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Beheaded skeleton discovered next to Saka princess's tomb Kazakhstan archaeologists have discovered a beheaded human skeleton next to the tomb of the “Saka princess”.

06 June 2013

Peanut butter, pyjamas, parmesan launched into space A special delivery of peanut butter, pyjamas and parmesan cheese was blasted into the cosmos on Wednesday to bring some Earthly indulgences to the astronauts on board the ISS.

06 June 2013

Solar plane to get inflatable hangar after Midwest storms The first manned aircraft that can fly day and night powered entirely by solar energy was to leave Texas for Missouri Monday.

03 June 2013

Kazakhstan archaeologists discover Saka princess tomb A burial site of a high-ranking young woman was discovered during reconstruction of Taskesken-Bakty road in Urdzhar region of East-Kazakhstan oblast.

03 June 2013

Europe set for record-breaking space launch Nearly 40 years ago, European countries worried by US and Soviet dominance of space gave the green light to the first Ariane rocket.

03 June 2013

Eureka! Unique exhibition in Rome honours Archimedes The great inventor of Antiquity, Archimedes, is the star of an unprecedented exhibition opening in Rome which includes modern applications of some of his best known discoveries.

01 June 2013

International trio takes shortcut to space station An international trio flying in a Russian capsule docked the International Space Station on Wednesday with a busy schedule full of space walks and an encounter with a pioneering US cargo craft.

29 May 2013

Biofuel from bulrush to be produced in Atyrau An entrepreneur from Almaty Temirali Ayan has decided to produce biofuel from bulrush that grows in sufficient amounts near Atyrau.

29 May 2013

Shanghai sees biofuel gold in recycled cooking oil China's commercial hub Shanghai plans to turn recycled cooking oil, some of it seized by authorities, into an environmental asset by converting it into fuel for vehicles.

28 May 2013

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Moon may harbour alien minerals: study Minerals found in craters on the Moon may be remnants of asteroids that slammed into it and not, as long believed, the satellite's innards exposed by such impacts.

27 May 2013

Four researchers exposed to radiation at Japanese lab Four researchers were exposed to radiation in an accident at a Japanese nuclear physics laboratory this week.

26 May 2013

Ecuador satellite hits Soviet-era space junk A tiny Ecuadoran satellite that collided in space with the remains of a Soviet rocket survived the crash, but was damaged and is not transmitting.

24 May 2013

Solar plane set for new leg of cross-country US trip The first-ever manned airplane that can fly by day or night on solar power alone was set to soar early Wednesday on the second leg of its journey across the United States.

22 May 2013

Villagers discover ancient ball game statue in Mexico Villagers installing a water pipe in southwestern Mexico stumbled onto an ancient granite statue depicting a player from a pre-Hispanic ball game.

21 May 2013

Foreign archaeologists tap into Stone Age man site near Almaty Archaeologists from the U.S., Germany, Japan and Australia arrived to Kazakhstan to study a Stone Age man site in Zhambyl region of Almaty oblast.

20 May 2013

Kazakhstan-made CT scanner presented at medical equipment exhibition in Almaty The 20th Kazakhstan International Healthcare Exhibition KIHE-2013 was held in Almaty on May 15-17.

20 May 2013

Hong Kong launches first electric taxis Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city's high levels of roadside pollution.

18 May 2013

Canadian ISS astronaut returns to Earth a star Canadian spaceman Chris Hadfield on Tuesday returned to Earth along with two other astronauts after a half-year mission to the ISS that saw him become a global celebrity through his Twitter microblog.

14 May 2013

ISS crew ready for spacewalk after 'serious' ammonia leak The ISS crew were preparing for an emergency spacewalk to fix a "very serious" leak of ammonia from the orbiting laboratory's power system seeping into space.

11 May 2013