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Trend: Diversified tea drinks lure clients

China's tea drinking market is expected to exceed 400 billion yuan ($56.8 billion) this year, double the market size of coffee, according to a beverage trend report. It said that tea featuring freshly cut fruit, sweet cheese toppings and freshly brewed tea appeal to a rising number of consumers. The report, released by the research institute of tech media 36Kr and tea beverage leader Nayuki, said consumers between the ages of 21 and 30 represent the main tea purchasing power, accounting for more than half the total. Up to 83 percent of tea consumers drink five to 14 cups per month.

World: Candy house, dream come true

The Candy Cane House in London is a place where nearly everything is edible. It includes a gingerbread room that comes with a fairytale forest and chocolate pine cones, a cocoa kitchen that with melting chocolate walls and a caramel floor, and a candy lounge sporting a Christmas tree with edible decorations. The exterior features windows inspired by candy canes, complete with larger-than-life sweets and finished with fake snow.

Environment: Speakers may revive coral reefs

Dying coral may be restored by playing the sounds of healthy reefs through loudspeakers to attract young fish to damaged reefs, according to British and Australian scientists. After placing loudspeakers on patches of dead coral in the Great Barrier Reef, scientists discovered that twice as many fish arrived－and stayed－compared with equivalent patches where no sound was played. The study was published in the journal Nature Communications by scientists at the University of Exeter and University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and Australia's James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Severe coral bleaching triggered by extreme heat waves killed off 50 percent of the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017.

Culture: Billie Eilish dominates music list

Billie Eilish dominated Apple Music streams this year, scoring the top streamed album of the year, When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Eilish, 17, who burst onto the alternative pop scene this year and was nominated for four Grammy Awards in January.