The Himalayan Mountains rise several thousand meters above sea level, yet somehow bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) migrate over them and the Tibetan Plateau every year. Now, researchers tracking these ...

Leaving the egalitarianism of the planned economy era behind it, China started to push ahead with market-opening policies that place priority on efficiency over equality under the banner of "allowing ...

There are two major stories with respect to the world economy. The financial crisis and the severe recession it precipitated have dominated the headlines, pushing into the background the bigger ...

Geese that migrate from Mongolia to India and back every year, flying over the towering Himalaya Mountains, have evolved a "roller coaster" flight pattern to conquer the high-altitude barrier the ...

We waited in the harvested corn field, scanning the morning sky. All was quiet for many minutes; then in the distance, we heard the first melodic strains of flying geese. I could soon make out the ...

THE term “wild-geese-flying pattern” of economic growth is a literal translation of the Japanese term “ganko keitai”, which was coined by economist Kaname Akamatsu to describe the pattern of economic ...