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Nighttime forecast for Mars: Bursts of rapidly falling snow

Headed to Mars? Remember to pack your snow gear. Turns out that there are snowstorms on the Red Planet at night, according to a new paper.

她把3平米的屋顶变成花园，还写了本清新小书记录都市中的自然雅趣

《我的花园、我的城市和我》(My Garden, the City and Me)的作者海伦.芭布丝(Helen Babbs)在她伦敦的屋顶上开辟了一座小花园，既种花又种菜，产出的蔬果还上了自己的餐桌。 芭布丝是个热爱大自然的英国姑娘，以写字为职业，其文字真诚、俏皮，且富有诗意。

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Connecting with art

Last year, five Chinese painters were commissioned by the China Artists Association to execute two works for the upcoming seventh Beijing International Art Biennale.

Exhibition focuses on work of noted army photographer

Two gunshots were heard at the Bethune International Peace Hospital in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, in December 1949. A Japanese doctor was shot dead by Sha Fei (1912-50), a patient of tuberculosis and a noted photographer of the People's Liberation Army.

Love of cars translates into fashion

Ralph Lauren loves cars. And this year for the first time he presented his Fall 2017 Runway Collection in his garage in Bedford, on the outskirts of New York City, which houses some of the world's rarest cars.

Old Chinese bank notes being brought back home from Egypt

Egypt recently decided to return 13 old bank notes to China, the Beijing News reported on Sept 11.

Promoting another side

A group of people are lying on the reefs of Shek O, a beachside town in Hong Kong, looking up at the starry sky. Suddenly a meteor shower starts to fall, and cheers break out.

Lisbon eyes bigger share of Chinese outbound market

Portugal kicked off its biggest tourism promotion campaign in Beijing earlier this month to gain a bigger slice of the Chinese outbound market.

Portugal heads for record year in tourism

LISBON - The number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal jumped around 13 percent over January-July, putting the country firmly on track for another record year for tourism, which has been a key driver of its economic recovery since a 2011-14 debt crisis.

A young Chinese shooter has olympic dream in his crosshairs

Still in his early 20s, world champion shooter Yang Haoran is a man of few words. But he is not shy about naming his ambitions to compete in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.