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 ...

Solar and lunar eclipses have fascinated and frightened people for centuries. Long before modern science explained these celestial events, ancient cultures saw them as powerful omens and signs ...

The aesthetic conception in traditional Chinese painting is an essential concept in ancient Chinese aesthetic thought and serves as the supreme aesthetic criterion pursued in classic painting creation ...

The new gyroscope comprises hollow air-core fibers instead of solid ones which makes it better suited for harsh environments.

[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 ...

Robinson, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, during a handover ceremony of the ancient Zidanku Silk Manuscripts from the Warring States period at the Chinese Embassy in the ...

It is of foundational significance for the study of ancient Chinese script and literature, as well as for the history of Chinese scholarship and thought. The repatriation of Wuxing Ling and Gongshou ...

Scientists discovered ancient tombs in Toksun County, Xinjiang, China. Credit: jt Guan / CC BY 3.0 Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of ancient Qin and Han tombs in Toksun County near the city ...

The couple’s remains were wrapped in jade burial suits now regarded as some of China’s greatest national ... that the tomb was indeed an ancient burial chamber. Excitement mounted when they ...

While humans rely on compasses and GPS for navigation, certain birds possess an internal magnetic compass that guides them across continents with astonishing precision. European robins, in particular, ...