It seems suitable that China's first green museum should be built in Liaoning Province - once a lush pre-historic paradise where giant dinosaurs roamed - and now a land rich with exciting fossils, some of which will end up inside the new museum. Set to open before next year's Olympics, the Yizhou Fossil and Geology Park touts itself as China's first completely green museum, built entirely with environmentally friendly materials.
It all started in 2001, when a bulldozer driver heard a scraping sound as his machine's blade bit deep into the dirt. Working at a new real estate development site on the west end of Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the driver looked down to see what his scoop had snagged. He had struck a collection of golden and jade objects in the earth.
Jinsha shares many cultural similarities with Sanxingdui, or Three Star Mound, an important archaeological site located at Guanghan, a city 40 kilometers away from Chengdu, and representing an ancient Chinese culture that is believed to have existed between 2800 BC and 800 BC.
SOEBY, Denmark: The Danish island of Aeroe is like something out of a picture book. The sea is never far away and the countryside has been blessed by gently rolling hills.
LONDON: Whether it's due to partners snoring, nagging consciences or the stresses and anxieties of modern life, new research has revealed that women are almost 20 percent more likely to suffer insomnia than men.
KIEL, Germany: Smoking bans in public places have recently come into effect in several European countries and Germany is set to join their ranks this August.
WASHINGTON: Researchers have confirmed what common wisdom has long held "that people can suppress emotionally troubling memories" and said they have sketched out how the brain accomplishes this.
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