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No Heart Healthy Benefits for Diabetics from Aggressive Blood Sugar Reduction

    For the nearly 21 million Americans who have type 2 diabetes, aggressive blood sugar control has long been thought to prevent heart attack and stroke. Given that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for type 2 diabetics and ... Read >

Discovery Ready to Head Home

    Shuttle Discovery astronauts said goodbye to the International Space Station crew Tuesday and ready to depart Wednesday ending a nine-day mission. The shuttle delivered a Japan's 37-foot-long Kibo laboratory in the mission. With the additi... Read >

Poor Sleep May Result From High-Fat Diet

    Your poor sleep may result from a high-fat diet, according to a study presented at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. The study, led by Cibele Crispim, MS, of the Federal University of Sao P... Read >

Experts: Prevention Critical in Fighting HIV/AIDS Pandemic

    A five-day meeting on AIDS ended here Saturday with a call to increase the promotion of HIV/AIDS prevention methods as one of the critical ways of combating the scourge. The participants at the conference, which was held under the theme, ... Read >

Chinese Celebrate Dragon Boat Festival

    On the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, all Chinese celebrate one of their major traditional festivals, the Duanwu Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival. The highlights of their celebrations include eating zongzi, glu... Read >

Salmonella Bacteria in Garden Birds Found Different From Ones in Livestock, Humans

    British scientists have found that Salmonella bacteria found in garden birds are unlike the ones found in livestock and humans. Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that only two Salmonella strains are common in garden bi... Read >

Iron and Steel Smelting and Ironware

The use of ironware was an important driving force in human history. Archaeological findings in the 20th century proved that in China there was a boom of ironware making in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and by the late Warring States Period t... Read >

Grotesque Peak Village

Cruising down the Lijiang River, you will be amazed by the striking beauty of thousands of mountain peaks towering over the river from far and near, retreating and fading quickly as the boat moves on. This area was called the Grotesque Peak Villag... Read >

Midui Glacier

The Midui Glacier is located in Yupu Township,about l 00 kilometers east of the county seat of Bomi in Nyingchi Prefecture,Tibet. A monsoon marine glacier,the Midui Glacier is formed from the convergence of two world. class ice waterfalls,sandwic... Read >

Reed Flute Cave

Why the Reed Flute Cave is specialChina has more caves than any other nation. Most travelers consider the Reed Flute Cave (situated just outside the city of Guilin) to be the most interesting. Insights on the Reed Flute CaveReed Flute Cave has re... Read >

Copper Smelting and Bronze Ware

The earliest copper objects of the world were found in Turkey, dating back 9,000 years. The earliest bronze ware in China was made more than 6,000 years ago, in the period of the Yangshao culture. Ancient Chinese first made bronze and then pure co... Read >

Clinton Wins Puerto Rico Primary

Senator Hillary Clinton of New York was projected by U.S. TV networks to handily win Sunday's Democratic presidential primary in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. But her rival Senator Barrack Obama of Illinois will still pickup some delegates ... Read >

Huangguoshu Waterfall

Originating from the Dabang River, a tributary of the Beipan River in the Pearl River system, the Huangguoshu (Yellow-fruit Tree) Waterfall is 81 meters wide, has a  head fall of 77.8 meters, and an average flow of 9.12 cubic meters per second. F... Read >

Pottery and Porcelain

Pottery is an important indication of the New Stone Age in the history of mankind, and the making of pottery is another major achievement for humanity after the use of fire. Clay is first made in various shapes and then dried and fired to harden, ... Read >

Folded Brocade Hill

The Folded Brocade Hill lies in the Northeast of Guilin, facing the Li River. The Folded Brocade Hill, the Solitary Beauty Peak and the FuBo Hill Stand like the three legs of a tripod. All these three hills are the famous tourist attractions of Gu... Read >