Wonders of Science 2024, November

The modern physical picture of the world is wrong. Some scientists come to such bold conclusions when faced with a riddle called the "pioneer anomaly." In the last century, the spacecraft Pioneer-10 and Pioneer-11 were launched into space

Some rodents have a mysterious mechanism of protection against cancer, which allows them to live (by the standards of such tiny creatures) happily ever after

The news of the experiment being carried out in Europe shook the public calm, rising to the top of the list of discussed topics. The Hadron Collider lit up everywhere - on TV, in the press and on the Internet

A patient who had a heart transplanted took and shot himself, like his donor! Twelve years ago, Sonny Graham was on the verge of death, his heart refused. Fortunately, the doctors managed to find a donor

Max Laughlin is no ordinary guy, he is probably the smartest guy in the world. And he says he found evidence that CERN destroyed our universe, reports http://yournewswire.com

But it turns out, a hundred kilometers from Moscow, near the science town of Protvino, in the forests of the Moscow Region, a treasure of tens of billions of rubles was buried. You cannot dig it up and steal it - forever hidden in the ground, it carries value only for the history of science

Professor Andrea Giese, together with a group of scientists for 20 years, observed a large black hole in the Milky Way and made his own conclusions, proving the fallacy of some of the great physicist's assumptions

History, they say, is written by the winners. But that's little consolation for women and men off the list

The US Department of Defense has a unique scientific unit DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Editing DNA to treat hereditary diseases can rob humanity of geniuses. This was stated by biologist James Kozubek from the University of Cambridge in the UK, MailOnline reports

Albert Einstein was an exceptional genius. His theory of relativity was taken as the basis of modern physics, he also plays a special role in introducing new physical concepts and theories into scientific circulation

In June 2017, physicists first achieved "liquid light" at room temperature, making this strange form of matter more accessible than ever

For the first time, Chinese biologists have bred GM mice from same-sex parents - pairs of females, - as well as offspring from a pair of males

In the world of science, a new contender has emerged for the title of the youngest nuclear physicist to achieve a thermonuclear fusion reaction. He is a 13-year-old boy named Jackson Oswalt, who lives in Tennessee (USA)

A ten-year-old schoolgirl from the American city of Kansas City, fulfilling a teacher's assignment, accidentally invented a previously unknown molecular structure - a new substance that may help in creating new methods of energy storage

Imagine a world in which superhumans live: strong, resilient, smart and never sick. Think something from the realm of Marvel films? Not at all. An ideal future is possible - you just need to redraw your DNA

Quite recently, on the pages of our portal, we wrote that in our DNA, the number of genes turned out to be much larger than we previously assumed. But experiments with a carrier of genetic information do not even think to end

Scientists say that soon we will be able to control flying drones with our thoughts, and communicate almost telepathically through smartphones, thanks to temporary electronic tattoos

Chinese researcher He Jiankui told the Associated Press on November 26 that he edited the genomes of human embryos before the procedure of artificial insemination, as a result of which two children were born with altered

The expression "sixth sense" is familiar to many and implies the ability to sense something that is usually inaccessible to other organs of touch. Throwing mysticism aside, we can safely say that this is quite real

A banal joystick from a console and an accelerometer from a disassembled "Googlephone" served the Dutch engineer Jarnos Smetz with controls for his cyberwings

Flapping flight is the most common form of travel on Earth. It is used by about two-thirds of the creatures that inhabit our planet. But flapping wings for humans is still an unfulfilled dream

Scientists have shown that the results of thinking tests in primates can be improved by optogenetic methods - specifically by activating the desired area of the brain with light

The former Marine became the first person in the UK to have an arm transplant. According to experts, the team of doctors who performed the pioneering surgery has made a breakthrough in medicine

Virtual reality is not limited to the entertainment world. It is also being adopted in more practical areas - for example, to assemble parts of a car engine or so that people can “try out” newfangled trends from their homes

Not so long ago, "Incredible Mechanisms" published material about an unusual unicycle: "Half motorcycle" from Ryno Motors is the future today. "But, if you look more closely, it is not such a new idea either

A scientist from MIPT and the biological company Gero has developed a strategy that allows using the methods of physics and "big data" from the world of biology to create drugs that slow down or stop aging

The cyclical development of mankind is subordinated to the principle of septenary, assuming 7 main (indigenous) human races, regardless of ethnicity

The US military continues to work on several projects related to laser weapons. A promising technology is not devoid of significant drawbacks, but tests of new developments in the US Army are carried out regularly

At Selfridges in London, nine customers were allowed to buy their own personalized version of the Iron Man jetpack suit for £ 340,000. Jetpack was created by English inventor Richard Browning

Today, one of the weirdest and at the same time famous bombers of the Second World War is the German experimental Horten Ho 229, which used a "flying wing" scheme. Today, however, few people remember that already in the 1940s, similar developments were carried out by American engineers from Northrop, who would later create the B-2 Spirit bomber

Combat robots created in Russia cannot rebel against the operator, since the developers make it possible only for a person to make a decision about hitting a target

Scientists from China revealed that they are working on a new cancer treatment method that involves altering human genes

The discovery of the "Kirlian Effect" was patented by the Krasnodar inventor Semyon Davidovich Kirlian together with his wife Valentina Khrisanfovna in 1949 and made a lot of noise among domestic and foreign scientists. However, for a very long time in the USSR, "Kirlianography" was almost completely classified and at the same time was not studied, unlike foreign scientists

On May 9, 2017, a new linear proton accelerator was launched at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) - Linac 4, which aims to improve the performance of the Large Hadron Collider

The Czech writer Karel Čapek called it "Makropulos's remedy", the Soviet writer Kir Bulychev - "Martian potion", everyone else - just an elixir of youth. And one of the leading gerontologists in Europe, Vladimir Khavinson - peptide bioregulators

In childhood, our brain absorbs new knowledge and skills like a sponge. Various studies have shown that children learn foreign languages faster than adults, and some abilities - like absolute pitch - it is best to learn from childhood

The Chinese company says it is getting closer to helping parents choose the embryo most likely to be successful in their future life

Viruses are notorious for their ability to cause disease, making us weak and infirm, but their close relationship with human biology is much less known

The inventors of this device are Australians: mechanical engineer John Christie and electrical engineer Lou Brits. The device, which began development during the Malwell train project, was first shown in 2001