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25 May 2013, 20:58
Hunter-gatherer cave paintings found in Mexico

MEXICO CITY. May 25. KAZINFORM Archaeologists have found nearly 5,000 cave paintings made by hunter-gatherers in a northeastern Mexico mountain range where pre-Hispanic groups were not known to have existed.
24 May 2013, 00:41
Coffee addiction: Do people consume too much caffeine?

HOUSTON. May 24. KAZINFORM US officials are investigating the safety of caffeine in snacks and energy drinks, worried about the "cumulative impact" of the stimulant - which is added to a growing number of products. Is our tea and coffee-fuelled society too dependent on the world's favourite drug?
23 May 2013, 12:50
Nazarbayev proposed G-Global Board of Trustees like Clubs of Rome and Madrid
ASTANA. May 23. KAZINFORM - Today at the opening ceremony of the VI Astana Economic Forum the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed to create a board of trustees of G-global following the example of Club of Rome and the Club of Madrid.
23 May 2013, 00:56
Why America is called America
LONDON. May 23. KAZINORM A decade ago, the Library of Congress paid $10 million to acquire the only known original copy of a 1507 world map that has been called "the birth certificate of America." The large map, a masterpiece of woodblock printing, has been a star attraction at the library ever since and the object of revived scholarly fascination about the earliest cartography of the New World. The research has also rescued from obscurity a little-known Renaissance man, the 16th-century globe maker Johannes Schöner, who was responsible for saving the map for posterity.
22 May 2013, 12:19
Health Ministry with the Netherlands delegation debated opening Stem Cell Research Centre in Kazakhstan
ASTANA. May 22. KAZINFORM - The Ministry of Health discussed the opening of the Center of stem cell research and biomedical similar to the Silicon Valley in Kazakhstan, the press service of the department informs.
20 May 2013, 11:10
Climate change: human disaster looms, claims new research

HAMBURG. May 20. KAZINFORM Forecast global temperature rise of 4C a calamity for large swaths of planet even if predicted extremes are not reached.
18 May 2013, 02:08
Children’s Mental Illness Costs $247 Billion, U.S. Says
TEXAS. May 18. KAZINFORM Mental illness in children costs $247 billion annually, a figure increasing along with the number of kids hospitalized for mood disorders, substance abuse and other psychiatric disorders, according to a U.S. report.
15 May 2013, 20:44
Doubts About Restricting Salt
HOUSTON. May 15. KAZINFORM After years of warnings to cut sodium consumption to reduce heart attacks and strokes, it is disturbing to learn how little evidence exists that such reductions would actually be beneficial to health. There is even emerging evidence that some groups in the population could suffer harm from levels that are too low.
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13 May 2013, 02:47
UK scientists develop 'superwheat'

LONDON. May 13. KAZINFORM British scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30%.
12 May 2013, 23:27
Ocean warming threatens fish off U.S.: report
WASHINGTON. May 12. KAZINFORM Fish stocks off U.S. coasts, restored to health over the past four decades by cooperation among competing interests and careful management, are being threatened anew by warming and increasingly acidic waters, according to a new report and experts who are gathering in Washington for a conference on the future of fisheries.
11 May 2013, 17:04
What's new on Mars: 78,000 apply to go

NEW YORK. May 11. KAZINFORM Leave it all behind and start anew on a planet no humans have occupied - how does that sound? More than 78,000 people applied to go on a one-way trip to Mars, through Mars One, an organization aiming to put four people on the Red Planet by 2023.
10 May 2013, 03:07
Stephen Hawking's Israel boycott: when politics doesn't need poster children

LONDON. May 10. KAZINFORM - Stephen Hawking, perhaps the greatest mind of our era, has backed a boycott in protest over the policy of the present Israeli government towards the Palestinians. Hawking's decision not to attend a conference hosted by Shimon Peres has been greeted with delight by supporters of the boycott campaign. What better way to bolster their argument than a lauded intellectual refusing to stand by in the face of injustice?
08 May 2013, 12:03
Lack of sleep blights pupils' education, Kazakhstan with the best records

ASTANA. May 8. KAZINFORM - Sleep deprivation is a significant hidden factor in lowering the achievement of school pupils, according to researchers carrying out international education tests.
08 May 2013, 14:40
What about soda and energy drinks

ASTANA. May 8. KAZINFORM - For the last couple of weeks, I have been discussing a subject that is "taboo" in certain political circles due to the power of the beverage industry in the United States. The manufacturers would not allow anyone to interfere with some of the "ingredients" in their drinks, which make the consumer's body crave for more and then get addicted to them to the degree of "dangerous" over consumption. 
07 May 2013, 10:37
Mars, you can get there from here by 2030 - NASA
WASHINGTON. May 7. KAZINFORM NASA is on target to put astronauts on Mars by 2030, but needs a little help from its friends with experience in space, including Russia, to successfully pull off the first manned flight to the red planet, Charles Bolden, the head of the US space agency, said Monday.
05 May 2013, 21:58
What happened before the Big Bang?
LONDON. May 5. KAZINFORM If you think theories about the universe are mind-bending, rest assured that many scientists feel the same way. But the question isn't a philosophical one: it has potentially real, testable aspects.
03 May 2013, 14:40
Think outside the box to find extraterrestrial life
NEW YORK. May 3. KAZINFORM A researcher argues that habitable exoplanets could come in many different flavors.
03 May 2013, 02:25
Australian scientists make breakthrough on quantum computers
CANBERRA. May 3. KAZINFORM - Australian scientists has made a breakthrough that brings the prospect of a network of ultra- powerful quantum computers -- connected via a quantum internet -- closer to reality, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) said in a statement on Thursday.
02 May 2013, 22:47
Apple to Samsung Develop Smartwatch as Sony’s Time Passes: Tech

ASTANA. May 2. KAZINFORM - With growth slowing in the $358 billion handset market, Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) are developing digital watches that allow users to make calls, check map coordinates, or monitor their physical activity.
02 May 2013, 09:01
NASA satellite captures spectacular eruption on sun (VIDEO)
WASHINGTON. May 2. KAZINFORM NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite has captured video images of a massive explosion that erupted Wednesday from the edge of the sun.
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