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Advertisement Science ChinaScience China’s ‘electric eel’ sensor allows robots to feel an object without touching it The robot’s fluoropolymer-coated sensor acts like a battery to create an electric field that can detect metal, plastics, glass and wood 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen Zhang Tongin Beijing Published: 12:00pm, 16 Aug 2026 Electric eels hunt in pitch-black, murky waters […]

Advertisement Hong Kong society Hong KongSociety Bead Street’s fraying legacy: craft hub faces uncertain future as shops bow out ‘Storefronts have changed a lot these few years. More than half of these accessory shops are now eateries,’ one business owner says 4-MIN READ4-MIN Listen Lo Hoi-ying Published: 12:01pm, 16 Aug 2026Updated: 12:09pm, 16 Aug 2026 […]

Advertisement Thailand This Week in AsiaEconomics How Cambodian worker exodus exposes Thailand’s fragile labour model An estimated 780,000 Cambodian workers have left Thailand since last year’s border conflicts, affecting a wide range of industries 4-MIN READ4-MIN Listen Vincent Tan Published: 12:00pm, 16 Aug 2026 After last year’s border conflict with Cambodia, hundreds of thousands of […]

Advertisement Hong Kong weather Hong Kong Heatwave to persist in Hong Kong before thunderstorms set in midweek Very hot weather warning remains in force, with temperatures to reach 35 degrees on Sunday and Monday 1-MIN READ1-MIN Listen Natalie Wong Published: 12:35pm, 16 Aug 2026Updated: 1:16pm, 16 Aug 2026 Scorching weather will persist across Hong Kong […]

Advertisement Indonesia AsiaSoutheast Asia Indonesian earthquake survivors recount chaotic escape: ‘house collapsed on me’ ‘So, we all started to panic; some people jumped out of windows, and some ran outside,’ a Flores resident says 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen Agence France-Presse Published: 12:45pm, 16 Aug 2026 Melania Nius was at her husband’s hospital bedside on Indonesia’s Flores […]