Wonders of Science 2024, November
Once a Polish engineer and programmer Pavel Zadrozhnyak thought that just throwing away outdated computer equipment - floppy drives, scanners, broken hard drives - is too easy. But what to do with them? We must teach them to play music! Every experienced computer scientist is familiar with the sounds of a floppy or hard drive
When we hear the word "music", we immediately switch to thinking about the artistic or entertainment value of music, often we also think about the cultural context
The railway, which connected Manchester and Liverpool in 1830, opened a new page in the history of passenger and cargo transportation between major cities. Now there was no need to move goods between river or sea ports for a long time or to shake for weeks in stagecoaches and steam omnibuses
Another masterpiece! Scientist … Cohen .. the same one who developed the formula correlating the axis of the Earth and the latitude of the biblical borders of Israel with the prophecy, and found a mathematical proof of the existence of the God of Israel
Most likely, you know about Newton a story connected with an apple falling on his head. In fact, he achieved much more in science. His grave in Westminster says he was the greatest man who ever lived on the planet
The American company Hypergiant Industries, which develops technologies related to artificial intelligence, has created a prototype of a HyperVSR helmet for a space suit, equipped with a head-up display system, which can be very useful for complex space missions
Looking at small houses made of ice or snow cubes, most of us ask the question: "How can you live in such a strange house in harsh conditions?" But the northern peoples know that there is nothing more reliable than ice igloos, and if you build them correctly, then at a temperature of -40 ° outside, indoors it will be + 20 °! O
"Fish of Frankenstein" will hit stores and restaurants by 2012. (Photo by National Geographic
Did you know that for the first time 3D technologies appeared in cinema back in the 1920s, and the first stereofilm that was shown publicly commercially was in …… in 1922.- Salik.bizThe setup of two cameras, assembled on one "rig", was developed by the film producer Harry Feyroll and the cinematographer Robert Elder. Eac
An interesting type of locomotive engine that found very short and limited use in Europe as well as America was the soda locomotive.The soda locomotive was essentially a steam locomotive, but instead of a furnace to burn coal and heat a boiler, it used a chemical reaction to generate heat
The Council for Science and Technology Policy (SSTP) under the Government of Japan will make recommendations to the Cabinet of Ministers to allow research on the cultivation of human organs in animal organisms for their subsequent transplantation to sick and disabled people
One of the recognized geniuses of mankind, an outstanding scientist and inventor, at the end of the 19th century, announced that in the future the development of mankind will be largely associated with new technologies for obtaining cheap etheric energy, which is all around us
A unique residential complex “Tree House” has appeared in Singapore, which was included in the Guinness Book of Records in the nomination “The largest vertical garden in the world”. It has not only become a landmark of the city and pleases its residents with coolness and fresh air, thanks to the introduction of green technologies, the city saves up to 400 thousand dollars. a year
The Thames Barrier is a grandiose structure that protects London from flooding. In the 20th century, floods with human casualties hit the British capital twice, in 1928 and in 1953. The British decided that it was no longer possible to endure the riot of the elements
Japanese scientists have grown a kind of mini-brain in the laboratory. Pluripotent stem cells, that is, cells that can be turned into any living tissue by placing them in a special environment, served as the material for the construction.This brain did not have any blood vessels or other tissues characteristic of a normal brain, only tissue with neuronal cells
Japanese scientists from the Research Institute of Applied Chemistry managed to clone a mouse from the cells of another mouse that died 16 years ago and remained frozen. Cloning from a deceased organism was carried out for the first time in world practice
A robot with the appearance of a five-year-old girl will look after the disabled. Japanese scientists from the University of Osaka presented their latest development - a robot girl, which has become the most realistic robot created by human hands
Every day science brings humanity closer to an old dream: immortality. The path to immortality is thorny and difficult, but the ultimate goal justifies any means (although this can be debated)
Experiments on mice by Stanford University researchers led by Tony Wyss-Coray have shown that chemical compounds in the blood of aging animals inhibit the formation of new neurons in young animals
The United States has always loved weird experiments
Brian Bishop's keyboard in Austin, Texas was literally smoking. A nationally recognized speed typist, he prepared a polite request for a famous futurist from the UK
At the end of November 2018, the scientific world was shocked by the news from the Chinese scientist He Jiankui
In November last year, during an experiment by scientist He Jiangkui in China, children were born with edited DNA. After some time, the geneticist went missing. At Esquire's request, Science Editor for Laba. Media Vladimir Gubailovsky tells He's story and explains what the consequences of his work will be
On the Internet, materials about Ivan Stepanovich Filimonenko and his work are often found. They are connected, as a rule, with two discoveries-inventions of the Soviet physicist: the installation of cold thermonuclear fusion and the magnetometer
On July 18, 1943, off the coast of Florida, the only battle between an airship and a submarine took place. She is (sorry for the spoiler) - the only battle of the Second World War, during which an airship was shot down. The crew members of the aircraft showed themselves to be desperate, but not very successful brave men
Scientists at the Kurchatov Institute for the first time fully deciphered the genome of a Russian
There are things that have practically not changed since the invention, and the rulers are mostly to blame. There are inventions that were specifically destroyed by the government, why this is not entirely clear.Think for yourself, what has the world come up with over the past 70 years?
The British Fertility Institute allowed doctors at a clinic in the northeast of England to create children from the DNA of three people to help two women not pass genetic diseases to their children
Russian physicists were able to solve the problem of creating far infrared laser radiation in semiconductor structures. To do this, they created quantum wells from cadmium-mercury telluride. The results were published in ACS Photonics journal
The enormous potential of telepathy and our darkest fears associated with it, as reflected in the mirror in the novel by Alfred van Vogt "Slen". Jommy Cross, the protagonist of the novel, - "Slan", representative of an endangered race of superintelligent telepaths
Neurosurgeon Eric Leuthardt from the University of Washington made a statement that a new era will come within the next decade, when many people will be able to communicate with each other on bodies with the help of implants implanted in the brain
Until recently, many ancient crimes remained unsolved. It seemed that they had already become history and there was simply no chance of getting closer to the truth. But at the end of the last century, modern methods of DNA analysis came into play for identifying a person's personality
Such "beautiful" trains appeared infrequently. Decorated in art deco style, it was the first Illinois Central train to be equipped (or even decorated) with fairings. He was born in the depot of Milwaukee Station, Wisconsin, at the end of April 1936 and was named "The Green Diamond" - "Green Diamond"
The works of Soviet scientists during the Great Patriotic War, who worked in all scientific areas - from mathematics to medicine, helped to solve a huge number of extremely difficult problems necessary for the front, and thus brought victory closer
War is often associated with loss and destruction. But the world does not stand still, and even in the midst of hostilities there is a place for progress. Tea bags, sausages and even zippers - all this we have largely due to the terrible events of a century ago
We are all accustomed to the fact that technology develops and becomes available to an ordinary person. For example, there used to be aircraft modeling circles, where they made radio-controlled aircraft models.But now QUADCOPTERS are available to everyone, even at a price
A leading NHS neurosurgeon said a complete human head transplant could occur within the next ten years.If the very idea of transplanting a head from a living person onto a donor's body may seem as incredible as it is terrifying, it is because - at least for now - it is.- S
Memories - one of the most amazing, amazing and at the same time little studied results of the work of the neurophysiological mechanisms of our body
Quantum experiment of scientists from the National University of Australia confirms the famous theory that reality does not exist until an outside observer measures it
Scientists have recently learned a very interesting thing about antimatter. According to all the information currently available, antimatter appears to be a mirror image of most ordinary matter. But what does that even mean