Explore coffee's global impact in 2024: from reshaping work cultures to challenging tea traditions in China and providing resilience in conflict-stricken Ukraine.

The Earth was covered in ice millions of years ago, but recent research suggests that the "Snowball Earth" theory may not have been as complete as once thought. Rather than a complete ice cover, there may have been areas of slush or open ocean where oxygen was able to penetrate and create conditions for life.

Robot fish that "eat" microplastics may one day help to clean up the world's polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University in southwest China.

The extreme heat engulfing parts of China is a painfully apt metaphor for the economic temperature in Beijing.

China plans a groundbreaking mission to Neptune, powered by nuclear propulsion. This ambitious project could revolutionise our understanding of the ice giant. Nuclear propulsion offers increased speed, extended mission duration, and greater payload capacity. This mission could unlock the secrets of our solar system.

When browned on the bottom of the pot by a skilled cook, the grain is transformed into a complex delicacy, one prized by food cultures around the world.

Champagne is popping up in glasses across Asia. Rising affluence and Western influence have fuelled demand for this luxury drink. From China to Japan, a new generation of wine enthusiasts is toasting to the future with a glass of bubbly.