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News
Asian Americans exposed to racism may experience ‘multiple medical symptoms’: study
Before you read: Asian Americans Suffer the Most from Racial Discrimination, Study Finds We Really Need to Talk About Mental Health for Asia...
Ryan General
Japan
Rats observed bopping to the beat of Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ in Japanese study
Japanese scientists at the University of Tokyo have discovered that rats can move to the beat of catchy songs, an ability previously attrib...
TikTok suppressing get-out-the-vote content, study suggests
Nonprofit organization Accelerate Change released a study on Sunday claiming that TikTok is suppressing video content that encourages peopl...
Increasing number of Chinese researchers leaving the US out of fear, study says
A study conducted by the Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) in collaboration with 11 Asian American organizations discovered that the numb...
Bryan Ke
Food
Women who eat preserved foods have increased breast cancer risk, Hong Kong study finds
A study published in Cancer Prevention Research by Hong Kong researchers on Aug. 1 posits that women who consume preserved foods have an in...
Poll: Asian Americans most likely to believe abortion should be legal
A Pew Research poll found that Asian Americans have the highest percentage of adults who support legal abortion. As the United States awai...
Sarah Yukiko
UConn Engineer Invents Reusable, Biodegradable Facemask to Fight Growing Pollution of the Pandemic
A Vietnamese American engineer at the University of Connecticut, along with several Ph.D. students, submitted a patent for a reusable and bi...
Meet the Legendary Scientist Working on Treatments For COVID-19 and Other Coronaviruses
Dr. David Ho’s work as an HIV/AIDS researcher has been nothing short of legendary. As director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center an...
Loving Your Parents More Can Help Them Live Longer, According to Science
Scientists have found that love and respect from children can help parents live longer. A recent study published in Aging & Mental Healt...
People Who Loved Pokémon Growing Up Have a Slightly Different Brain Than Others, Research Shows
Scientists have recently discovered that children who grew up playing Pokémon games may have a slightly different brain. Researchers from U...
U.S. Program Took Cat Meat From Chinese Markets and Fed it to Other Cats for ‘Research’
A United States government research program, which led to the deaths of thousands of cats, has been shut down, scientists announced Tuesday....
Health
Asians Who Eat Mushrooms Now Have One More Advantage, Singapore Study Suggests
Researchers in Singapore found that eating mushrooms over twice per week could help prevent memory and language problems later in life. Acco...
Entertainment
BTS Member Has The ‘World’s Best-Sculpted Face’ After 1.5 Million People Vote
A BTS member emerged as having the “world’s best-sculpted face,” a Czech Republic-based doll-maker said. After analyzing 18,000 male faces f...
Carl Samson
Technology
Meet the Stanford Student Who Could Revolutionize How We Treat Epilepsy
When talking to Christine Liu, I often found myself forgetting that she’s still only a sophomore at Stanford. Looking back, it’s...
Ziye Wang
Asia
Heroic Thai Woman Goes Through 33 Hours of Labor to Give Birth to Stillborn Baby for Science
An expectant mother from Thailand had to endure 33 hours of labor so she could give birth to her stillborn baby for research last month. Si...
China’s Terrible Air Pollution is Actually Making People Dumber, Yale Study Finds
Research by Chinese scientists claims to have found that air pollution causes people to become less intelligent. The study was based on a su...
Lifestyle
Walking While Chewing Gum May Help You Lose Weight, Japanese Study Says
The seemingly effortless combination of walking while chewing gum may help those looking to dodge conventional methods to lose weight, a new...
Japan Develops World’s First Test to Detect Cancer via Urine Samples
Scientists in Japan have developed the world’s first test that can detect cancers in patient urine samples. The breakthrough technolog...
Poor Asian-American Girls End Up Richer Than Poor Asian-American Boys, Study Says
Researchers at Stanford, Harvard and the Census Bureau recently published an extensive study comparing income inequality between genders and...
Sex Professor Claims Chinese Wives Most Likely Cheat on Their Husbands
Of all wives around the world, those in China are most likely to cheat on their husbands, a renowned sexologist has claimed. According to Pa...
Women Accused of Being ‘Witches’ in China Band Together to Survive in Communities, Paper Finds
Women in China who have been labeled “witches” are facing harsh social consequences that force them to band together and live in mutual unde...
East Asia is Aging Faster Than the Rest of the World
East Asia is growing old much faster than any other region in the planet — a trend indicative of improved living conditions but also big cha...
5 Tons of 800-Year-Old Coins Unearthed Under a House in China
In a rather remarkable discovery, Chinese archaeologists excavated nearly 300,000 pieces of ancient coins that weighed 5.6 tons. The ancient...
Science Confirms Drinking Alcohol Makes it Easier to Speak a Foreign Language
Alcohol – in moderation – really does help you become more fluent when speaking a foreign language according to British and Dutch researcher...
China Invents Rice That Can Grow in Salt Water, Can Feed Over 200 Million People
Scientists in China succeeded in growing the yield of a strain of saltwater-tolerant rice nearly three times their expectation. In the sprin...
Japanese Airline Researches How to Stop Babies From Crying During Flights
A Japanese airline recently conducted a research study in an effort to help prevent infants and toddlers from crying aboard planes. All Nip...
Civil Rights
90% of Chinese-Speaking Teenagers Experience Racism in Australia, Study Reveals
A growing number of Chinese-Australian teenagers are facing discrimination and racism in Australia, a new study has revealed. According to a...
How Asian and White Americans Have Different Ideas of Success
Research statistics gathered at the University of Michigan reveal that most Asians have a completely different outlook on success compared t...
Kyle Encina
People Who Have Intense Nightmares Have a Surprising Advantage, Sleep Expert Says
Sleep researcher says people who have frequent nightmares may be more creative. Dreams have always been a mystery to scientists who have the...
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