Recent complaints about the quality of Beijing's air fail to take into account proven observer error. Science to the rescue!

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man who is a suspect in a murder that took place in Tuen Mun early Monday morning.

This bit of news has my cynicism on full alert: Artificial replicas of pregnant women's abdomens, made of silica gel, have become hot sellers on the online shopping market, the China News.com reported on Monday. Looking like the belly of a genuine pregnant woman, the imitations have variously  been described as having "flesh color" and "human […]