Chinese invented restaurants to serve traveling officials and merchants. NOVA: What are some of the things that made these large, bustling Chinese cities unique in their time? Yates: There is a ...

“With dengue on the rise in Mumbai, I’m trying to figure out how to acquire this miniature cannon, invented by a Chinese man, which can seek out & destroy mosquitoes!” Mahindra said in a ...

Adapting to climate change is becoming a pressing issue for agriculture around the world. In China, researchers are tackling this challenge by developing innovative crop solutions. One such effort ...

In 1088, a Chinese inventor called Su Song built a ten-metre-high water clock that was powered by a huge, self-perpetuating waterwheel. Sadly, his clock was soon destroyed by invaders, who ...

Many insisted to Lafforgue that Mickey Mouse - plastered over children's lunchboxes - is Chinese, and Coca-Cola, known as Crabonated Cocoa, is a local invention. 'Even in the official paintings ...

So it was a very complex process. The Chinese invented the compass and then used it to travel the open seas. NOVA: It sounds like these technological innovations and the economic boom went hand in ...