56+ min ago  (973+ words) April 12, 2026 " 9: 45am What in the World, a free weekly newsletter from our foreign correspondents, is sent every Thursday. Below is an excerpt. Beijing: Behind a red wooden door in one of Beijing's old hutong neighbourhoods, Ma Peizeng and his wife, Wu…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago  (215+ words) A panel exhibition opened Saturday in front of Kumamoto Castle to mark 10 years since a pair of major earthquakes hit the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, highlighting the efforts of craftsmen and city workers to repair damage to the structure....

18+ hour, 56+ min ago  (482+ words) HOHHOT " At the Inner Mongolia Museum in North China, a relics restorer in a white coat maneuvers an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer close to a gilt silver saddle from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and within a few dozen seconds, data about the…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (791+ words) Researchers have documented that a shipwreck off Singapore carries more 14th-century Chinese blue-and-white porcelain than any other known wreck. The find directly links a single mid-14th-century voyage to early Singapore, sharpening the timeline of its rise as a major trading…...

3+ hour, 35+ min ago  (935+ words) A 2, 000-year-old Egyptian child mummy preserved in Wroc'aw, Poland, is offering rare insight into ancient burial practices'while raising a new and intriguing mystery. During its first-ever comprehensive scientific examination, researchers discovered a hidden object placed on the boy's chest, potentially…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago  (513+ words) Mark Milligan is a multi-award-winning journalist and the Managing Editor at Heritage Daily. His background is in archaeology and computer science, having written over 8, 000 articles across several online publications. Mark is a member of the Association of British Science Writers…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago  (208+ words) University course merges technology with archaeology, giving life to those who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Red Army's historic Long March, Wang Xin reports in Shanghai. Deng Ping (1908-35), a senior commander who made great sacrifices in the fight for…...

12+ hour, 11+ min ago  (375+ words) Rest of World News: In July 1954, an international traveller at Tokyo's Haneda Airport initiated one of the most significant ontological anomalies in contemporary folklor. In July 1954, an international traveller at Tokyo's Haneda Airport initiated one of the most significant ontological…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago  (810+ words) We don't know when humans first domesticated horses. We do know that horses first evolved in North America and then migrated across the Bering Land Bridge into Asia. About 8, 000 years ago, the horse became extinct in North America. The domestication…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago  (1226+ words) New Caledonia: The World's Next Country? The Yale Review of International Studies Over 10, 200 miles from Paris in the South Pacific Ocean lies the French overseas territory of New Caledonia. The archipelago currently sits at the center of one of the…...