Compared with adults, children and adolescents are less sensitive to the sweet taste and need 40 percent more sucrose in a solution for them to detect the taste of sugar, according to a study posted on the website of the University of Illinois (UI) on Friday.
The 15th China International Chorus Festival (CICF) is scheduled to take place from Sept 28 to Oct 31 in Beijing, according to the festival's organizers.
A new public art installation "The Flag Project," featuring 192 newly designed flags showcasing love for New York City, is displayed as a temporary exhibition at Rockefeller Center from Aug 1 to Aug 16.
A stone tablet, dating back to the reign of Emperor Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), has been discovered on top of a tower on the Great Wall in North China, local authorities said.
An online market for films and TV programs was launched in Shanghai on Friday during the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival.
SHANGHAI-When Fang Zeyu, a Chinese science-fiction writer, looked up yet again at the red planet, a different emotion welled up inside.
Zhang Hongmin, 45, a doctor of critical care medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, celebrated the Chinese New Year on Jan 24 with his mother, his wife-who had just moved to Beijing after two years of having to live apart due to work commitments-and his young daughter.
The Old St. Paul's housewarming concert, participating by three Chinese artists, was held Saturday here in the capital of New Zealand, to welcome the reopening of one of the country's oldest heritage locations.
The 9th China Suzhou Creative & Design Cultural Industry Expo with the theme of "New Design, New Life and New Paradise" kicked off here on Friday. The three-day exhibition attracted over 400 exhibitors from across the country.
After almost two weeks into a resumption of trans-provincial group tours in China, hotels and homestays across the country have seen reservations surge following a long period of bleak earnings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, business insiders said.
Movie theaters were partially reopened recently as the threat from coronavirus receded in China's capital.
"The last time a comet visible to the naked eye appeared in the northern hemisphere was the Hale-Bopp comet 23 years ago. I was preparing for the college entrance examination, and I didn't have the chance to see it in person. This time, the comet Neowise, number C/2020 F3, is very unexpected. No one