Astana enters Top 21 Intelligent Communities list
Kazakhstan's capital Astana has entered the Smart21 Communities list.
What makes a criminal? Gene trawl raises questions
Is a violent criminal born that way, or shaped by childhood experiences and circumstances?
Pop stars climb stairway to heaven early: Australian study
A new Australian study has added scholarly credibility to the adage, finding that US musicians die up to 25 years earlier than the general population.
Troublesome boat forces Orbital to scrub rocket launch
Orbital Sciences postponed its planned launch of the Cygnus cargo ship toward the International Space Station.
Orbital cargo ship readies for Monday launch
Orbital Sciences Corporation's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship is preparing to launch to the International Space Station.
Cocoa clue to reversing memory loss
Bioactive ingredients found in cocoa sharply reversed age-related memory decline in a group of volunteers, scientists reported.
Australian doctors transplant 'dead' hearts in surgical breakthrough
Australian surgeons said they have used hearts which had stopped beating in successful transplants, in a world first they said could change the way organs are donated.
Google teams with Oxford to teach machines to think
Google announced a partnership with artificial intelligence teams at Oxford University to teach machines to think like people.
Partial solar eclipse sweeps across North America
A partial solar eclipse swept across much of North America, triggering floods of blurry pictures of a crescent-shaped sun on Twitter and other social media.