The astronomical records of imperial China are some of the most comprehensive archives in the history of science, spanning ...

While the moon once had a weak magnetic field generated by a small molten core, the team's research suggests it likely wouldn ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] A batch of ancient Chinese silk manuscript fragments, believed to be older than the Dead Sea Scrolls, are returning to China after a handover ceremony at the US ...

To track the species' decline, researchers have turned to an unusual source— ancient Chinese poetry. Researchers analyzed 724 ancient Chinese poems that referenced the Yangtze porpoise.

May commences by debunking some of the magnetic compass’s claimed ancestry, especially in Ancient China. The first true record of a Chinese compass was around 1100 AD, about the same time as it was ...

A creature once revered in ancient Chinese folklore and immortalized in poetry for its playful spirit and perpetual smile is now swimming against extinction. The Yangtze finless porpoise—Asia ...

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise Almost 300 ...

In an attempt to document the legacy of this legendary species and determine why its population levels have so drastically decreased, a new scientific analysis focuses entirely on the porpoise’s ...

"From the ancient Chinese magnetic compass called Sinan to the modern Beidou Satellite Navigation System, our innovations have transformed the mythical abilities of gods into tangible reality," Jiang ...

In ancient China, although Taoist empirical mysticism ... paper, printing, the magnetic compass and efficient animal harness, which changed the course of civilization, were made in China, modern ...

A perfectly preserved ancient ... the Earth’s magnetic field we’d have a pretty hard time living on the planet. Beyond helping us simply navigate around the world with a compass, the Earth ...