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1. What to see at the Shenzhen Natural History Museum, from dinosaur fossils to meteorites
The Shenzhen Natural History Museum opened to the public on July 28 as the first dedicated large-scale institution of its kind in southern China.
2. Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026: Hope & Sesame in China’s Guangzhou takes top spot
For the first time, a mainland Chinese bar has taken top spot at the Asia’s 50 Best Bars awards. Guangzhou’s Hope & Sesame was the big winner at the 11th edition of the awards, held at the Wynn Palace resort in Macau on July 28, ending the two-year reign of Hong Kong’s Bar Leone. It also scooped the Best Bar in Mainland China Award.
3. Can this AI-powered Chinese astrology platform shake up the industry?
If you want to seek enlightenment, you can consult Gabi, a robot monk in a South Korean temple. If you want to meditate, download an app and let a computerised voice guide you towards inner peace. Now, if you want to analyse your Chinese astrology to check your financial prospects, you can look towards AI to give you a reading.
4. Fit after 50: How Indian influencer couple beat chronic pain with exercise
Tara and Sushila Thapa, from Dehradun, an Indian city nestled in the Himalayan foothills, are rewriting the script on what fitness can look like in our fifties. Their journey is proof that health and wellness are not shaped by age as much as by the moment we choose to begin.
5. Why ‘extreme fitness FOMO’ can do more harm than good for people 40 and up
Hyrox, CrossFit, ultra-endurance trail runs – highly challenging activities such as these are popular in Hong Kong. The appeal is obvious: taking part in them makes ordinary people feel heroic. And in a city hooked on achievement, they have become a kind of status symbol.
6. ‘Piece of history’: old cookbook exhibition traces Hong Kong’s culinary past
Social media is full of cooking videos today, but it was not long ago that only those who had earned their stripes in a professional kitchen – and gained the approval of a publishing house – could create culinary content for the masses in the form of cookbooks.
7. The key to better brain health and ‘super-ageing’ could lie in your bones
Staying out of the hospital is one of the quiet secrets of “super-agers”, older adults whose memories remain as sharp as people decades younger. While strong bones protect us from fall-related fractures that trigger age-accelerating hospital stays, their connection to brain health runs much deeper than mere physical protection.
