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Plants can absorb tiny pieces of plastic through their roots that stunt their growth and reduce their nutritional value, study shows Waste plastic can break down into tiny particles that pollute the environment US and Chinese researchers have shown that these pollutants can get into plants They found that nanoplastics build up in Arabidopsis differently based … Read more
China’s notorious Yulin dog meat festival has opened ‘as usual’ despite the fact the country is still fighting the coronavirus pandemic, sources have said. Horrifying videos supplied to MailOnline show market vendors chopping up rows of slaughtered dogs for customers without wearing face masks. Another clip shows local diners flaunting social distancing rules to gather … Read more
Man’s bladder is TORN APART from holding urine for 18 hours after he drank 10 bottles of beer and fell asleep Mr Hu in China was exhausted after his boozy night out and went straight to bed The 40-year-old was said to have not used the toilet since he started drinking He was sent to … Read more
Your nose knows: Nostrils can detect odours independently from one another and can subconsciously guide you to the source of a smell Humans possess pairs of ears and eyes that let us see and hear ‘in stereo’ Researchers from China set out to find if our paired nostrils play a similar role They gave participants … Read more
Toxic man-made mercury pollution has been discovered in the deepest part of the ocean, in the Marianas Trench — more than six miles below the surface. Researchers from China and the US used submarine robots to identify mercury in the fish and crustaceans living in the deepest part of the western Pacific Ocean. Mercury enters … Read more
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s use of the racist term ‘Kung flu’ to describe the coronavirus, arguing he was merely point to its origins in China. The president has referred to COVID-19 as the ‘China virus’ and the ‘Wuhan virus,’ to describe the disease first detected in China’s … Read more
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s use of the racist term ‘Kung flu’ to describe the coronavirus, arguing he was merely point to its origins in China. The president has referred to COVID-19 as the ‘China virus’ and the ‘Wuhan virus,’ to describe the disease first detected in China’s … Read more
Your nose knows: Nostrils can detect odours independently from one another and can subconsciously guide you to the source of a smell Humans posses both pairs of ears and eyes that let us see and hear ‘in stereo’ Researchers from China set out to find if our paired nostrils play a similar role They gave … Read more
Apple set to remove thousands of unlicensed games from its China App Store that are not approved by the government – including one based on the Communist nation’s Imperial past China requires developers submit apps and wait for a license before publishing The policy was put in place four years ago, but has been ignored … Read more
China is due to launch the final satellite in its global positioning system constellation Beidou, allowing Beijing to reduce its reliance on the US-owned GPS system. Beidou will be made up of 30 satellites giving China military independence in terms of navigation and even messaging independent of the US or other nations. The final part … Read more