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- The University of Hong Kong created the world’s first soft, 3D, biocompatible semiconductor made from hydrogel that mimics tissue and interacts with living cells.
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- Marble that looks wet. This jaw-dropping detail comes from “The Nymph” (La Ninfa) by Italian sculptor Giovanni Battista Lombardi (1823–1880)where solid stone is carved to mimic water rippling around her bare feet. The full sculpture was executed in 1858 for Palazzo Facchi in Brescia
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Why China’s Crazy Housing Bubble REFUSES TO BURST!
This is getting ridiculous! Housing prices in China have now got to the insane price that an entire year’s salary can only buy you 10 square feet, so on average it takes 900 years of salary to pay for a … Continue reading
Through TikTok, China Is Showing Us the Power of Comedy
As China enters its eighth week of quarantine, people across the country are turning to Tik Tok for a comedic reprieve.
A Retired Bike-Share Bicycle Upcycled to a Beetle-Shaped Mobile Library
Seeking to provide a new use for China’s enormous surplus of bike-share bicycles, LUO Studiorecently designed a mobile library in the shape of a winged beetle. The studio’s founder Luo Yujie was inspired to create “Shared Lady Beetle” by a friend who teaches … Continue reading
Why 50 Million Chinese Homes are Empty
China’s housing bubble has left 50 million homes empty and put its government between a rock and a hard place. This includes a paid sponsored promotion which had no part in the writing, editing, or production of the rest of … Continue reading
An Aerial Tour of an Abandoned Chinese Fishing Village by Joe Nafis
The small fishing village of Houtouwan on the Chinese island of Shengshan has been abandoned since the 1990’s. Due to increased competition with nearby Shanghai and a depleted fishing supply, residents were forced to find work in other towns, leaving … Continue reading
Year of the Dog kicks off silently in Beijing under firework ban
Happy Year of the Dog from MSS!
Big hands oh big hands, let it be bigger and bigger
Big hands oh big hands, let it be bigger and bigger from RAY on Vimeo. Animation: Lei Lei Music: Li Xingyu Story: Kweichee Lam Running time: 6mins This story takes place in a city, in which all of the citizens … Continue reading
Place Your Orders: Zhejiang Man Selling “Chinese Noah’s Arks”
Editor’s note: The following was translated and edited from a report that appeared on QQ.com’s financial news service. It concerns an entrepreneur named Yang Zongfu from Zhejiang Province who, partly inspired by the disaster film 2012, invented a globular all-purpose … Continue reading
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