The Chinese could claim to be the first to have constructed a crude type of street light. Around 500 BC, residents of Beijing employed a type of street lamp that used hollow bamboo pipes and natural ...

In Chinese music, gourds fall into one of the ... [4] The sheng was invented when people stuck bamboo pipes into a calabash and blew air into it to make musical notes. It was introduced to the ...

Here's what you can do if your pipes are frozen, and how to prevent it from happening again if your temperatures will drop below freezing again Wednesday night. The American Red Cross offered ...

The more researchers learn about wildfire smoke, the more worrisome the picture gets. Smoke contains microscopic particles known as PM 2.5 because the PM (particulate matter) measures 2.5 ...

Smoking has now been banned in outdoors and public areas in Italy’s second largest city of Milan. The citywide ban goes into effect starting 1 January in the strictest ban to date on smoking in ...

Deputy government spokesman Anukul Prueksanusak urged Sino-Thais (11 per cent of the country’s 69 million people) to refrain from burning paper replicas, joss paper and joss sticks for Chinese ...

Over the years, through projects such as the Green School and homes at the Green Village, bamboo has become an increasingly popular material in Bali, Indonesia. While design firms in Bali such as ...

Here's how to to prepare for your home during cold weather and how to keep your pipes from bursting. Freeze and cold weather warnings are issued by the National Weather Service. To find out when ...

Anytime temperatures drop below freezing (32° Fahrenheit), pipes are at risk of freezing. As temperatures are only expected to lower throughout the day, be sure you’re taking the proper ...

According to a new University of Bristol-led study smartwatches could help people give up smoking. The researchers tested a smartwatch fitted with a custom app which used the smartwatch's in-built ...

A HUGE fire has erupted sending black smoke billowing into the sky -- with locals told to keep doors and windows shut. Around 20 fire engines and 125 firefighters have scrambled to a burning ...

The 12 star signs. 12星座圖。 Photo: Liberty Times 照片：自由時報 B: Capricorns may take the lead, Aquarius may start a new life and Pisces should be well prepared for action. A: I hope we’ll have a lot of good ...