More information: Meng Ren et al, The collapse of the Ming Dynasty actually began with the Wanli megadrought: Insights from a hydroclimate reconstruction based on tree-ring δ18O over the past 460 ...

Ming-Chi Kuo is an analyst at TF International Securities, a financial services group in the Asia-Pacific region. He gathers intelligence from his contacts in Apple's Asian supply chain ...

Basketball legend Yao Ming, who retired from the NBA in 2011 after an incredible nine-year career with the Houston Rockets, has stepped down from his position with the Chinese Basketball ...

Yao Ming has stepped down as president of the Chinese Basketball Association, and Vice-President Guo Zhenming was appointed the new chief of the CBA, it was announced on Thursday. Yao's departure ...

The world’s largest tree has been rigorously dated for the first time, confirming it is at least 16,000 years old. Named Pando, the tree is a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) with around ...

DNA samples from one of the world’s largest and oldest plants — a quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) in Utah called Pando — have helped researchers to determine its age and revealed ...

BEIJING – National Basketball Association legend Yao Ming has quit as head of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) after seven years in the job, the organisation said on Oct 31, calling it a ...

NBA legend Yao Ming has quit as head of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) after seven years in the job because of the national team's poor performances, he said Thursday. Basketball is ...

The Philippine Malapapaya Tree, scientifically known as Polyscias nodosa, is a versatile and ecologically valuable tree native to the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia. Known for its ...