THROUGH the kindness of the Editor of NATURE, I have had an opportunity of seeing Prof. Read's interesting letter. The citations which he gives from Sse Ma Tsien's chronicles (a careful translation of ...

COME ONE, COME ALL: Emmy Bethel, left, and Ashley Kuper want Chinese medicine to be more accessible to members of the community, so they're organizing their group practice in a café setting that's ...

Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue. The Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes is an interdisciplinary forum, uniting scholars specializing in ...

When the Continental Congress in 1776 passed its motion for independence from Great Britain, John Adams wrote to his wife that the day should be "solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, ...

Everyday Chinese cooking is the art of turning the most humble ingredients into culinary gold, writes Fuchsia Dunlop in her new book Every Grain of Rice. The Chinese have an ancient tradition of ...

Continuity between this life and the next is central to Chinese spirituality. The living are in constant dialogue with the dead: We offer our ancestors food and other gifts — including the fake ...

COMMUNICATIONS upon the subject of Chinese alchemy have appeared several times in NATURE during the past year by Prof. J. R. Partington and have greatly interested me. The Pent'sao and similar books ...