Category: Arts & Culture (艺术与文化)

Spanish scientist Pilar Bosch has found a way to use bacteria to repair 18th-century paintings. Bosch, a microbiologist, tells Reuters she got the idea for the method while considering possibilities…

Benmou Suzuki is a religious worker at a 420-year-old temple that is not in very good condition. It is deep in the forest near a small Japanese mountain village. It…

The Japanese video game company Nintendo is opening a museum that will teach visitors about its history. At the museum, fans of Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda and the…

Eiko Araki is an expert of the Sanuki Kagari Temari, a Japanese traditional craft. The craft has been passed down for more than 1,000 years on the island of Shikoku.…

Celebrations across the United States are taking place to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month. It is a yearly tradition that honors the diversity and culture of Hispanic people. The month-long…

Japan is celebrating the record-breaking Emmy Award wins of the American television series Shogun. Many Japanese, however, say they have not watched the series. Shogun is a historical fiction that…

The Brazilian sport of footvolley is a popular activity on sunny days along Rio de Janeiro’s coast. But, recently, people stopped to watch one especially exceptional player: a three-year-old named…

During his more than 60-year acting career, James Earl Jones’ voice became a star of its own. Jones died this week at the age of 93. One of Jones’ career…

American actor James Earl Jones died Monday. He was 93 years old. His agent, Barry McPherson, said Jones died at his home in the Hudson Valley area of New York.…

One of the most popular foods in South Korea is kimchi. It is a kind of fermented cabbage or other vegetables. Now farmers, manufacturers and scientists say climate change is…

Labor Day is a national holiday to celebrate workers in the United States. The holiday, on the first Monday of September, is on September 2 this year. For Americans, the…

Cambodia has celebrated the return of numerous cultural art pieces stolen during the country’s civil war period. Prime Minister Hun Manet recently led a ceremony to welcome the pieces, called…

In the 1970s, a lack of community investment resulted in a large number of people leaving Harlem, a well-known New York City neighborhood in northern Manhattan. Nearly 50,000 people, about…

Americans are showing more interest in owning unusually small cows, goats, donkeys and other small farm animals. These animals are cute. They require less food and space. And they might…

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how Britain’s ancient circular structure, Stonehenge, was created. The circle of huge rocks stands in southern England. Its so-called altar stone lies flat…