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South Africa's workplaces are still heavily racially skewed 20 years after the fall of apartheid, with only one fifth of top executive positions held by blacks, said a report published Wednesday.

• 10 апреля 2014, 22:44

Nicknamed the "chicken from hell," a newly identified species of feathered dinosaur as tall as a human roamed North America at least 66 million years ago.

• 21 марта 2014, 16:36

Women are being put off careers in science by stereotypes and are less than half as likely as men to apply for degrees in the field.

• 20 марта 2014, 09:28

Waves of gravity that rippled through space right after the Big Bang have been detected for the first time, in a landmark discovery that adds to our understanding of how the universe was born.

• 18 марта 2014, 12:44

The sightseer of 4014 may have to pay a virtual visit to the Tower of London or Statue of Liberty, said a climate study Wednesday that warned of dramatic ocean encroachment on heritage sites.

• 05 марта 2014, 17:44

A diet rich in calories and carbohydrates may slow progression of the lethal, degenerative Lou Gehrig's disease.

• 03 марта 2014, 09:55

US industrial conglomerate General Electric said Monday it would boost spending on environmentally friendly energy research by $10 billion by 2020, including on fracking technologies and wind turbines.

• 25 февраля 2014, 11:42

Japan's public is less enthusiastic about capital punishment than government research shows, a new study has claimed, amid an acceleration in the rate of executions under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

• 20 февраля 2014, 17:32

Worldwide, one woman in 14 has been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner, according to the first global estimate of the problem.

• 12 февраля 2014, 11:30

Eating yoghurt and low-fat cheese can cut the risk of developing diabetes by around a quarter compared with consuming none.

• 06 февраля 2014, 16:51

Women are often in the dark when it comes to basic facts about sex, fertility, pregnancy and their own reproductive health, according to a US study Monday.

• 28 января 2014, 11:59

Two-thirds of young children in the United States now have access to an e-reader or tablet, but only half of them actually use the device to read.

• 24 января 2014, 18:02

Texting while walking impairs a person's ability to follow a straight line and keep a normal pace, and may pose risks to pedestrians according to a study out.

• 23 января 2014, 14:23

Great white sharks may live until their 70s, more than three times as long as previously thought, according to a new analysis of the marine predator's backbones out Wednesday.

• 14 января 2014, 10:39

Bulging in land that occurs before a volcano erupts points to how much ash will be spewed into the sky, providing a useful early warning for aviation.

• 14 января 2014, 10:00

The surge into social networks is gaining pace among Americans, with Facebook dominating but with many people using multiple platforms, a study showed Monday.

• 31 декабря 2013, 18:03

"A dry martini. Just hand it to me, and I'll do the shaking myself."

• 13 декабря 2013, 13:41

Women aren't very good at reading maps, and men are incapable of multi-tasking.

• 04 декабря 2013, 10:45

A contraceptive pill for men has moved one step closer after Australian researchers successfully made male mice infertile.

• 03 декабря 2013, 10:22

Bolashak scholarship gave an opportunity to children of unemployed and retired Kazakhstan nationals to study abroad.

• 30 ноября 2013, 23:58