Yury Borisov, chief of Roskosmos, announced Russia's plan to abandon the International Space Station in 2024.

Record-breaking rainfall has caused flooding and destruction in Sochi.

In this week's Odder News: a propaganda failure, fishing robots, and a cross-dressing bandit.

What makes them forsake their families and spend long months in isolated, Spartan cabins perched along the shores of the Baltic? The birds, of course. It’s all about the birds.

Russian national energy company Rosneft has begun a project to create a database of genomes of Russians, which is definitely something a state-held corporation should be doing.

A robotic turtle with spider-like abilities could be Russia’s next crowd control.

Despite how weird it looks, birchpunk is a fun and talented hip hop group asking important moral questions.

Researchers in Novosibirsk are working to develop the world's first Russian Sign Language-to-text translator. 

Three Russian cities are set to host the country's first unmanned taxis. What could go wrong?

Russia's “Promobot” is more efficient than the teacher with eyes in the back of her head.

A poor two-legged pooch needs a lending paw, and Novosibirsk veterinarians 3D-print her a pair of two prosthetics.

In this week's Odder News, a skydiver plunges into family breakfast, Russian and American actors fly into space, and robots are taking over.