'Ninth planet' may exist in solar system: US scientists
A previously unknown giant planet may have been discovered lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system, US scientists announced.
US spacewalkers will aim to move stalled rail car
American astronauts will step out on a spacewalk Monday to move a stalled rail car that is stuck outside the International Space Station.
Kazakhstani app wins at Startup Conference
Kazakhstani Wipon project won the main prize of 25,000 dollars at the biggest tech conference in Central Asia.
Russia readies to exhume Tsar Alexander III in Romanov probe
Russian investigators began examining the grave of Tsar Alexander III ahead of his exhumation in a probe looking to finally identify the remains of the last tsar Nicholas II and his family.
Kazakhstan isn’t going to mass-produce cosmonauts: head of KazKosmos National Space Agency
However, plans are afoot to keep on training prospective astronauts, including female astronauts.
Trio wins Nobel Chemistry Prize for DNA repair work
Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich of the US and Aziz Sancar, a Turkish-American, won the 2015 Nobel Chemistry Prize for work on how cells repair damaged DNA.
'Gifts' from Chinese herbal medicine
Derived from a herb used to treat fevers some 1,700 years ago, the anti-malaria drug artemisinin is one of many treatments plucked from the treasure chest of ancient Chinese medicine.
Brain research gets $100 million boost
Research into brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and traumatic injury got a boost with a $100 million pledge from a US foundation and seven universities.
Kazakh engineer builds revolutionary LEGO-like toy robot
Kazakh engineer Rustem Akishbekov has built a revolutionary toy-robot and plans to win over LEGO’s customers.