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We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. Is this popular Chinese herbal medicine for brain bleeds useless?
One of the world’s most influential medical journals, the 200-year-old Lancet, has published its first paper on herbal medicine, unveiling a study on a compound that is widely used in China for treating brain bleeds. The results were disappointing.
2. How Beijing flipped the South China Sea game with a single island
A massive base in the southern part of the South China Sea has made China the country with the fastest response time to emergencies in the region, according to a study by Chinese scientists.
3. How a Chinese spacecraft will catch Mars rock samples for journey to Earth
China is another step closer to bringing the first pieces of the red planet back to Earth with the development of a lightweight device to capture Martian rock samples in orbit.
4. Global climate expert Chen Deliang returns to China after decades in Europe

After more than three decades in Europe, leading climate expert and fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Chen Deliang has returned to China to take up a full-time position at Tsinghua University.
5. Drone control with the swipe of a finger? Chinese team shows how it is done
Chinese researchers have released a video demonstrating the latest innovation in drone control – where a user can command a drone by simply swiping their fingers across a wearable touchpad.
6. Chinese scientists modify tomatoes to make them ‘significantly sweeter’
Chinese scientists have successfully modified tomatoes to make them sweeter by removing two genes that regulate sugar content, according to a new study.
7. Fasting? Why skipping dinner might be better than not eating breakfast

Skipping breakfast can worsen the development of heart disease by affecting how the small intestine absorbs fats, according to a new Chinese study.


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SCMP Highlights

The Lancet medical journal has released the results of its study of FYTF-919, an oral liquid solution which has been used to treat brain bleeds since the 1980s. Photo: SCMP

Sino-Swedish climate scientist Chen Deliang has joined Tsinghua University’s Department of Earth System Science in China after more than three decades in Europe. Photo: Sohu/电脑爱好者小陆

Reducing the eating window can have metabolic benefits but what time you eat is important, according to the study. Photo: Shutterstock

China turns on hypergravity machine to ‘compress’ time and space

The Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF), located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, is expected to help scientists solve a vast array of engineering challenges. Photo: ifeng

Diagram showing the scale of one of CHIEF’s three centrifuges. Image: ifeng

Preliminary completion of the CHIEF in Hangzhou is being called a milestone in the field of hypergravity research. Photo: ifeng

Hong Kong MTR escalators, tank tops in the Song dynasty: 5 weekend reads you missed

Chinese scientists have created a digital reconstruction of a wealthy woman’s clothing from the Southern Song dynasty. Photo: Wuhan Textile University


A moxiong, similar to a modern-day tank top, discovered in a noble woman’s tomb. Photo: Wuhan Textile University

Street art in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. Photo: Shutterstock

Keto diets and ketone supplements have gained popularity among endurance runners for their potential to delay fatigue, but do they really give athletes an advantage? Photo: Shutterstock

More than 1,300 escalators serve millions of passengers every day at MTR stations across Hong Kong. Photo: Jelly Tse

Ahn Andersen has spent decades searching for her Korean roots. Photo: David Lee

Tidal surge in China, AI power race, ‘time traveller’ emperor: 7 science highlights

Experts say several highly unusual factors contributed to a tidal event in eastern China in October. Photo: SCMP

A follow-up assessment of the Yunxing prototype’s engine technology will be carried out in November. Photo: Weibo/YunXing

This tiny Loricera beetle has remained virtually unchanged for at least 100 million years, according to a Chinese-led study. Photo: Shutterstock

Thailand is set to become the first nation to join both the US-led Artemis Accords, a set of best practices for space exploration, and the Chinese-led ILRS, pictured, which aims to build a base on the moon. Photo: China National Space Administration

Wang Mang is viewed as a man of the moment in an era in Chinese history defined by a deep yearning for renewal and transformation in nearly all walks of life. Photo: Baidu

China aims to set up a computing power corridor across the country covering 99 per cent of the nation’s population, according to a key architect of the project. Photo: Shutterstock

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From a TCM treatment for brain bleeds to controlling drones with a touchpad, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting


From a TCM treatment for brain bleeds to controlling drones with a touchpad, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
