Life

Explore science in everyday life, from weather and health to wildlife, geography, human biology and unusual phenomena around the world.

Latest in Life

Articles & explainers

9,109 published items in this category and its subcategories.

Actively prevent storm Kai-Tak
Environment

Actively prevent storm Kai-Tak

At 13:00 on August 17, the location of the center of the storm was about 21.1 degrees north latitude; 109.9 Kinh Dong, on the northwestern area of ​​Leizhou Peninsula (C…

December 16, 2018
Hong Kong produces biodiesel from waste oil
Environment

Hong Kong produces biodiesel from waste oil

Hong Kong entrepreneurs and investors from the Netherlands and the Middle East are currently cooperating to build a plant that converts waste oils into biodiesel.

December 16, 2018
Equipment for producing bioenergy from waste
Environment

Equipment for producing bioenergy from waste

Recently, researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), of the US Department of Energy, have created a device called a durable bioenergy reactor (EBR), which can be…

December 16, 2018
Can exploit uranium from seawater?
Environment

Can exploit uranium from seawater?

The world's oceans contain at least 4 billion tons of rare metals, but the goal of exploiting uranium from the sea is still a dream for the past four decades. The reason…

December 16, 2018
Heavy rain in Pakistan killed at least 32 people
Environment

Heavy rain in Pakistan killed at least 32 people

Pakistani television on August 23 said heavy rains caused floods in the past 24 hours in areas of Northwest, East and North Pakistan that killed at least 32 people and s…

December 16, 2018
Typhoon struck Japan, 4 people were injured
Environment

Typhoon struck Japan, 4 people were injured

A strong storm hit Japan's island of Okinawa and surrounding areas, causing four people to be injured and tens of thousands of people living in the absence of electricit…

December 16, 2018
Earthquake caused tsunamis in Central America
Environment

Earthquake caused tsunamis in Central America

A strong earthquake rocked off the coast of El Salvador in the Pacific Ocean, causing tsunamis in Central America, but no damage information is yet available.

December 16, 2018