In the future, there will be one huge continent on Earth.

Australian scientists using computer simulations have calculated how the continents will move in the future. It turned out that in 300 million years the Pacific Ocean will cease to exist, and the continents will converge into a single space. Scientists have suggested that sea levels will be lower, and the interior of the new continent will be extremely dry.

Part of the human brain was successfully integrated into the rat.

In the journal Cell Stem Cell, there is support for an old hypothesis that human brain cells can take root in rodents.

Pen price in the car.

Ferrari and Montblanc have released a pen inspired by the Daytona SP3 with a titanium body, gold nib and a unique illumination illusion. Price - $27.500.

Coca-Cola and Realme showed the 10 Pro smartphone, decorated with soda.

It has a stylized interface theme with a "bubbling" charge, notifications "hiss" like soda, and a "clip" for the SIM is made in the form of a bottle cap. On February 14, a total of 1,000 flagships will go on sale in India.

Super-rich people are dumber than less successful people, Swedish scientists have found.

It turned out that a close relationship between the level of intelligence and wages exists only up to a certain threshold. This is 60,000 euros per year. Then it becomes insignificant. As a result, approximately 1% of people receive super-high income, regardless of their cognitive abilities. That is, their success may be due to something other than intelligence. Also, the researchers did not find a connection between cognitive abilities and an alternative measure of career success - professional prestige in various specialties. Among them, accounting, medicine, law, science, public administration.

For unmanned vehicles, a fourth traffic light was invented.

Scientists proposed to approve the fourth traffic light signal for unmanned vehicles - white. Traffic modeling has shown that this color will be optimal. It will signal the AI driver to act like the cars ahead. The concept of the fourth signal was first announced in 2020. The scientists explain that the existing colors will retain their meanings, while white will mean "follow the traffic in front": you need to go if he is driving, or stand if he is standing. This proposal was based on the idea that drones can communicate with each other and distribute the traffic order more efficiently than traffic lights.

A supermarket with free groceries has been opened in Amsterdam.

In one of the districts of Amsterdam, a Fris supermarket has opened with free groceries. The only condition is that in order to get food, you need to undergo a consultation with a life coach. In the supermarket you can get fresh food, hygiene items and household chemicals. For this, you do not need to pre-register or provide evidence of your poverty. The system is based on mutual trust and mutual respect. In addition to shopping, personal development professionals help with everything from finding a job to qualifying for benefits. The organizers already support about 80 families, including those who have suffered from bullying or have problems with addiction.

An American publisher will release a recipe book from the game Diablo.

Diablo: The Official Cookbook will feature over 60 unique recipes with step-by-step instructions, illustrations and pairing tips. The compilers promise that the book will allow you to pick up a treat for both the Countess and for a single quest. The book will be 192 pages long and will go on sale October 24, 2023.

Fossil of largest penguin ever found in New Zealand

The bird weighed approximately 154 kilograms and was about two meters tall. The giant lived on the territory of the modern island 50 million years ago. The new species was named Kumimanu fordycei. He was probably one of the most ancient among penguins - the bones of the flippers of birds are quite primitive and look like wings. The find will help to better understand the evolution of these animals.

In Portugal, unborn seagulls will be killed using drones.

In Porto, they decided to fight the breeding seagulls with the help of drones. Drones will fly over bird nests and spray their eggs with a mixture of vegetable oil and paraffin. The dried mixture forms a layer that disrupts gas exchange between the inside and outside of the eggs. Because of this, the embryos will not receive the right amount of oxygen, they will not be able to develop and hatch. This method helped to control the population of gulls in Nice. In Porto, it will only be used during the breeding season of birds - from April to June.

A neural network for the narrow-minded is presented.

Eli5 (short name "Explain like I'm five") is a neural network that explains things not in complex terms, but in simple comparisons. Before the request, the service offers to choose one of four levels that describe your idea of \u200b\u200bits intelligence - "dumb", "really dumb", "smart" and "very smart". The user can also turn Eli5's sarcasm on and off. The response of the AI chat will depend on these indicators. Up to 4 requests can be made per day.

Racing in augmented reality in your home.

Hot Wheels has unveiled the Rift Rally set, which allows you to turn any room into a race card. The game includes a Chameleon car with a camera and four racks for building tracks. In the game, the car is displayed in the selected design and even supports tuning. You can play the single player campaign, or with friends. The game is free and available for PlayStation 4 and 5, as well as iPhone and iPad, but you won't be able to play without the $130 bundle.

A rare blue lobster has been caught in the UK.

The chance of catching him is one in two million. After taking a photo of his unusual catch, the fisherman released the lobster back into the bay. Usually lobsters are brown or brown in color, orange, red or yellow are less common. The rarest are blue. Scientists attribute color patterns to genetic differences that cause some lobsters to produce more of a certain protein than others.

SpaceX conducted a fire test of the engines of the Super Heavy Booster 7 prototype.

This was a world record. For the first time in the history of astronautics, 31 engines were simultaneously launched. But this is enough for an orbital flight. We hope that the next launch will be the launch of Starship into orbit, scheduled for March. Why 31 and not 33: the team turned off one engine before the start, and the second turned itself off during the test.

The view of the rice fields in Yunnan (China) is mesmerizing.

Rice fields in Yunnan, China. Despite the mountains, the weather in this region is warm. So the locals began to grow rice on terraces, which, for obvious reasons, follow the contours of the slopes. And then, it was filmed from the air and realized how beautiful the spectacle was in the end.

LEGO and The Lord of the Rings

LEGO has released a cute promotional video for the release of the biggest Lord of the Rings set featuring Rivendell. The set will include 6,000 parts, including 15 figurines of the entire Fellowship of the Ring and the Ring of Omnipotence itself. The set will go on sale March 8 for $500.

Millions of people are threatened by flooding due to glacial lakes.

A new study has found that up to 15 million people face the risk of catastrophic flooding due to glacial lakes. They may start due to climate warming. Lakes formed by melting glaciers have natural dams of loose rock and ice that can suddenly collapse. After that, torrential floods often occur, capable of destroying vital infrastructure.

Who will survive in a nuclear conflict?

If a nuclear conflict occurs in the Northern Hemisphere, people can only survive in five countries in the world, and all of them are on islands. Such a list was obtained by Professor Nick Wilson from the University of Otago and his colleague Matt Boyd from the independent research company Adapt Research. • Iceland • Vanuatu • New Zealand • Australia • Solomon islands

Shift Robotics showed shoes that increase walking speed by 250%.

At first glance, it looks like rollers. But in reality, everything is much more complicated. Moonwalkers is a complex system that allows you to sort of "slip" a little further with each step. Moreover, the system is easily controlled - the speed is adjusted intuitively depending on the walking speed of a person. The price of pleasure is $1400.

In China, they created robotic cones to organize traffic in case of an accident.

In the event of an accident, a group of cones leaves the road and blocks the part where the damaged cars are located. As soon as the lane is cleared of vehicles, the cones return to their place to charge. The robots are already being tested on high-speed highways in the city of Ningbo.