Inventions occasionally paint a very different ... Dating back to 2,000 years ago in ancient China, the Houfeng Didong Yi, a seismoscope, was the first earthquake detection device recorded in ...

In a small village in southwest China's Yunnan Province, a crystal-clear stream has for generations been more than just ...

As with many ancient inventions, the origins of the gun are uncertain, however, it's mostly likely they were invented in ...

In ancient China, although Taoist empirical mysticism ... rationalism had been the chief progressive force in society. While inventions and technological discoveries such as gunpowder, paper ...

China's Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean — What makes Mars the 'Red' Planet? Scientists have some new ideas ...

[Photo/Xinhua] Xinjiang was known as Xiyu, or the Western Regions, in ancient China. Following its unification during the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1735-96) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the ...

Calligraphy was once China’s highest art form—then the Communist Party tried to erase it. Now, under Xi Jinping, it’s making a comeback. At Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, a rare copy of the ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.

William Dalrymple's how India was a major trading partner of the Roman Empire Trade was primarily conducted through sea routes rather than the Silk Road Hundreds of vessels arrived in India each ...

Officials in conservative communities in the United States have been removing books from schools and libraries, to the outrage and dismay of liberal-minded Americans. This process has reportedly ...

It implies respect for his fellow-members, and also respect for the community as such.” In ancient China, the land ethic was focused centrally, if not exclusively, on maximising agricultural ...

Ancient India developed the decimal system and the concept of zero, transforming mathematics. India produced Wootz steel, renowned for its strength and unique pattern, influencing global steel ...