Orbital cargo ship nears arrival at space station
An unmanned cargo ship that was rocketed into space this weekend by Orbital Sciences Corporation is nearing the International Space Station where it plans to dock.
16 July 2014
Kyrgyzstan to rely on Kazakhstan’s power supply for another year
Up to now the country’s northern regions have depended on power supplied from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In 2015 Kyrgyzstan plans to compete construction of the Datka-Kemin power supply line to link the South and the North of the country.
'Space junk' fireball lights up Australian sky
Australians were treated to a spectacular light show after a flaming object, believed to be space junk from a Russian booster rocket, streaked across the night sky and lit up social media.
Bad day at the office: India hotel valet crashes Lamborghini
A valet at a five-star hotel in the Indian capital caused $335,000 worth of damage to a Lamborghini Gallardo after crashing it into a concrete wall in front of horrified guests, a report said.
10 July 2014
NASA films grandiose eruption on the Sun
NASA has released a 40-second video that captured a grand coronal mass ejection from the surface of the Sun at the speed of 1.5 million miles per hour (2.4 kilometers per hour).
08 July 2014
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GM to invest $740 mn in new Argentina factory
General Motors will invest $740 million in Argentina through 2016 on its first South American factory turning out aluminum motors, Buenos Aires announced.
In Argentina, dinosaur hunters embark on next phase
A few months ago, Argentine scientists found the remains of a giant dinosaur. Now they look forward to digging up hundreds more fossils, but what they really want is the big one's head.
05 July 2014
Skeletons found in El Salvador shed light on pre-Hispanic life
Japanese and Salvadoran archaeologists said they have found three human skeletons in El Salvador from more than 1,600 years ago that could shed new light on early human settlements in the region.
05 July 2014
Hackers take over Israel army Twitter account
Internet hackers briefly took over an Israeli army Twitter account, the military said, posting an alarming message that a nuclear facility had been hit by rocket fire.
04 July 2014
Chinese moon rover designer shooting for Mars
The man who designed China's Jade Rabbit moon rover hopes a more advanced version of his creation will be sent to Mars, state media reported, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambitious space programme.
04 July 2014
Google hit by 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requests
More than 70,000 people have already asked Google to delete links about them under Europe's "right to be forgotten" ruling, with some of the world biggest news sites the first to be hit.
Astana student discovers new compound
Gulsana Sisengaliyeva, a fourth year student at the Institute of Applied Chemistry of the Gumilyov Eurasian University in Astana discovered a new compound that she produced from wormwood.