How China’s 5,100-year-old dams challenge Western narratives on despotism

Researchers use digital technologies to uncover archaeological evidence that ancient communities managed water cooperatively While some Western scholars have maintained that the development of ...
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Ancient Chinese Poetry Reveals The 1,400-Year Decline Of World’s Only Freshwater Porpoise

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...
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World's oldest star chart may be 2,300 years old and from China — but not everyone agrees

Is the Star Manual of Master Shi the oldest known astronomical catalog? Experts are divided. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...
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Artefacts of ancient Chinese science and technology

"In 1997-98 the State Cultural Relics Bureau entrusted the National Museum of Chinese History to sponsor an exhibition on artefects of ancient Chinese science and technology and compile this catalogue ...