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British 'chocolate greenhouse' saving the world's cocoa Chocolate lovers take heart: a steamy greenhouse near London is helping to ensure that cocoa crops globally remain disease-free and bountiful to cope with the growing appetite.

23 February 2015

NASA delays spacewalk to Saturday to analyze spacesuit The start of a series of spacewalks to carry out major work at the International Space Station will be delayed by a day to Saturday so NASA can investigate a spacesuits problem.

20 February 2015

When fake news goes viral, blame the media: study It's true. Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

14 February 2015

Looking for love online? Change your name to Aardvark Scientists who found that people whose online name began with a letter in the top half of the alphabet -- A to M -- get the most "looks" from others.

13 February 2015

Gene study shows evolutionary tale of Darwin's finches Gene sequencing of Galapagos Island finches first studied by Charles Darwin have found the birds have a traceable evolutionary history going back two million years.

12 February 2015

SpaceX launches deep-space weather observatory A $340 million satellite that aims to alert people to potentially dangerous solar activity and geomagnetic storms blasted off toward deep space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

12 February 2015

Physics of food shows secrets of popcorn To a couple of French investigators, popcorn is a biomechanical enigma waiting to be explained.

11 February 2015

Kazakh scientists suggest adding live bacteria to cattle's feed Kazakh researchers from Almaty-based Kazakh National Technical University have developed bio pellets that facilitate growth of livestock.

09 February 2015

SpaceX calls off launch of space-weather satellite SpaceX's launch of a $340 million sun-observing spacecraft that was initially dreamed up by former US vice president Al Gore was postponed.

09 February 2015

Smartphone can test for HIV, syphilis: study US researchers have found a way to turn a common smartphone into a quick and easy device to conduct field tests for HIV and syphilis.

05 February 2015

NASA hails spending boost under Obama budget proposal NASA hailed a proposal by President Barack Obama to boost spending for the US space agency and announced plans for a mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa.

03 February 2015

Snakes 70 million years older than thought: study A new look at four fossils has revealed that snakes' earliest known ancestor lived as many as 70 million years earlier than thought.

28 January 2015

SpaceX chief Elon Musk eyes Internet satellites: report High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has reportedly added global Internet access from satellites to his vision of a future alongside sporty electric cars.

26 January 2015

Google aboard as Musk's SpaceX gets $1 bn in funding The private space exploration firm SpaceX said it had secured a $1 billion investment that could help founder Elon Musk's plan to build a satellite Internet network.

21 January 2015

SpaceX poised for cargo, rocket-recycle launch SpaceX will try again to launch a load of cargo to the International Space Station and recycle its Falcon 9 rocket by landing a key part on an ocean platform.

10 January 2015

Birth control shot may boost HIV risk: study Women who use a specific type of injectable birth control have a slightly higher risk of HIV infection than those who take the pill.

09 January 2015

SpaceX to try ocean platform landing of Falcon rocket SpaceX aims to propel modern rocket science into a brave new era by landing a key part of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.

06 January 2015

Kazakh chemist named best CIS scientist A chemist from Kazakhstan has been named the best across the CIS countries.

03 January 2015

Not all obese people prone to poor health: study US scientists encouraged 20 obese people to eat extra fast food for several months, and found that about a quarter stayed in good health.

03 January 2015

Dutch scientists use smell to recreate JFK, Diana and other famous deaths Dutch scientists are recreating the deaths of some of the world's most famous personalities by reconstructing their last moments using scents and sounds.

26 December 2014

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