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  • Bouquets all the way

    2010-10-17 09:54

    Hong Kong's Hsu Chi has traveled a long way from her difficult days of the mid-90s.

  • To infinity and beyond

    2010-10-15 09:21

    Physics teacher and comet hunter Gao Xing is one of China's most enthusiastic and successful stargazers, Chen Liang discovers

  • Walking the dog offers surprising insights

    2010-10-15 09:24

    The domestic dog may have been man's faithful companion for thousands of years, but a new large-scale study by German zoologists has managed to produce some surprising new results about the animal's movement.

  • Star Wars dub sends jobbing ad man into orbit

    2010-10-15 09:18

    Spend a couple of hours overdubbing a scene from Star Wars for a laugh, post it online, and you may end up with so many work offers that you'll wish you were in outer space. Just ask Dominik Kuhn.

  • Harry Potter plagiarism case may come to trial

    2010-10-15 09:18

    J.K. Rowling may be forced to defend herself in court against charges that she copied the work of another children's author when writing "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," the fourth of seven Potter novels.

  • Need a lift? Phone your car and it'll pick you up

    2010-10-15 09:08

    German scientists have unveiled the latest in self-driving car technology -- an autonomous vehicle named "MadeInGermany" (MIG), which passengers can even call for a lift.

  • Boys, grab your handbags

    2010-10-14 09:15

    Do real men carry murses?

  • I'd really like to fly away and escape the cold

    2010-10-14 09:15

    Ever since I got back from my holiday in Shenzhen I have not felt like moving.

  • Loser pays, the winner takes it all

    2010-10-14 09:12

    Pool is a great game. It has skill, tactics and a cooler cachet than its elder brother, snooker.

  • Made for each other

    2010-10-14 09:09

    Elaborate wedding shoots are passe. The latest trend among the post-80s generation of newlyweds is to go in for the 'love MV'.

  • Census brings to life 'extinct' marine species

    2010-10-14 09:09

    Scientists thought it had been extinct for 50 million years.

  • Hispanics in U.S. outlive whites, blacks: report

    2010-10-14 08:57

    Hispanics in the United States outlive whites by 2-1/2 years and blacks by nearly eight years, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday, and other experts said clean living may play a role.

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