Ice swimming at night is the best cure for winter blues.
A daily bucket of icy water poured over the head 'helps block winter illnesses, and makes children optimistic'.
Kara-ool Dopchun-ool - the highest shaman in the Tuva Republic, and also Turkey - explains his role in his own words.
World's first multi-use metal-vapour laser can be used to revolutionise operations, create more efficient gadgets, and sense the atmosphere.
Alexey has accrued 13 children, 117 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren over his lifetime, and there may be more on the way!
Derek Doy, 71, was determined to fulfil his childhood dream, overcoming his heart trouble in Novosibirsk, to complete trip.
Revealing pictures of Siberian ruins as new royal theory may explain this remote 8th century summer schloss.
Temperatures as low as minus 41C did not deter Russians immersing themselves as medics stood ready to offer help.
Thousands of years ago woolly mammoths came here to die: but why? The macabre ancient remains haunt local residents to this day.
The BIOS-3 closed ecosystem in Siberia sustains human life autonomously by creating a micro-Earth.