Wonders of Science 2024, November
From 2020, each resident of the Middle Kingdom will receive a personal rating, on which his rights, privileges, and, by and large, freedom will depend. China is mentally ready for a digital dictatorship for a long time. Coming soon and technologically
Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences assure that the fuel can be diluted with water, and such a mixture is much more efficient than fuel in its pure form
In the future, it will be able to help people with speech impairments, the researchers hope The technology that allows you to decipher human thoughts and turn them into words, developed by a group of experts led by Robert Knight from the University of Berkeley
In the course of the experiment, people placed in an installation called "Kozyrev's Mirror" felt the exit from their own body, broadcast thoughts at a distance, and acquired the ability to telekinesis. All this was recorded by scientists of the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences
Scientists from Japan conducted a study that made it possible to decipher the images that a person dreams of. Using a tomograph, specialists can read dreams. Scientists set out to learn how to read the dreams that a person sees
Chinese scientists reported that Russia and China are working together on a project to ionize the Earth's atmosphere for scientific research. Both countries have already conducted experiments to heat the top of the air envelope at an altitude of 500 kilometers
In the XV-XVI centuries AD, a very popular argument in scientific discussion was … the fire. Science in those days was represented mainly by scholasticism, that is, a philosophical understanding of the Divine, but this does not change the essence of the matter - scientists who disagree with the opinion of their opponents intensively burned colleagues at the stake at every opportunity
The special theory of relativity, which at the beginning of the last century overturned generally accepted ideas about the world, still continues to excite the minds and hearts of people. Today we will try to figure out together what it is
At the end of 2017, an offer of thirteen words, handwritten in German by Albert Einstein himself, was put up at an auction in Jerusalem
I recently spoke with an engineer who, during a physics course, had not mastered the theory of relativity. For some ideological reasons, he categorically denied it
Mikhail Kokorich, founder of Momentus startup, which is developing new space engine technology with the support of Y Combinator, did not immediately realize that he was going to the moon
Scientists have managed to create an unusual material that is capable of super-strong adhesion to any surface
Physicists from the United States accidentally discovered that graphene can generate energy using the environment and in the near future will become a new word in energy and bionics
A hypothetical superheavy boson, whose traces were recently found at the Large Hadron Collider, may not be the first representative of the "new physics", but a combination of six top quarks and six antiquarks, physicists write in an article posted in
Today the scientific picture of the world is taking shape in such a way that our Universe is governed by two sets of laws - general relativity, which explains the wonderful work of gravity, and quantum mechanics, which describes the other three
Energy is constantly around people in its many forms - in the sunlight, warmth in the room and even the movements of the people themselves
The aircraft of the engineer Lev Shchukin EKIP, which is sometimes also called the Russian flying saucer, could carry our country to such a distance of technical and economic capabilities that it is simply breathtaking. But the outstanding creation of the brilliant inventor had too many obstacles on the way to heaven …Soviet scientists are known to have been maximalists. A
Sarcophagus - it is a very complex engineering system, consisting of many rooms, walls and floors
You've probably heard that the most popular scientific theory of our time is - string theory, - implies the existence of many more dimensions than common sense tells us
Signs of a "new physics" appeared in two major experiments. The Tevatron hadron collider recorded particles where they should not be, and the PAMELA space experiment found traces of decay of dark matter particles
Technological advances should make people's lives easier, but are all inventions useful? Some people pretended to be inventors for the sake of fame and fame, and others for money. In this article we will look at both useful inventions and ridiculous deceptions that many have not heard of
The Philadelphia Experiment The problem with the Philadelphia experiment was the human intolerance to the altered course of time, but the technical results were very successful
Back in 1997, scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen proved the possibility of quantum teleportation of particles. But even after almost two decades, this topic is one of the most controversial in the scientific and near-scientific worlds
On Thursday, August 9, at the Black Hat conference, Christopher Domas, a renowned computer security specialist, introduced the audience to the amazing news
Samson Motors has announced plans to launch its Switchblade flying machine next year. The three-wheeled model will be two-seater. She will be able to fly at altitudes up to 4 km at a speed of 320 km / h. The cost of the car will be about 120 thousand
Most recently, almost all media outlets interested in technology have published materials about the Eavor-Loop project. Why is he so interested in scientists and journalists? Let's try to figure it out. So, Eavor-Loop is a geothermal station project that is conceptually different from those previously developed
The financiers believed Elon Musk, who promises to reduce the flight time from London to New York to 29 minutes
Thomas Edison said: "Discontent is the first condition of progress." The degree of "dissatisfaction" of the great inventor is indicated by 1,093 patents for inventions, which were issued to him by the Patent Office. This amount has never been received by any person in the United States
Many believe that the first to photograph hallucinations was the Russian psychiatrist Gennady Krokhalev, who was engaged in similar research in the 1990s, photographing the hallucinations of alcoholics. However, in fact, the first such experience took place back in 1880 in Paris and was associated with the Parisian photographer Pierre Boucher, who was the first to get photographs of his own hallucinations
"Cinematograph" by the Lumière brothers, no doubt, - a discovery that turned the world upside down. Of course, this invention is not "one-time", it was preceded by several technologies of photography, "zootrope" by William Horner, "Kinetographer" by Edison
To purify the air in cities, various projects are invented - from building giant towers to filters in moving buses. Designers, architects, builders, and now artists are getting involved in the problem
Former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) biochemist and biohacker Josiah Zeiner spoke about the effects of an experiment in which he injected myostatin gene into his body using CRISPR technology
Have you already read that the unified biometric system will start working in Russia from July 1, 2018?
According to Russian experts, they managed to create a device that can non-invasively affect the human brain, controlling its desires. The complex is based on the superconducting magnetometry method
In the past, the development of the rocket and space industry was directly related to military projects. Considering the threats of the future, the superpowers were seriously preparing to conduct battles in orbits and even created special weapons for this
Many clinical studies allow predicting changes in health status and suggesting what awaits a person in the future
Minnesota-based food company Calyxt announced that restaurants in the state have received DNA-edited cooking oil made from soybeans. The oil does not qualify as GMO, as in soybeans "only" two genes were suppressed
New research shows that controversial gene-editing experiment to make children immune to HIV could also improve their ability to learn and form memories
Object recognition based on neural networks is becoming more perfect every year. They simplify and automate many processes, make our life more comfortable and safer. But where exactly are they used?
Doctors from Australia said that they have been able to defeat AIDS. Specialists from the Kirby Institute conducted a study on patients, after which they were able to recover