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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.

08 June 2016

Japan abandons $250mn black hole satellite Japan is abandoning a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar satellite it sent to study black holes, disappointed space scientists said.

28 April 2016

Human genetic research with Chinese characteristics Researchers from Guangzhou Medical University used a gene-editing technique CRISPR to artificially induce a mutation in human cells.

13 April 2016

Humans, 'unicorns' may have walked Earth at same time A long-extinct animal known as the Siberian unicorn -- actually a long-horned rhinoceros -- may have walked the Earth 29,000 years ago.

30 March 2016

Caveman's best friends? Preserved Ice Age puppies awe scientists hunters searching for mammoth tusks discovered an Ice Age puppy's snout peeking out from the permafrost.

28 March 2016

'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.

21 January 2016

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.

04 November 2015

Women urged to wait until 45 for breast cancer screenings In a controversial shift, a leading US medical association urged women to wait until the age of 45 before getting an annual mammogram to screen for breast cancer.

21 October 2015

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.

07 October 2015

'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.

06 October 2015

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.

02 October 2015

Liquid water found on Mars: NASA Liquid water has been observed on the planet Mars which makes it far more likely that life could be found there, the US space agency NASA said.

29 September 2015

Biotech stocks fall as Clinton slams high drug prices Biotech stocks took a hit after Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton pledged to take action against runaway price increases on specialty drugs.

22 September 2015

Headless human remains discovered in ancient Hun burials in Kazakhstan Archaeologists in Kazakhstan are puzzled over headless remains found in ancient burials of Hun and Sarmat warriors.

27 August 2015

Seven Kazakhstani start-up teams to travel to Sillicon Valley in October Seven start-up projects from Kazakhstan have qualified in the final round of TECHNATION acceleration program for start-up teams from CIS, Europe and Asia.

30 July 2015

Solar power plant developed by Nazarbayev University researchers and SunPower presented in Astana A solar power plant SunPower Oasis C-7 has been presented in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana.

16 July 2015

Some corals have DNA to adapt to warmer climate: study Some coral species are better at adapting to climate change than others, and they may be able to pass their hardy DNA onto the next generation.

26 June 2015

Chocolate may be good for your heart, study suggests New research has added to tentative evidence that eating chocolate in modest quantities may be good for the heart.

16 June 2015

Kazakhstani scientists explain Kalachi sleeping syndrome Are the causes of the sleeping syndrome in Kalachi finally found?

11 June 2015

New study backs risk estimate for contraceptive pills The broadest study of its kind on Wednesday backed estimates that newer kinds of contraceptive pills carry a higher risk of dangerous blood clots.

27 May 2015

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