Astrology

Total solar eclipse seen across northern Australia

15 Nov 2012

From boats bobbing on the Great Barrier Reef, to hot air balloons hovering over the rainforest, and the hilltops and beaches in between, tens of thousands of scientists, tourists and amateur...

2:57AM

Science shows us how ordinary we, and the earth, are

13 Nov 2012

In this interval between the struggle to choose the next president of the US and the next leader of China, a delicious moment of sheer silliness: the BBC has banned a science programme because it...

2:15AM

Horoscopes

4 Nov 2012

Scorpio (Oct 24 - Nov 22)
A dynamic alignment between fearless Mars and Jupiter, planet of success but also excess, indicates you will either win big or lose big. Be brave and, if it goes...

11:29PM

Legends: Sundal

18 Oct 2012

To Hindus, Shakti, the "Great Divine Mother", is the origin of all cosmic energy. She is celebrated in a festival called Navratri, meaning nine nights, and culminates on the 10th day, Dasera.

4:59PM

Clouds obscure rare transit of Venus

7 Jun 2012

All eyes turn to the skies at the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront as amateur astronomers join the professionals to watch an astronomical event they're unlikely to be around to see again.

4:54PM

Last chance to view rare Venus transit

6 Jun 2012

Stargazers have their last chance to see the transit of Venus today - and Hongkongers are invited to watch the astronomical event with the help of experts at a special free event.

4:47PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Quest for planet of love

Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens
by Andrea Wulf
Knopf

3:20PM

Fung shui master is in his element

Fung shui master Raymond Lo claims to have foreseen the resignation of Russian president Bois Yeltsin in 1999, the crash of the Nasdaq stock market in 2000, the break-up of Tom Cruise and Nicole...

6:12AM

Weddings soar in Year of the Dragon

The coming Year of the Dragon will be busy with weddings, buoyed by fung shui predictions that the lunar year is a prime time to tie the knot, industry insiders say.

And related...

4:42AM

Stellar journey through the ages

The Hong Kong Space Museum's new sky show combines tales of ancient Greek myths with the modern world's most amazing scientific discoveries.

9:20PM

Best colours for job interview

You may suddenly discover that you have been laid off or that your company has folded. You may have felt that you could no longer work in a stressful environment, or that you are no longer...

12:03PM

Find colours that can work for you

While most of us would have been decked out in red during the Lunar New Year festivities, be warned that red might not be the most auspicious colour for everyone. For instance, wearing a red dress...

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