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Kazakhstan’s national airline Air Astana plans to increase the number of Kazakh pilots in the company.

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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.

A Pentagon study from 2008 claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndrome, giving him a need to exert "extreme control".

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.

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

It's true: working too hard can drive you to drink, said researchers who warned of the health risks of such dual excess.

A computer program that analyzes your Facebook "likes" may be a better judge of your personality than your closest friends and family.

Women who use a specific type of injectable birth control have a slightly higher risk of HIV infection than those who take the pill.

Scientists seeking a cure for AIDS said they had found important clues about how HIV manages to skirt detection after being suppressed by drugs.

Children who have access to tablets or smartphones in their bedrooms get less sleep than children who do not have the devices with them at night.

US scientists encouraged 20 obese people to eat extra fast food for several months, and found that about a quarter stayed in good health.

Japan's top research institute hammered the final nail in the coffin of what was once billed as a ground-breaking stem cell study.

British scientists said they had discovered 12 genes linked to developmental disorders in children that can cause heart defects, seizures and intellectual disability.

Birds appear to be able to sense a coming storm and fly away before it hits, according to research out on golden-winged warblers in the United States.

Obesity and extreme obesity can reduce life expectancy by up to eight years and deprive people of as much as 19 years of good health.

E-cigarettes contain up to 10 times the amount of cancer-causing agents as regular tobacco, Japanese scientists said.

DNA molecules attached to the outside of a rocket may be able survive a trip to suborbital space and back into the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high temperatures.

Overweight and obesity is now causing nearly half a million new cancer cases in adults every year, roughly 3.6 percent of the world's total.

Experts said regular tests for vitamin D levels are not proven to be beneficial or harmful.