Wonders of Science 2024, November
“Human beings can be born without natural parents, - wrote the physician, astrologer and alchemist Paracelsus in the treatise "De Natura Rerum"
Do you think that in the West everything is the most advanced, and especially electronics? No matter how it is! There are enough computer "dinosaurs" there too
22 years ago, a material called Starlite was shown for the first time. It was invented by Maurice Ward, a former hairdresser
The Russian Ministry of Defense decided to resume the development of a combat aircraft laser capable of hitting aircraft, satellites and ballistic missiles
As conceived by the developers, the robot should have functionality comparable to human. A humanoid robot with five shots from a pistol, which he operated with a manipulator arm, hit the target and made a circle on an ATV
Many researchers of the transcendental levels of reality suggest that our universe is a kind of virtual world in relation to some Absolute, which creates it
In the Chinese city of Sichuan, a new type of public transport has begun to operate - an autonomous trackless train. This is, in fact, a very roomy electric bus on pneumatic tires. It is equipped with sensors that read out the special markings on the roads - "virtual rails", assess the situation and plot the route
In Egypt, scientists achieve success in cancer treatment with gold
In South Korea, scientists have used a magnetic field to kill cancer cells, according to themindunleashed.org. The body removes old, defective, or infected cells through programmed cell death (PCD) or apoptosis
In early 1990, an unusual experiment was conducted in Perm, the essence of which at that time was not fully understood by all the participants. It was just interesting and unusual. There were six subjects in total. One by one they entered the dark room
In addition to the genes of his mother and father, he received mitochondrial DNA from another woman. The world's first "child from three parents" appeared in Mexico using a special medical procedure, which implies the "transfer" of mitochondrial DNA from a donor to the embryo
A scientist at Princeton University has proposed removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using ventilators. No matter how hard scientists try, they cannot stop global warming. Industry and transport are being put in the wheel
In the scientific world, a new reason for fierce skirmishes. In the latest journal Nature, two scientists describe that they have found a cure for deadly malaria
In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the characters underwent a scientific procedure that allowed them to erase their memory. But what if instead of erasing memory, you could restore it
Matt Trushheim turns on the switch in the dark lab and a powerful green laser illuminates a tiny diamond held in place under a microscope objective
The researchers said that they managed to create a way that would allow programming human life. Geneticists noted that they found a simple and easy way to change a huge number of compounds in DNA
Attention to age People's life expectancy has increased and their health status has improved
Physicians have learned to deliver new knowledge directly to the human brain by stimulating certain areas of the brain. This allows you to start the process of neuroplasticity, which helps a person more quickly memorize new information
In the TV series "House" in the "Tyrant" series there is an unusually vivid scene - House cures a neighbor from an almost incurable disease - mdash; phantom pain - an ailment that affects 80-90 percent of amputees
American scientists from Vanderbilt University announced that they managed to create a unique drug that can relieve people of psychological diseases
When scientists realized the level of safety of the drug, they began to use it on themselves, including the drug was used by one of the creators of G5 - an employee of the Research Institute of Pharmacology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (Tomsk) Gleb Zyuzkov
Many people are sure that our world, nature, man, the Universe - it all points to the divine creator who created it all
A team from the University of Pennsylvania led by Professor Shelley Berger has developed technology to reprogram ants to change their behavior
It seems that Norwegian scientists have discovered what makes living things overly aggressive. They extracted special antibodies from the blood of 16 criminals (murderers, rapists and bandits), and then injected them into laboratory mice
Ruslan Yunusov, General Director of the Russian Quantum Center, spoke about what a new technology will give humanity. Humanity is approaching another technological milestone that will change the world as dramatically as taming fire, from
Scientists of the region have learned to extract gold from coal. They have created an experimental installation that is capable of extracting up to one gram of precious metal from every ton of fuel burned
Russian cancer drug has been successfully tested on animals, including monkeys, from 2015 to early 2016
A clock is a clock like a clock - what could be unusual? But in Europe there is an astronomical clock not only in size, but also in essence. Here is some information about the astronomical clock of Europe. The term "astronomical clock" is used rather ambiguously
We have already discussed and considered the "Flying Steam Locomotive", but it turns out that the history of steam locomotive construction is full of interesting stories
Probably, every woman, deep in her soul, dreams of being forever young. And it looks like the American researcher Elizabeth Parrish managed to fulfill the dream of millions
At the 1933 Chicago Progress Exhibition, an interesting mechanism was on display. In the media of that time, he was called "a rubber-running perpetual motion machine." The "rubber pendulum" demonstrated a new way to make thermal energy work (a steam engine, which also converts heat into mechanical energy, used another working substance - steam)
Since the mechanisms that facilitate manual labor appeared, the idea of "free" energy has also appeared
The creators of "perpetual" engines were not only adventurers, ordinary "homemade" - naturalists and dreamers
About a hundred years have passed since the moment when his first perpetual motion machine appeared within the walls of Orfireus' dwelling in Hera
Science has not stood still for a long time and is developing more and more. Thanks to science, many objects have been invented that we use in everyday life
Theoretical physicists at the Data Storage Institute have suggested that the fantastic "tractor beam" is - a device capable of moving objects towards itself with the help of only one radiation - can be created in
In 2013, a number of Russian media published materials dedicated to the Day of Cosmonautics, in which they talked about the developments of Yuri Baurov, a member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics, head of the laboratory of promising energy systems of TsNIIMash
An electromagnetic pulse is a high-intensity burst of electromagnetic energy caused by the rapid acceleration of charged particles. The source of this discharge can be solar activity or an explosive device
Some of the modern amazing technologies, however, have been described and predicted by science fiction writers - a solar sail, robots, perfect prostheses. But even the most daring prophets did not predict virtual reality and 3D printers
The Second World War spurred the development of technologies aimed at military applications. Each of the countries tried to surpass the others by inventing new types of weapons. One of the most interesting was the project of British military technologists called Canal Defense Light (CDL)