New Gucci collection for pets.

Gucci has released a collection of clothing and accessories for pets, from jackets, carriers and collars to porcelain bowls with brand logos. The latter attracted the attention of netizens the most - because of their cost of $4250. Bowl lids sold separately.

The key ingredients for life have been found in samples of Martian soil

The samples collected and analyzed by the Curiosity rover contain organic carbon, a prerequisite for the organic molecules used by all life forms known to us.

In the Japanese city of Aomori, an auction of cherries this season was held

А box with 15 berries was sold for 600,000 yen ($4,500). The Juno Heart cherry variety has been specially designed to be used as an expensive gift. Berries must be at least 2.8 cm, have an ideal shape, color and sugar content - 20%.

General Motors is introducing AI into the vehicle inspection process.

The automaker is investing in Israeli startup UVeye, which makes car diagnostic systems that use sensors and artificial intelligence to quickly identify damaged vehicles. UVeye technology is like an X-ray screening scanner at an airport. The car passes through the scanner and within minutes service providers receive a detailed report of everything that is wrong with the car, down to tire pressure. GM says the UVeye technology will be available in 4,000 dealerships.

Pointer Bear Studio decided to please fans of the Overwatch game by creating figures of the heroine D.Va.

The figurine can be fully undressed. The line of limited figures includes 3 variations: regular for $520, "deluxe" with a naked body for $630 and "exclusive" with a new head, base and naked body for $700.

Scientists have found that the monkeypox virus evolves much faster than previously thought.

In the course of genetic analysis, it turned out that the mutation rate of the pathogen is 6-12 times higher. This may indicate that the virus creates new ways of infection.

China will launch a swarm of bee satellites to search for Earth 2.0.

The Celestial Empire has joined the search for exoplanets similar to the Earth. They will only do it in an original way - instead of sending a huge satellite into space, they will send a whole swarm of 30 cm babies. Combined together, they will show the same power with a cheaper process.

30,000-year-old mammoth mummy found in Canada

In the permafrost of the Canadian Yukon, miners found a mummified woolly mammoth. He died about 30 thousand years ago - probably moved away from his mother and got stuck in the mud. The baby mammoth was named Noon Cho Ga - "big baby" in the Yukon indigenous language. The entrails, hair and nails of the animal are well preserved - this is the first find of this level in North America.

Chemists have learned to grow plants in complete darkness.

American scientists have developed a new technology for artificial photosynthesis and grown plants in total darkness. They used top dressing - acetate, the main component of acetic acid. It was obtained from carbon dioxide and water. Thanks to him, plants were able to develop in the dark. Electricity for catalytic processes was generated by solar panels. As a result, artificial photosynthesis was 18 times more energy efficient than usual. The method will help to significantly increase the energy efficiency of agriculture and feed more people by sowing less land. It can also be used in space.

Microplastics help intestinal viruses survive in water.

The causative agents of viral intestinal infections survive in fresh water thanks to microplastics. They attach themselves to polymer particles and "hitchhike" down the drains for three days - perhaps more. This is enough to get from the sewers to the public beach and remain infectious.

A Google engineer has created an AI that helps to find the descendants of Holocaust victims from a photo.

In order to try to find your ancestor, you need to upload a photo of a face to the project website - the system will return up to ten photos that show faces that are most similar to the one provided by the user. The AI has already analyzed almost half a million photographs containing about two million faces.

The construction of a floating city for 20,000 people begins in the Maldives.

The project should be a solution in case of sea level rise. The studio can be purchased for $150,000, while the cottage will cost $250,000. The city will begin accepting its first residents in early 2024, and the entire project will be completed by 2027.

Japanese company Iwatani Giken launched a hamster into the stratosphere to a height of 23 km.

The rodent was placed in a sealed chamber 50x60 cm with optimal pressure and temperature. The ball gained altitude in an hour at a speed of 6.3 m / s, and then smoothly descended into the sea. During the flight, the hamster even slept from time to time and did not experience any inconvenience. The startup wants to make manned ascents into the stratosphere one of the entertainment for people, and the hamster experiment is proof of success.

The electric car from Mercedes-Benz drove 1202 kilometers without recharging.

This is more than all other electric vehicles available. Vision EQXX traveled 1.2 thousand kilometers between Germany and the UK on a single charge. The journey took 14.5 hours at an average speed of 83 kilometers per hour, in some areas the electric car accelerated to 140 kilometers per hour. What's more, Mercedes stated that the air conditioning was on for about eight hours during the trip. But the air conditioner, as it is believed, can very strongly discharge the battery of an electric car. With this trip, Mercedes set a new record. The longest range electric car available on the market is the Lucid Air (830 kilometers), while the Tesla Model S can travel about 650 kilometers.

Interesting facts about Greenland.

In Greenland, some prisoners are allowed to keep the keys to their own cells, leave places of detention during the day to go to work/school, and even hunt wild birds and seals with guns.

Creepy music.

Strange, creepy horror movie music is performed, for the most part, on one unique instrument called a waterphone (translated as “voice of water”).

The Chinese spend half their lives in traffic jams.

Once in Beijing, the world's largest traffic jam was recorded, 100 km long, which lasted 10 days.

A paralyzed racer drove down the track in Goodwood at the annual festival of speed.

Sam Schmidt, former Indy Racing League driver, paralyzed in a 2000 crash. However, technology works wonders - he already moves in an exoskeleton. And with the help of breathing and turning his head, he can control the McLaren 720S Spider in racing mode.

NASA has asked to suspend the sale of lunar dust that was fed to cockroaches for the sake of experiment

Dust collected during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was given to insects to eat to determine if it contained pathogens. Cockroaches fed on moon dust were then studied at the University of Minnesota by entomologist Marion Brooks. According to the results of her research, she did not find any negative effects of insects eating moon dust. The dust was fed to cockroaches to check whether the regolith contained some kind of "lunar plague" dangerous to humanity.

For the first time in history, a private spacecraft will fly to the moon.

NASA and startup Rocket Lab are planning to launch a private satellite, CAPSTONE, using a private Electron rocket. It is clear that this does not have serious scientific goals, but nevertheless, for the first time in the history of mankind, the Moon can submit to a small private firm by the standards of the industry. Start is in the next few days.