Lightning Data Are More Useful Than Previously Thought

Lightning is a spectacular natural phenomenon. It is closely associated with the electrification and discharge of thunderstorms. Different types of thunderstorms correspond to different lightning characteristics and charge structures. Their data are proving to be quite useful. But what are their characteristics in different types of thunderstorms? To address this question, scientists attempted to depict ...

Troy Oakes

Lightning strikes.

Post-fire Understory Recovery in Chinese Boreal Forest

Increasing disturbances and activities in disturbed boreal forest areas greatly contribute to the global degradation of forested ecosystems, with important influences on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Thus, understanding the restoration processes of forest biodiversity, community structure, and ecosystem functioning is a key issue in restoration ecology. In a boreal forest, understory vegetation composes the majority ...

Troy Oakes

A fire in a boreal forest.

5 Things to Do at Yosemite National Park

Located in California, Yosemite National Park is spread over an area of 1,169 square miles. Designated as a World Heritage site in 1984, the park receives about 4-4.5 million visitors every year. The park, home to stunning landscapes, lush forests, and numerous wild animals, is definitely a must-visit place if you ever take a trip ...

Raven Montmorency

Communist Racist: How Marx Despised Blacks

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement began as a response to police brutality, but protesters soon sparked a long-delayed conversation about structural racism, persistent inequality, and the long history of white supremacy that has enabled injustice to persist. While the BLM movement initiated an overdue conversation about racism, it missed one of the biggest racist thinkers ...

Max Lu

Ancient Architecture: The Dule Temple

One of China’s oldest heritage sites is situated in a small town called Jixian more than a hundred kilometers from Tianjin City. The Dule Temple, roughly translated as “Solitary Joy Temple,” claims to be the oldest timber structure in Asia. This ancient Buddhist temple is more than a thousand years old and holds substantial architectural ...

Emma Lu

The Dule Temple.

Wu Qi Stated That the Prosperity of a Country Lies in Its Morality

Wu Qi was a well-known military strategist during the Warring States Period in China, but he never met a virtuous master who appreciated him. On one occasion, Wu Qi heard that Wei Wenhou was virtuous, so he went to visit him to ask him to take him on as a military leader. Wei hesitated over ...

Helen London

Wu Qi.

Generous and Broad-Minded Empress Zhangsun

In ancient times, it was really rare for a queen like Empress Zhangsun to be generous and broad-minded. Empress Zhangsun was the wife of Emperor Taizong (Li Shimin) of the Tang Dynasty who became emperor shortly after the incident at Xuanwu Gate where he defeated and killed his brothers, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who ...

Helen London

Empress Zhangsun.