Experts at the World Conference on Science Literacy called for building a comprehensive STEM education system to inspire Chinese primary and middle school students and foster a critical thinking mindset.
YINCHUAN - The distance between the southern edge of the Tengger Desert and the city of Zhongwei in northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region was once just a few kilometers, but it has been expanding over the past several years.
Wang Ke, a professor from Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, won applause online for keeping his promise to students by traveling 737 kilometers by taxi in heavy rain brought by Super Typhoon Mangkhut to make it to class on time.
Noninvasive prenatal testing, which can detect Down syndrome and other chromosomal conditions by checking a sample of the mother's blood, has been used in Western countries for many years without controversy.
Most expectant mothers discover potential problems with the fetus through screenings, whose accuracy ranges from 80 to 99 percent, according to Zhu Haiyan, director of the Prenatal Diagnostic Center at the PLA Navy General Hospital in Beijing.
Judicial professionals gave a thumbs-up after China's top court said it is preparing to interpret when self-defense should be considered excessive, calling the move a driving force to ending controversies in legal practice.
Authorities in Beijing have released an ambitious plan for reducing days with heavy air pollution by 2020 - at least 25 percent from 2015 levels - by increasing green transportation and curbing kicked-up dust.
A new outbreak of African swine fever was detected in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Saturday, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Monday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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