Colour theme
Colour themes are for light mode. Choosing one switches dark mode off.
History
In the spring of 1601 a mechanical clock was carried into the Forbidden City at Beijing, and for the first time in the history of the Ming court the hours were announced by something other than a watchman striking a bronze bell.
Science & Tech
In February 2024 a new Chinese building rose on Inexpressible Island, a wind-scoured rock in Terra Nova Bay on Antarctica’s Ross Sea coast.
Science & Tech
On the outskirts of Hefei, the capital of Anhui province, a large circular pit has been filling up with machinery. In October 2025 engineers lowered a 400-tonne steel base into it.
Science & Tech
On 25 September 2016, in a remote corner of Guizhou province in south-west China, engineers switched on a radio telescope so large that it fills a natural bowl in the hills.
