GT on the spot: Xinjiang's youth football aspirations on the rise

Xinjiang is home to many football enthusiasts. In Artux City, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, people take pride in the strong football atmosphere and the support of the solid grassroots in the area. GT reporters again traveled to the region. In this second installment of a series of articles, GT tells character stories based […]

Chinese players claim team golds

Table tennis was among the major highlights of the third matchday of the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games, with the uplifted home audience witnessing both China's men's and women's team win their events. The highly anticipated finals of the women's and men's team gold medal ties delivered two thrilling clashes at the world-class level. In the […]

50 years ago, antibiotic resistance alarms went unheeded

With the discovery of sulfa drugs and antibiotics came man’s confidence in his ability to control infectious diseases. But now, that confidence is being shaken by once defenseless germs that have learned to outwit man and thrive in the face of his wonder drugs.… One way to cut down on drug resistance transfer is to […]

To combat cholera in Yemen, one scientist goes back to basics

Rowa Mohammed Assayaghi teaches people how to wash their hands. In Yemen, that’s life-saving work. The Middle Eastern country is facing the world’s largest cholera outbreak, with nearly 409,000 suspected cases and 1,885 deaths from late April to late July, the World Health Organization reports. That tally is higher than 2015’s worldwide reported cholera deaths. […]

What can the eclipse tell us about the corona’s magnetic field?

The star of any solar eclipse is, of course, the sun. And total eclipses give the sun’s wispy, tenuous atmosphere the spotlight. This region, called the corona, is normally too dim to observe directly. But with the moon blocking the sun’s bright disk, the corona comes into view. And the view is dazzling. The corona’s […]