A White House reporter's question about JD Vance's weight loss put Chinese pickled cabbage, or suancai, in the global spotlight. We look at what the dish really is and whether fermentation can actually help you shed pounds.
Elephants yield far more meat than pigs, so why has nobody turned them into livestock? A Chinese science writer walks through the biology, the law and the economics, and the answer is less obvious than it looks.
The IEA says it will release crude and diesel from emergency reserves after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, pushing oil prices down at least $5. The UN warns the disruption could leave 22 million more people food insecure.
Deutsche Bank predicts copper could climb above $22,000 a ton within six months as buyers scramble for shrinking stockpiles. Tariff fears in the United States are pulling metal across the Pacific and tightening supplies everywhere else.
When Britain's wartime sugar rationing ended abruptly in 1953, it created a rare natural experiment. Researchers comparing early-life sugar exposure found striking differences in long-term health between generations.
Permanently crewed by rotating teams of three taikonauts, the Tiangong station hosts hundreds of experiments — and is opening its modules to payloads from around the world.
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