Forensic scientists say they have found the tomb of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the classic novel Don Quixote, nearly 400 years after his death, BBC News reported. They believe they have found the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
On July 4, 1994, Sophie Serrano, then 18 years old, gave birth to her first baby at a private maternity clinic on the French Riviera. The child, whom she named Manon, had to be placed in an incubator ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
British lawmakers have voted in favor of making Britain the first country in the world to allow test tube babies from three different people to help prevent serious genetic diseases. The House of Comm ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
A partial skull retrieved from a cave in northern Israel is shedding light on early human history, particularly migration to Africa and some of the earliest encounters with Neanderthals. Scientists sa ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
What's the secret to long life? Scientists are trying to unlock the mystery by studying the genetic blueprint for the bowhead whale, the awe-inspiring giant of the Arctic that lives up to 200 years. T ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
David Wang, chairman of BBI Life Science (01035.HK), expects the firm's revenue from its protein- and antibody-related business to grow at least 20 percent annually in the next five years, as demand h ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
Unlike the State of the Union speech American presidents make every year in the US Congress, Hong Kong’s annual policy address by our chief executives – and by British governors before the handover – ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
Russia's richest man will return a Nobel Prize medal to its owner after buying it for US$4.1 million at a charity auction. Alisher Usmanov, who is worth US$14.4 billion by Bloomberg estimates, said he ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
If he could not be more useful in his lifetime, at least he could make amends for what he has done -- or has not done. James D. Watson, one of the grandfathers of DNA, wants to make that clear in his ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-04
A man has had a live tapeworm lodged in his brain for at least four years. The parasite was found after the 50-year-old man checked into a hospital complaining of headaches, weird smells, seizures, an ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
Global firms such as Johnson & Johnson and GE and Hong Kong groups like Li & Fung regularly undertake acquisitions in order to grow. Immediate share price reaction to the M&A announcements ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
After seeking to establish the authenticity of a tomb that has been touted as belonging to Cao Cao, a famous Chinese ruler from the second and third centuries, there is now a fight among his purported ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-19
In years to come, we will look back at this moment and have one name to blame: Cyberith. Parents the world over are already struggling to get their sons out of their gaming dens and into the sunlight ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
The fugitive de facto owner of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 people has been found dead in a field of plum trees, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Police said DNA and finge ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
It was part of Hitler's DNA blueprint for the perfect Aryan race -- a perfect baby that came to symbolize a Nazi rebirth. But like most propaganda by Hitler madman Joseph Goebbels, this one was a hoax ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-04
Retailing behemoth Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has announced it will triple its spending on food safety in China, just months after meat sold as donkey was found to contain fox flesh, Reuters reported Tuesda ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
An investment company and a furniture firm generated some of the more extreme invasions of privacy handled by Hong Kong's privacy watchdog last year, and in both cases the violations were against staf ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-30
Hong Kong Economic Journal columnist Ah Mui used to work in one of the top accounting firms before joining the fund management industry. With friends from both businesses, Mui made some interesting ob ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-29
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will add DNA tests on food and is considering legal action after discovering contaminated donkey meat in China from a local vendor, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing the company. ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-03
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, has recalled donkey meat sold at some outlets in China after tests showed the product contained the DNA of other animals, Reuters reported Thursday, ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-02
