A cast-iron cannon from 1632 provides crucial evidence for studying Chinese cannon-casting and the exchange of Sino-Western military technology. [Photo provided to China Daily] Though half-collapsed, ...

Hummingbirds are welcome guests in oodles of backyards across the United States. Some fanatics spend hours spying on their amusing antics. With the half-billion dollar hummingbird feed industry ...

Although many Muslims do not celebrate Christmas, they celebrate Jesus and his birth in other ways. Every winter, I recall ...

Excavation work at watchtowers unearths weapons, inscriptions and food remains, offering insights into the daily routines of Ming-era garrisons, Yang Feiyue reports. A cast-iron cannon from 1632 ...

Marriage to Elvis Presley was ultimately untenable, but Priscilla Presley—who was 14 when she met the rock and roll ...

Every year, a 20-metre Christmas tree from Norway is erected in Trafalgar Square. Image: iStock/stockcam "Trafalgar Square is changed as never before. A 48-ft Christmas tree has sprung up on the west ...

This repository was created for the 2023 Chaste workshop in Oxford and then adapted for the 2025 Nottingham workshop. It introduces some simple examples of vertex model simulations, and then examples ...

Many factors determine the overall health and vigor of our landscape plants, but an important one that is and sometimes ...

Summer Hymn Requests gets off to great start this week with Charles Wesley's well-loved hymn, And can it be. Artist: Choir of ...

The Christmas tree is a wonderful and historic tradition that we don our homes with every Christmas to fill us with spirit and to lay our gifts underneath. However, it is the birth of our Lord and ...