artistic attainment in wood engraving painting in Hubei province. Chen is a national-level inheritor of Laohekou wood engraving New Year painting (老河口木版年畫雕刻), which originated in the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and thrived during the Qianlong period […]
An ancient bronze drum with cloud and thunder patterns may be the largest found in world archaeological history. It was found in Beiliu City in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Its diameter measures 165 centimeters and weighs about 300 kilograms. It is on display at the Anthropology Museum of Guangxi in Nanning City, Guangxi’s capital. Artifacts […]
Inhabitants in this isolated pocket of northwest China may not have heard of the women’s liberation movement that took Western society by storm in the 1960s. But perhaps they do not need to. In a reversal of traditional Chinese roles between genders, women in Kangxian county, Gansu province have traditionally been dominant, with husbands assuming […]