On September 16, a working meeting was held in Ashgabat, timed to the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, and organized by the UN staff. The purpose of the event is to disseminate environmental information and raise awareness of the ozone layer protection. ...

The gas crater The Shine of Karakum, located in Turkmenistan, is included in the list of the most unusual places on Earth, according to the British newspaper Ex-press. Having offered its readers a “journey" through the pictures of tourist photog-raphers, the publication has put t...

Scientists from the UK and Germany have discovered that a natural antioxidant found in green tea, which is very popular in Turkmenistan, can restore the activity of antibiotic commonly used to treat infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. It is Epigallocatechin gallat...

This popular product in Asian countries has removed to modern life from antiquity and till now remains a favourite delicacy of many people. The original sour-milk product - dried balls «kurt» (it is also called kurut, korot, hurut, gurt, kort) - most corresponded to the way of li...

For thousands of years, mankind has been using gifts of nature as spices, as well as to maintain health and prolong youth. One of these plants is chili - a remedy for many diseases. Even Avicenna advised to chew pepper with raisins. Acting on the taste buds of the tongue, pepp...

Startup entrepreneurs from Astrakhan - Natalia and Anna Khazov - are engaged in the production of a healthy substitute for table salt. In the Caspian lowland, the sisters grow the salicornia plant and process it using a patented technology. Their product is environmentally fri...

The most popular nuts among the Russians are hazelnuts, peanuts and walnuts, reported dietitian Elena Solomatina. In an interview with Vechernaya Moskva, the specialist noted that the leader in the content of useful microelements is the walnut. In particular, it has the most p...

The release of four Central Asian leopards to their natural habitat took place at the Caucasus Leopard Recovery Center. Among the Center’s “graduates” are kittens born in 2018 from a male Alous and a female Cheri. Two wild leopards were presented to Vladimir Putin as a gift from ...

August is a season of watermelon, and the commonly consumed fruit of summer (while according to some sources – it is a berry) is already seen in all markets of Turkmenistan. Among those who like to give themselves a treat in the hot weather with the ripe flesh of a sweet, juicy w...

Twenty-five years of satellite observations of the European Space Agency (ESA) have been used to reconstruct a detailed history of Antarctica’s ice shelves. These ice platforms are the floating protrusions of glaciers flowing off the land. As a whole, since 1994, they’ve shed clo...