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  • When sex and success don't mix

    2010-12-13 09:22

    Sexual attraction in the 21st century, it seems, still feeds on 20th-century stereotypes.

  • Plug into Chinese version of 'God's laws'

    2010-12-13 09:21

    With his white beard and red cheeks American Kevin Kelly looks as sturdy as Santa Claus.

  • Peking University mulls exam reform

    2010-12-12 10:06

    Peking University, one of the most admired colleges in China, may try a new approach to recruiting high school students in 2011, its president Zhou Qifeng says.

  • 'City of Design' leads the way

    2010-12-12 10:06

    The city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province has an ambitious plan to double its design and innovation industry volume in five years.

  • Fringe takes center stage

    2010-12-12 10:06

    Shenzhen is boosting its cultural profile with an innovative fringe festival.

  • Seduced into a golden 'smilence'

    2010-12-10 09:54

    New words that are creeping into the Chinese language indicate how vibrant the mother tongue of Confucius has become

  • A tale of loss and longing

    2010-12-10 09:41

    "I spent a longer time wiping my tears than writing," Su Wei-chen recalls, referring to her book Vagrants in Time (2006) which she has dedicated to her husband who died of cancer in 2004.

  • 2.6 billion eyeballs, lessons from the street

    2010-12-09 10:23

    We Americans are famously overfed. Only in China did I realize that my eyeballs are fat and lazy too.

  • Teaching a life skill can be life-threatening

    2010-12-08 09:45

    When I discovered that the university I work at has a swimming pool, I was quite pleased. Swimming is a great way to exercise, because the water reduces the strain on the joints.

  • Marriage makes for nicer men, study says

    2010-12-08 09:07

    Men tend to behave better when they're married - both because marriage likely helps improve their behavior, and nicer men are more likely to be married in the first place, according to a United States study.

  • Help police! Someone's stolen my snowman

    2010-12-07 11:31

    As Arctic blizzards swept across southeast England, stranding hundreds in their cars and bringing motorways to a virtual halt in whiteout conditions, Kent police received a strange call on their emergency number.

  • Boys today may be hitting puberty earlier

    2010-12-07 11:29

    Boys today may be on a faster track to puberty than their fathers' generation, reaching the milestone an average of a year earlier, according to a study conducted in Bulgaria.

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