technologyBe Cooler: Air Conditioners Are Overdue For An Update
Air conditioners are increasingly part of our warming world yet energy-hungry A/C technology has barely changed…
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animalsPickup Pup: Chinese Dog Is A Litter Retriever
A Golden Retriever dog from China is more than the pick of the litter: over the years he's picked thousands of…
artArtist Bakes 100 Days Of Beijing Smog Into A Brick
For 100 days an avant garde artist rolled a running shop vacuum through Beijing's smog shrouded streets, ending up…
environmentSo Weddings In Antarctica Are A Thing Now
Tuxedos: not just for penguins anymore! The recent popularity of Chinese weddings in Antarctica is garnering a…
artSweet Street: China’s Colorful Candy Road Mosaic
China wants roads with good taste that also taste good, prompting a team of artists to meet the challenge with a…
DIYNailed It! Carpenter Crafts Wooden Electric Cars
A self-taught Chinese carpenter had so much fun building (and driving) an electric car out of wood he built a…
travelChina’s Corn Farmers Impound The Pavement
Chinese farmers whose land was snatched by highway developers are making the best of the situation... by blocking…
Art & DesignCat on a Beijing Roof: Houses for Strays Mount Onto Roof Tiles
Hundreds of thousands of stray cats call Beijing home, and while there’s a pressing need to sterilize as many as…
travelChairmen Meow: Stray Cats Of Beijing’s Forbidden City
Though much has changed in China, stray and semi-feral cats continue to live comfortably within the restricted…
bizarreVegetarian Nightmares: 7 Gross Edible Wonders of the World
Waste not, want not, right? That seems to be the reason people started eating things like eyeballs, century-old…
natureRare Brown Pandas Warm A Black & White World
China's famous Giant Pandas are always black & white, right? Wrong! A rare genetic mutation can result in…
architectureShimmering Greenhouse Inspired by Crystal Formations
A stunning greenhouse complex shimmers on the hillside in Xi’an, China, with a faceted glass shell inspired by…
environmentExTree Makeover: Wang Yue’s Amazing Tree Hole Paintings
Chinese art student Wang Yue has added life (of the wild and still varieties) to the scarred, leafless trees and…
naturePanda Bear Necessities: 8 Brash Bamboozling Pandas!
Our affection for Pandas goes beyond their cute black & white patterned coats and generally pacific personalities.…
environmentFace-Kini: Savvy, Scary Skin-Saving Suit Makes a Splash
Meet the Face-Kini, a head-to-toe beach balaclava worn by Chinese swimmers that's made a major splash across the…
Art & DesignGreen China: 13 Examples of Innovative Eco Architecture
The notorious smog of Beijing and other pollution problems tend to obscure outsiders’ vision of China as a…
Nature & EcosystemsAmazing Sights of East Asia: 14 Natural Wonders
In the west, we tend to associate China with the chaotic, smog-filled streets of Beijing, but this vast East Asian…
Art & Design1200 Bicycles Create Cavern at Taipei Art Museum
A crystalline sculpture of 1200 suspended bicycles stretches from floor to ceiling at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum,…
Nature & EcosystemsImpossible Pillars: Another Natural Wonder of the World
Seeming to defy the laws of gravity, teetering, spindly mountains tower into the air in a surreal display…
environmentChina’s Sea Of Green Algae Has Beachgoers Seeing Red
Summer's arrived and China's green menace has returned along with it... we kudzu not! The massive bloom of…
