Nobel prizewinner proposes a new city in KZ
Nobel peace prizewinner Rae Kwon Chung offered Kazakh authorities to create an eco-city fully maintained by alternative sources of energy.
Hyperloop construction begins in Las Vegas
The full-scale prototype of as futuristic transport system is called DevLoop and could transport passengers at up to 760mph.
New dwarf galaxy discovered around Milky Way
Astronomers have identified a new ultra-faint dwarf satellite companion of our Milky Way Galaxy.
China to turn Chernobyl into solar power plant
Two Chinese companies have announced plans to build a one gigawatt solar plant in the zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear reactor.
Space 360: first-ever 4K panoramic view from ISS
In a new installment of pioneering 360° video documentary ,the Cupola, mounted on the Earth-facing side of the ISS.
Space-bound Russian android shows handyman skills
Android robot FEDOR, likely to be part of Russian manned space missions starting 2021, has displayed impressive handyman skills.
Nintendo shares jump on Super Mario for iPhones
Nintendo shares surged more than five percent after the game giant said it would release a Super Mario app for iPhones next month.
NASA has published photos of Supermoon at Baikonur
The Supermoon was captured rising behind the rocket, which is to be launched this Thursday.
Elon Musk envisions 'fun' but dangerous trips to Mars
SpaceX chief Elon Musk unveiled on Tuesday ambitious plans to establish a Mars colony by sending 100 humans at a time on massive spacecraft.
China to launch second space laboratory: Xinhua
China will launch its second space lab as the country works towards setting up its own space station, among several ambitious goals.
More than a billion stars mapped in Milky Way: ESA
The Gaia space probe, launched in December 2013, has mapped more than a billion stars in the Milky Way.
New fossils show life on Earth at least 3.7bn years old
Life on Earth is even older than we though - fossils dating back a staggering 3.7 billion years have been discovered.
iPhone spyware spotlights Israel's secretive surveillance industry
The discovery of sophisticated spyware to infiltrate and remotely take control of iPhones put a spotlight on Israel's surveillance industry.
US astronauts prepare spacewalk to install new docking port
Two US astronauts are set to embark on a spacewalk Friday to install a special parking spot for private spaceship traffic at ISS.
Google says anti-privacy effort has delivered $2 bn
Google said Wednesday its efforts to fight online piracy yielded $2 billion to copyright holders whose content is shown on YouTube.
Fido forever? S. Korea's dog cloning clinic
At $100,000 a head, the puppies in western Seoul don't come cheap -- but at least their owners know exactly what they are getting.
World's fastest supercomputer entirely made in China
China has built the world's fastest supercomputer using locally made microchips without using US technology.
Mammals thrived long before dinos died: study
The prevailing theory that mammals only flourished after an asteroid strike wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago is doubly wrong.
Robot home-help and virtual reality at Taiwan's Computex
A knee-high robot designed to help around the house ended up serenading Taiwan's president as Asia's largest tech trade show kicked off Tuesday in Taipei.
Virtual Reality puts viewer in the movie at Cannes
What if you could both watch a film and be a character in it?