State Grid Dongying Power Supply Company: Rice field painting shows a ‘harvest’ scenery of rural revitalization
On September 20th, walking into the rice field painting scenic area of Yong'an Town, in the Kenli District of Dongying City, Shandong Province, the theme of "rural revitalization, agricultural power"…
Egyptian tourist guide witnesses thriving cultural exchange between China and Egypt under the BRI
Throughout this year, several high-ranking Chinese officials have led delegations to visit Egypt, reaching a high degree of consensus on strengthening bilateral cultural exchange and promoting tourism cooperation. They have…
New archaeology era for shipwrecks discovered in South China Sea
China's manned submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep-sea Warrior) placed underwater permanent survey markers at the core areas of two Ming Dynasty-era sunken ships in the South China Sea after conducting preliminary search and…
These beetles use surface tension to water-ski
Waterlily beetles (Galerucella nymphaeae) literally fly across water, high speed videography and a bit of mathematical modeling reveals. The beetles have a combination of hydrophobic hairs that line their legs…
Ancient Assyrians buried their dead with turtles
Ancient Assyrians sent their dead to the afterlife with fearsome companions: turtles. Excavations of a burial pit in southeastern Turkey revealed skeletons of a woman and a child, plus 21…
A weasel has shut down the Large Hadron Collider
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is in standby mode after a 66-kilovolt/18-kilovolt electrical transformer suffered a short circuit April 29 at 5:30 a.m. Central European Time. The culprit: A small wild…
Heartburn drugs can damage cells that line blood vessels
A popular type of heartburn medicine could hasten wear and tear of blood vessels. Proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, gunk up cells that typically line the veins and arteries like…
Hornbills join toucans in the cool beak club
In the scorching heat of the Kalahari Desert, some birds still manage to keep their cool. Thermal imaging reveals that the southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) vents heat from its…
Bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic appears in U.S.
A last-ditch weapon against drug-resistant bacteria has met its match in Pennsylvania. A 49-year-old woman has tested positive for a strain of Escherichia coli resistant to the antibiotic colistin, researchers…
Earth has a tiny tagalong, and no, it’s not a moon
QuasisatelliteKWAH-zee-SAT-ah-lite n.A body that orbits the sun and appears to orbit Earth. Asteroid 2016 HO3 appears to orbit Earth, but that’s just an illusion. As the space rock loops around…