The Red Cross urged gamers not to commit war crimes in games.

Many popular video games are based on players fighting in virtual wars. In this regard, the Red Cross urged gamers not to commit war crimes even in games. Gamers are asked not to shoot surrendered or wounded enemies, civilians and civilian buildings, and to provide medical assistance to anyone who needs it. The rules are linked to the real laws of war, which require humanism towards civilians, facilities and care for the wounded on both sides of the conflict.

British scientists have proposed giving harmful emissions to be eaten by volcanic microbes.

Researchers have discovered a new species of cyanobacteria that lives near the Italian island of Vulcano in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the waters of which there is a lot of CO₂. It turned out that these microbes effectively absorb carbon dioxide. So, they can be used to combat harmful emissions.

iOS 17 will introduce app installation from third-party sources, not just the App Store.

This was announced by insider Mark Gurman from Bloomberg. According to him, the company will comply with a law passed by the European Parliament, which obliges Apple and Google to allow the installation of applications on smartphones from third-party sources. Bypassing the App Store will allow developers to avoid paying a commission of 15-30%. How exactly this will be implemented is unclear.

The lamp from the Pixar screensaver in reality.

Xiaomi has introduced a "smart lamp" Mijia Pipi Lamp, which is controlled by gestures and can follow the owner's hand. An AI camera is built into the device, with its help the lamp “sees” a person’s hand and follows its commands. For example, an open palm turns on the light, a fist turns it off, and “seeing” the “OK” gesture, the lamp turns after the human hand. Also, the lamp "likes" when it is stroked and scratched - it will react approvingly to this. The issue price is $72.

Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton sold at auction for $6 million

A skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex named Trinity was sold at an auction in Switzerland for $6.1 million. The skeleton measures 3.9 meters high, 11.6 meters long and 2.65 meters wide. More than half of the bones are original, while the rest are made from plaster and epoxy casts.

New Zealand has launched a children's cat-killing contest.

In North Canterbury, a competition for young hunters was announced - children under 14 had to kill as many wild cats as possible and win a prize of $ 250. After a negative reaction from society and criticism from animal rights activists, the event was canceled. Cats harm New Zealand's ecosystems by eating unique lizards, birds and other endangered animals. The physical destruction of predators should have solved this problem.

CryAnalizer is an application that will help you translate from an infant.

It analyzes the crying of young children to understand what the baby needs.

Models of nuclear fuel pellets.

Models of nuclear fuel pellets for compact reactors with injection rods have appeared. Each tablet will produce as much energy as 3 tons of coal. All that fits in the hand is 28 thousand cubic meters of gas or 34 tons of oil.

Record of the Chinese thermonuclear reactor.

A Chinese fusion reactor has set a record for maintaining usable plasma. It turned out to be done within 406 seconds - the previous record was only 101. Thus, EAST, the Chinese prototype of a thermonuclear reactor, received the status of the most promising on the planet.

The first map of dark matter in the early universe has been created.

Amazingly, Einstein was right again. When analyzing light 14 billion years old, the latest theory about dark matter turned out to be wrong. A huge tentacle appeared on the map, exactly what Einstein predicted a hundred years ago.

Pringles will release chips with the taste of a suspicious soup from Minecraft.

In the game, the so-called Suspicious Stew consisted of flowers and mushrooms. It is not yet clear how the company achieved such a taste. The creators promise buyers a combination of "rich, satisfying and spicy taste" and a new tasting experience.

Engineers have assembled an edible battery out of almonds and gold.

Engineers from Milan have created a battery from edible ingredients - almonds, seaweed, capers, activated carbon, gold leaf and beeswax. The device can power medical sensors that need to be swallowed: cameras, biosensors, drug delivery systems.

A rare diamond with a diamond inside has been discovered in India.

It was named "Beating Heart" - in honor of the emotions after discovery. Now the stone is among the rare diamonds along with the Yakut "Matryoshka" - the first such find. The diamond weighs 0.329 carats. The inner stone moves freely in the cavity of the larger one. British laboratory staff who examined the find said they had never seen anything like it.

Male bees create their own perfume to attract females.

German biologists have found out why male orchid bees collect molecules of odorous substances from flowers in a special pouch on their hind legs. This behavior has been known since the 1960s, but there was no explanation for it. Now it turned out that this is how insects create their own scent, which attracts females during the mating season.

People with low incomes are more likely to experience pain.

The lower a person's income, the more likely they are to experience physical pain without actual injury. Sociologists from the City University of London came to such conclusions during the analysis of data from 1.3 million people from 146 countries.

AI pranks have reached a new level.

Jennifer Stefano from the US received a call with her daughter's crying voice about being kidnapped. The girl was on vacation, so the excitement of the mother can be understood. According to her, after her daughter, a man came up to the phone and demanded a $1 million ransom. As a result of negotiations, the amount decreased to 50 thousand. Fortunately, in parallel, Jennifer tried to contact her daughter and she confirmed that everything was fine with her - it turned out that the attackers simply recreated her voice with the help of AI in order to try to make money on her parents.

A patient with 90% brain loss.

In 2016, an ordinary Frenchman went to the hospital with weakness in his leg. The doctor did not find a problem and decided to send the poor fellow for a full examination, which showed that the patient was missing 90% of the brain. The man quietly lived 44 years of a normal life without knowing that he had one big dropsy in his head. At the same time, his IQ is 84, which is quite a bit below average.

Accessories based on Monsters Inc.

Pixar has partnered with CASETiFY to unveil a ton of Monsters, Inc.-inspired Apple tech accessories. The collection includes cases for smartphones, tablets and laptops, as well as cases for headphones and watch straps. Launch of the Pixar x CASETiFY Monsters Inc collection. scheduled for April 27, price ranges from $38 to $98.

In the US, a "smart" gun has appeared that will not shoot in the wrong hands.

The Biofire Smart has a built-in fingerprint scanner and a 3D face scanner - if the owner does not confirm both methods of identification, the weapon will refuse to fire. It is curious that the pistol is civilian - it will not be supplied to the military, but is intended for self-defense. Price - 1499 dollars.

In Japan, the invasion of raccoons, and the fault is anime.

In 1977, the title "Rascal the Raccoon" was released, which went so far to the Japanese that they began to import raccoons into the country as pets at a rate of 1,500 individuals per month. For decades of carefree stay in the island state, without the influence of predators, the raccoon population has grown so much that tens of thousands of animals have been making hell in some prefectures for years, swarming in the garbage. Unfortunately, the Japanese government did not come up with a better solution than to start exterminating animals.