Advice: Check for Alzheimer's at age 50

Healthcare experts have suggested people receive regular screenings for Alzheimer's disease starting at age 50, when patients often begin to suffer cognitive decline, to grasp the optimal opportunity for intervention and treatment.

South China recovering from typhoon

Life is returning to normal after super typhoon Mangkhut wreaked havoc in southern China, including Guangdong province and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, on Sunday.

Fossil skull may hold answers to evolution of human species

A fossil skull of Homo heidelbergensis, an extinct species of humans, was believed to have been discovered in Northeast China and is considered to be one of the most complete fossils of ancient humans ever found, experts said.

IOC commission lauds Beijing's Olympic preparations

The International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission has lauded Beijing's preparations and legacy plans for the 2022 Winter Olympics ahead of its third inspection visit.

Forensic conference seeks global standards on DNA

Forensic experts at an international conference said on Monday that unified standards and regulated procedures in DNA identification will play a bigger role in fighting crime and safeguarding public safety by increasing criminal cooperation.

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Science literacy benefits touted

Experts at the World Conference on Science Literacy in Beijing are calling for the worldwide promotion of public literacy in science, saying it plays an important role in the sustainable development of mankind.

Parents: Outdated standard used to test track fumes

Parents of students at a primary school in Wuhan, Hubei province, say their children were sickened by fumes emitted by a new synthetic running track and that an inappropriate standard was used to test the material.

Ex-political adviser sentenced to 14 years

Sun Huaishan, a former senior political adviser, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for taking bribes of nearly 40 million yuan ($5.82 million). The sentence was handed down by the intermediate people's court in Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Monday, according to People's Daily.

Gifted students revel in a class of their own

Early this month, Zhu Yuanhao and six other students sat in the conference room of the School of the Gifted Young at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, and answered questions posed by a group of reporters.

Forty years of academic excellence

In 1974, Tsung-dao Lee, a Chinese-American physicist who won the Nobel Prize when he was just 30 years of age, suggested that China should offer university places to talented individuals at an early age.

Ferocious super typhoon batters south

Super Typhoon Mangkhut brought air, rail and road traffic to a halt in Guangdong province, hub of the southern China region, on Sunday.