Wonders of Science 2024, November

The last few days have been rich in scientific scandals. In the US, a group of researchers announced the development of a genetic test to detect low intelligence in embryos

The most courageous people from the past foresaw what transformations awaited society in the future, and some doubted everything. Now pessimistic forecasts of skeptics seem ridiculous to us … Why drill the ground?

Every year, just for a few days in a large city, a small team of robotics makes their dream come true: they order from their own robotic waiters and butlers

Scientists have identified a number of insoluble moral dilemmas that could slow the market for self-driving cars. In particular, should a drone sacrifice its passengers to save the lives of pedestrians? As Phys

In 1905, the father of nuclear physics, Ernest Rutherford, proposed a method for radioisotope dating by calculating the age of several uranium minerals. Since then, radioisotope dating has been widely used in geology, paleontology, archeology

Systems that can process thoughts and translate them into commands to move objects are very useful for people who cannot speak or move, but they have a drawback: they cause mental fatigue

Professor Zheng Xiaoxiang, who leads the Brain-to-Computer Interfaces Group at the University of Zhejiang Province, East China, announced at the end of February that she was successful in building brain-to-computer interfaces

Many people think that the most protected city in the world is - this is Washington DC. However, this is not the case, since the most protected city in the world is Moscow

The creation of a genetic clone of the dog cost 100 thousand dollars. Dylan, a boxer dog, moved to the land of perpetual hunting in June this year. The dog had an inoperable brain tumor, and a heart attack finally finished him

The military spending of large countries, primarily the United States, China and Russia, continues to grow. A lot of budget funds go to the development of the latest types of weapons

What did the criminals do in virtual reality, who they attacked and how they made money from it. If earlier ordinary criminals were dangerous, then with the spread of the Internet, on which we all love to walk, the main danger lies in cybercriminals

In everyday life, we increasingly come across robots, but it is still rather strange to hear them talk. And if the robot says "Hello from hackers", then you can definitely get into the territory of nightmares

Cyberattack is a concept that has become commonplace in the modern world. Sociologists around the world are unanimous in the opinion that modern society has become more conflict-ridden than ever before

Cybersecurity specialists of the American company IOActive have discovered that the famous humanoid robot Pepper is vulnerable to hooligan hacker attacks

Cybersecurity in recent years has become a particularly relevant area for investment not only by large corporations, but also by the military

At night, our scientists will slightly change the gravitational field of the Earth, and your country will be under water (unofficial interview of an odious politician) For several millennia, any fresh idea or invention has found mandatory application in military affairs

We observe the progress of modern robotics almost every day. We read various articles about new human assistants - robots.- Salik.bizBut after all, even earlier, in earlier centuries, people dreamed and realized similar plans. Here are some examples of amazing early robots and automatons

We all know how quickly the current super-perfect technique breaks down, how unreliable clothes are, which after a season lose their appearance. It is all the more surprising to look at the photos of things and objects that have faithfully served our grandfathers and grandmothers, as well as to be surprised at the truly high-quality products of modern manufacturers

Until recently, a person knew everything about his tracks: where and how they can be left and how to avoid this if desired. But modern technologies have fundamentally changed our lives, and it turned out that in the virtual space it is also possible to inherit

Why did the Third Reich equip aircraft with flamethrowers? This device is recorded and documented and on video. But how was this unusual tactic supposed to protect the pilots from the enemy?For the first time, it was Ober-Lieutenant Otto Stahl of the well-known Edelweiss unit, KG 51, who suggested testing flamethrowers

In general, purebred puppies from the same litter can look about the same. But the recently born trio in Korea are not just close relatives - they are clones that share the same DNA

An international team of scientists found that particle tunneling through a potential barrier occurs instantly, and not after a finite time, as recent studies have shown. Reported by Science Alert

Transferring information using quanta - a great way to avoid any "leaks", but in its current form it looks more like Morse code than high-speed broadband ADSL

Swiss physicists first demonstrated Einstein's paradox - Podolsky - Rosen (EPR paradox) on a quantum system of 600 rubidium atoms

Everyone knows that Mendeleev saw the periodic table of elements in a dream. However, it is worth mentioning that he spent many years on this work, and the dream became its logical conclusion

Tests of nuclear charges at depth have made it possible not only to discover the amazing properties of the center of the planet, but also to draw some practical conclusions. Paradoxically, it looks like nuclear explosions can affect earthquakes

According to scientists, a new zirconium fabric can protect a person from dangerous effects (as experiments have shown, it independently neutralizes some of the dangerous substances). Officially, chemical weapons are illegal today

According to some sources, Alzheimer's disease was present even in our distant ancestors. At the same time, the disease was described only at the beginning of the last century and about the same time the search for a cure began

Thanks to the development of virtual reality and related technologies, we are already quite able to simulate being in virtual space, touching, feeling the volume and weight of virtual objects, and so on

Artificial rain - that's what will help China to moisten an area of three Spain. Anyway, this is China's latest weather manipulation project

What do we know about the most important physical phenomenon of our civilization? Many of us do not want to be interested in the theoretical foundations, because at school we were "explained in detail" about electricity. Almost everything now rests on electricity: heat, lighting, water supply, and technical progress is based on this amazing phenomenon

A group of American and Canadian engineers, chemists and biologists from the University of Connecticut and the University of Toronto have developed a new type of sensor that gives artificial skin the ability to sense pressure, vibration, and even magnetic fields

Applied to construction, new technologies can speed up projects, make the process safer and more economical

A team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (TIK) and the University of Toronto have proposed an innovative way to use air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from carbon dioxide (CO2) and water in the ambient air

Hydrogen fuel is one of the most environmentally friendly energy sources. At the same time, getting it is still quite problematic

Researchers led by former NASA chief technologist hope to launch a satellite that runs on water as a fuel source

As it turned out, with its help you can easily obtain fuel and oxidizer from the atmosphere of the Red Planet

Researchers have found that the indole molecule gives mice, worms and fruit flies the healthy characteristics of younger members, even as they get older

Science fiction has given us good ideas for deadly technology for a long time. But how many inventions from science fiction can exist even in theory?

In early 2015, Professor Nick Goldman of the European Bioinformatics Institute developed a new way to store digital information in DNA