World & Nation
A NASA astronomer solved a Chinese riddle about the time “the day dawned twice” because of a solar eclipse, placing a date on a king’s reign and learning how much faster the Earth turned in 899 BC.
Jan. 25, 1987
Science & Medicine
“The sun rose at night,” Chinese philosopher Motze wrote in the 4th century BC in an account of an epic battle that had occurred about 1,500 years earlier.
March 7, 1996
Entertainment & Arts
When Kaige’s exquisite yet harrowing “Temptress Moon” takes us into chaotic China in its transitional 1920s to spin a heady tale of love and revenge as the worlds of the Shanghai underworld collide with that of a decaying ancient noble family, sealed off in its vast country estate.
June 13, 1997
Movies
“Bangkok Dangerous” takes a high-voltage, ultra-stylish dive into the lethal, shadowy underworld of the Thai capital and comes up with a taut thriller as drenched in romantic fatalism as it is in extreme violence.
Nov. 23, 2001
An ancient volcanic eruption in Iceland likely triggered a famine that killed half China’s population, bolstering fears that a “nuclear winter” would cause mass starvation after a nuclear war, says a NASA astronomer.
Dec. 14, 1987
Researchers who studied ancient Chinese chronicles of solar eclipses found that a day is now seven hundredths of a second longer than it was 4,000 years ago because the Earth is spinning more slowly.
Oct. 17, 1988
California
A lawyer who fled California shortly after becoming a suspect in the 1997 slaying of a Villa Park woman was sighted twice last month in West Los Angeles, authorities said Monday.
July 24, 2001
Imagine “Saturday Night Fever” set down in Singapore, blend in a bit of “Strictly Ballroom” and include a nod to Bruce Lee, and you’ve got Glen Goei’s delightful “That’s the Way I Like It,” a tale that’s sweet-natured, funny and surprisingly touching.
Oct. 15, 1999
I really enjoyed Jan Herman’s review of “Who Said What Said Where Said” at the Gem Theater (“ ‘Who Said’ Falls Into Manic Improvisation,” April 15).
April 27, 1996
Four Camarillo youths were killed Tuesday morning when their car veered off northbound Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County and slammed into an oak, authorities said.
Feb. 25, 2004