Fish leaders are born, not made: study
Leadership is an innate quality, said a fish study Wednesday that predicted trouble in animal social groups, also human ones, when natural roles are reversed.
Japan scientists launch freeze-dry animal sperm bank
Japanese scientists have launched a sperm bank for endangered animals that uses freeze-drying technology they hope could one day help humans recreate animal populations on other planets.
Meteor that hit Russia may have had close shave with Sun
The meteor that injured over 1,500 people when it exploded and showered debris over Russia in February may have had a close shave with the Sun earlier.
Tomb find confirms powerful women ruled Peru long ago
The discovery in Peru of another tomb belonging to a pre-Hispanic priestess, the eighth in more than two decades, confirms that powerful women ruled this region 1,200 years ago.
US scientists claim world's most accurate clock
US scientists said Thursday they have built the world's most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less than two parts in one quintillion, or 10 times better than any other.
Earliest iron artefacts came from meteorite
The earliest iron artefacts ever found -- funeral beads strung around bodies in a 5,000-year-old Egyptian cemetery -- were made from a meteorite.
Author of Kazakhstan's cote of arms presents design for EXPO-2017
The author of Kazakhstan’s coat of arms, research fellow of Gumilyov National University Zhandarbek Malibekov, has developed a design for the international exhibition EXPO-2017.
Researcher calles to subsidize energy effecient housing in Kazakhstan
Aleksnader Nizovkin has called the Kazakhstan Government to focus on construction of environmentally-friendly buildings with independent energy and heating supply systems.
Bone-munching worms found on sea floor
Scientists said Wednesday they had discovered two new species of a strange bone-devouring worm thriving in the mysterious waters that surround the Antarctic continent.