Research Stories
How Climate Change Sparks Major Human Crises?
Advances in paleoclimatology help a research team discover that European wars, famine, plagues and even human height were all driven by changes in climate
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Hong Kong's Pivotal Role in the Pacific War
Hong Kong helped to supply the anti-Japanese forces in China and also acted as a lure to keep Japan from attacking Russia
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In Defence of HK's WWII Pillboxes: The Truth about Gin Drinker's Line
A team from HKU have done a study on British and Japanese WWII military installations in Hong Kong for the purpose of preserving this important historic heritage – not a team of archaeologists, but a team of architects, planners, surveyors and enthusiasts
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The Art of Reading the Brain
Our researchers have been investigating the workings of the brain in meditation and communication, and pondering the philosophical meaning of our experiences of pain and suffering
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Sleeping with the Enemy?
Women spies have been vilified and celebrated down the ages. Now they're under the microscope again
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