NASA science balloon breaks longest flight record
After more than 55 days flying over Antarctica, NASA's huge Super-TIGER scientific balloon has broken the record for the longest flight of its kind, bringing back a wealth of data.
05 February 2013
First 2013 space launch at Baikonur
A Soyuz-2.1 a rocket carrier carrying 6 Globalstar-2 communications satellites will be launched at 22:20 Astana time.
Skull found in Britain could be King Richard III's
British archaelogists hunting for the lost remains of King Richard III on Monday revealed the first image of a battle-scarred skull found at a car park ahead of what they said would be a "major announcement" about their findings.
04 February 2013
Shackleton Antarctic bid makes landfall
An exhausted British-Australian expedition recreating Ernest Shackleton's 1916 crossing of the Southern Ocean in a small boat made landfall Monday after a perilous 12-day journey.
04 February 2013
Twitter hit by 'sophisticated' cyber attack
Twitter said Friday it was hammered by a "sophisticated" cyber attack similar to those that recently hit major Western news outlets, and that the passwords of about 250,000 users were stolen.
03 February 2013
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US dodges Super Bowl chicken wing shortage In the run-up to Super Bowl Sunday, millions of American football fans can rest assured: there is no looming shortage of their beloved chicken wings.
02 February 2013
China steel industry says profits plunge The combined profits of China's major steelmakers crashed by more than 98 percent in 2012 as growth in the economy of the world's largest steel producer slowed.
01 February 2013
Columbia space tragedy, 10 years on NASA will commemorate the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts a decade ago, a landmark incident that triggered the end of the shuttle mission.
01 February 2013
Wall Street Journal says also hit by Chinese hackers The Wall Street Journal said Thursday its computers had been hit by Chinese hackers, becoming the latest US media organization to report an effort to spy on its journalists covering China.
01 February 2013
Facebook lets friends send gift cards Facebook on Thursday began letting social network members in the United States send friends gift cards for purchases at participating shops or restaurants.
Ethno villages to spring around Astana cityEthnic villages will be built in the residential areas adjusted to Astana city within the radius of 30-50 kilometers before the EXPO-2017.