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WILKES-BARRE – For the first time in nearly 13 years, the city hosts The Wilkes-Barre Cavalcade of Jazz throughout multiple venues the weekend of Friday, May 3. ....
WILKES-BARRE – For the first time in nearly 13 years, the city hosts The Wilkes-Barre Cavalcade of Jazz throughout multiple venues the weekend of May 3 through… ....
Tea has been an integral part of Bangladeshi life for long. From breakfast to evening chat, tea is a favorite drink to serve. Besides Bangladesh, tea is among the most popular drinks in countries like India, China, Japan and the United Kingdom. During British colonial rule, the first tea production in Bangladesh started in 1840 […] ....
<p><strong>The genome of a sea cucumber, collected at a depth of 2400 m during a submarine trip to a hydrothermal vent, sheds light on genetic features that help marine animals to survive in extreme conditions. </strong>Hydrothermal vents are an unlikely environment for animals to flourish, characterized by rapid changes in temperature and a challenging chemistry: acidic pH, rich in sulfur and methane. Not to mention the high hydrostatic pressure and the darkness of the deep sea. A team of scientists at the Sanya Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (China) now sequenced the full genome of a particularly unusual habitant of the hydrothermal vent environment: the sea cucumber <em>Chiridota heheva</em>. The research has been published in the Open Science journal <em>GigaScience.</em></p> ....
Xi Jinping’s Boao Forum speech this week revealed a surprisingly status quo orientation to the international order. Journalists watch on screen as China’s President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia on 20 April (STR/AFP via Getty Images) Published 22 Apr 2021 13:00 0 Comments
As China’s economic revival has given the country a global weight commensurate with its demographic scale, the choices it makes are crucial for regional and indeed global prosperity and peace. After the 1997 Asian financial crisis, for instance, the People’s Republic of China opted not to devalue its currency to take advantage of the weaknesses of those affected, buying significant goodwill among its neighbours. Yet its more recent decision to create nearly 3000 acres of reclaimed land in the disputed waters of the South China Sea and pl ....