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Through the Eyes of Dogs; Humans in Our Realm

For them, our history started approximately 30,000 years ago… In an era where the world was cold, hard to manoeuvre and food even harder to come by. It also didn’t help that at the same time humans were rapidly...

You Share the Same Home; But Do You also Look Like Each Other?

They are good for us, apparently. From the immune system to the health benefits to the souls, animals make us lead happier lives, or so the research goes.  显然,它们对我们有好处。 研究表明,从免疫系统到灵魂的健康益处,动物让我们过上更幸福的生活。 One Harvard study boldly claims that “pet owners are less likely...

The Muller Test; Your Cat is Now a Threat to National Security 

Mrs. Cartwright fed her cats taco meat on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, the cats preferred a fish of some kind; salmon during the winter, lemon glazed flounder during the summer. She long ago discovered her two cats’ preferences and consistently...

Ordering Food in China 4 Non Chinese Speakers

Saying that food delivery in China has boomed is a colossal understatement. Over the last decade the size of its market has grown nearly 40 fold. While COVID was responsible for a lot of that, we haven’t transitioned away...

New York vs. Nanjing; So Who’s More Convenient Now?

With the rapid advancement of technology in the past few decades, more specifically the advancements made in AI machine learning, a fear has crept into people’s minds. Will AI one day replace us? Will the jobs of humans be...

Lazy Girl or Bird of Prey? Lives of Convenience

“The convenience of the high trees” “高树的便利” Convenience is a hot topic in China. There is much talk of the convenience of life here, all of us app-tapping our way to easy food, shopping and travel. Convenience had a super-boost with the...

A Chisel of Convenience; In Praise of Procrastination!

For those of us blessed with the need for convenience, at its most potent and circumspect, the ability to take no corner that may be cut, to streamline a process on par with the boarding and take-off of an...

Convenient Noodles; How Do You Define Love?

Nora hated hearing Matt’s friends refer to that girl as a “snack”, as if a woman was a tasty meal to be consumed.  诺拉讨厌听到马特的朋友把那个女孩称为“零食”,好像女人是一顿美味的饭菜。 But if the girl she watched him take to the hotel was a snack, then she herself...

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China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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