🇨🇳 China
A Chinese Restaurant Where AI Scans Your Face and Tongue
A restaurant in China is using artificial intelligence to scan customers' faces and tongues before they even o
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🇩🇪 Germany
A Humpback Whale's Unlikely Journey in Germany's Baltic
A juvenile humpback whale is navigating the shallow, brackish waters of Germany's Baltic Sea, a habitat profou
🇩🇪 Germany
Berlin's Gorilla Fatou Celebrates Her 69th Birthday
A gorilla in Germany has reached an age that defies all expectations for her species. Fatou, a resident of the
🇨🇳 China
A Thermometer Swallowed in Childhood Emerges Decades Later
A 32-year-old man in China recently learned the source of his chronic stomach pain: a 15-centimeter mercury th
🇹🇭 Thailand
Thailand's Songkran Festival Unleashes a Watery New Year
Thailand’s traditional New Year began not with a quiet reflection, but with a nationwide, soaking-wet street p
🇱🇦 Laos
Laos Villagers and Spirits Guard a Rare Crocodile
A sacred wetland in central Laos is home to fewer than 20 adult Siamese crocodiles, one of the planet's most c
🇺🇸 United States
A Three-Limbed Sea Turtle Swims Free, Tracked by Satellite
A critically endangered sea turtle, missing one of her front flippers, is now swimming in the Atlantic Ocean w
🇨🇳 China
Chinese Schools Motivate Pupils with Digital Pet Rewards
Digital Dogs and Study Buddies: The New Classroom Currency In a primary school classroom in Hangzhou, China, t
🇩🇪 Germany
German Village Generates All Its Own Power
The Village That Unplugged the Nation In the windswept fields of Brandenburg, Germany, the village of Feldheim
🇮🇹 Italy
Homeowners in Italy Rebuild Using Ancient Ruins
When Your Building Permit Comes with a Roman Footnote In most of the world, discovering ancient ruins on your
🇩🇪 Germany
Iranian and Israeli Musicians Collaborate Online
Strings Attached: A Digital Orchestra Defies a Decades-Old Divide In a Berlin studio, a kamancheh, a Persian s
🇩🇪 Germany
Thieves Steal 12 Tons of KitKat Bars in Germany
Have a Break, Have a Heist In the dead of night in western Germany, a team of thieves executed a plan with a s
🇨🇳 China
Delivery Man Saves Chinese Man from Zip Tie Escape Challenge
Delivery Driver’s Detour to Duty In a quiet residential area of Hangzhou, a food delivery man’s quick thinking
🇨🇳 China
Chinese Tycoon, 55, Marries 25-Year-Old with $7.3M Dowry
The Final Piece of the Puzzle: China’s Self-Made Tycoon, 55, Marries Lover, 25, With a $7.3 Million Dowry In a
