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On the morning of 2 July 2022, as Hong Kong was lashed by gales and rainstorms from Typhoon Chaba, a Government Flying Services helicopter was on a rescue mission close to the eye of the storm. Approaching the vessel that was reportedly in distress, the four-man crew including…
James Reynolds is a pioneer of travelling to film typhoons, and has added volcanoes to his specialities.
Kenyan born Maasai safari guide, one of the presenters of the BBC’s Big Cat Live series.
Frederick Sanger made pivotal contributions to studying the chemistry of life, primarily by finding how molecules are assembled.
Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura received a Nobel Prize for seminal roles in the invention of blue light-emitting diodes.
Though best known as co-discover of evolution, Wallace was an astonishing man: an explorer, self-taught naturalist, discoverer of new species, prolific – and outstanding – writer, opponent of eugenics, and believer in both women’s rights and spiritualism.
Hofstadter’s butterfly, a remarkable spectrum of electron energy levels, was first described in 1976 by Douglas Hofstadter
Instead of aiming for a leisurely life after work, Hansen plans to better focus his time on climate science, along with communicating the science and its policy implications.
When Pan learned how close giant pandas were to extinction, he knew he had to help these engaging creatures.
First Jill Robinson was shocked, then she set out to stop the suffering The Great Bear Rescue There is an eerie silence as a blonde Englishwoman walks into a room on a farm in China’s Guangdong Province. As Jill Robinson’s eyes become accustomed to the dim light she…
The best way to get ahead, says this tireless Hong Kong philanthropist, is to help yourself. A Brighter Tomorrow Most students who attended Hong Kong City University’s diploma course in social work in the early 1990s were aged about 20. Among them sat a woman who had turned…
Domingo Tadena: Captive breeding Philippine eagles
Yang knew only too well that the suffering of leprosy patients doesn't end when the disease is cured. Most suffer lingering nerve damage, deformities and disabilities; many have no home to return to and are stigmatised, destined to remain outcasts. Many have no jobs as they lost the opportunity for education. "They are the most unfortunate group of people in the world," says Yang. "Many have their bodies ruined, their families broken, and have no relatives to visit them."
Meet the world's greatest dinosaur hunter.
A helicopter crew rescues people from the roof of a burning building in Kowloon.
Retired Hong Kong schoolmaster helped get many kids from poor families in China back into the school system, and to rebuild their schools.
The more lawmakers ignored her, the more determined she became to seek justice
A mysterious illness was striking the medical staff down one by one. How could they fight back? On 4 March 2003, the 26-year old man who would become known as “the index patient” walked into the emergency room of the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong. He…
In October 2002, boxes of clothes began arriving in Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa, and they were all addressed to the same individual. The boxes of clothes were sent by mostly Taiwanese people (some also came from places like Hong Kong, Japan, the United States and…
From reading and her observations of people, she believed everyone had good in them. These kids aren’t bad. They need guidance and care. A key to improving their lives, she thought, was engaging them in constructive activities.