S Korean visitors drop 2.2 pct in H1

Macau’s hotel guests dropped by 73.5 percent year-on-year to 1.83 million in the first half of this year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.While the DSEC statement did not explain the steep decline, trade sources attributed it to the local impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.In the first six months of the year, the average occupancy rate of guestrooms stood at 27.2 percent, a drop of 63.9 percentage points year-on-year.At the end of June, 109 hotels and

BEIJING - Chinese scientists have identified a new molecular pathway underlying the "love hormone" that enables rodents to remember their brothers and sisters. The findings revealed a mechanism of social memory that allows animals to distinguish and remember specific individuals that may become disrupted in social disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Science Signaling. Social memory supports behaviors such