No thread is brighter than that connecting East and West. The exchange of ideas, trade, and philosophies has shaped our world ...

Harvard researchers traced the origins of the vast Indo-European language family to the Caucasus-Lower Volga region, identifying the ancestral population that gave rise to more than 400 languages, in ...

A viral turtle video sparked a global movement and inspired millions to join the fight against plastic waste. View on ...

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...

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Timber is typically straight and snakes famously not, so you can see the challenge that confronted Hiroshi Yamaguchi. The ...

A fresh flower bouquet is the most traditional Valentine’s Day gift, but that doesn’t mean it has to be boring. Inspired by ...

From effervescent cities to eye-opening culture, a cruise along Asia’s inimitable river provides a horizon-broadening getaway ...

Throughout history, China has maintained a deep connection with ice and snow. Beyond simply enduring the harsh cold winter ...

China’s box office records were smashed this week as animated blockbuster Nezha 2 became the highest-grossing film in the country’s history following its January 29 release. That a story taken ...

A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...