Queen released an unreleased single in 1989.

The musicians of the Queen group released a single with the real vocals of Freddie Mercury - Face It Alone ("Face it alone"). The song was recorded while working on the 1989 album The Miracle. After 30 years, it was restored in the studio with the help of modern technology. The composition was rediscovered by the band's archivists, who studied old recordings while working on the reissue of The Miracle. The musicians called Face It Alone "a little gem from Freddie".

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October 16, 2022

Endangered penguins get rid of their firstborn for the survival of the species.

Scientists have figured out why endangered two-egg-laying crested penguins drop the first and only hatch the second, which emerges about five days later. It turned out to be a strategy for the survival of the species. The first egg is formed in the body of the female when she is still heading to the nesting sites by sea, so it is small. The second is already on dry land. It is larger, which means that the chick hatched from it is more likely to survive.

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October 16, 2022

iPhone 14 treats rides as an accident.

The rescue service has already received more than 6 calls from the amusement park, when the owners were just riding a roller coaster. Therefore, the company asks to turn off the phone when visiting the amusement park.

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October 15, 2022

Application for graphic designers Designer.

Microsoft introduced Designer app for graphic designers - with DALL-E 2 integration. With it, you can create presentations, posters and other graphic design products - users can enter a description of an image or design, and then use it in their project. The service will also be available ready-made templates. While the application is not available - but on the site, users can sign up for a waiting list. For "some time" the preview will be free for all registrants.

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October 15, 2022

Found a common ancestor of fungi and animals.

The journal Nature published a study deciphering the genomes of fungi and animals back to ancient times. It was revealed that the common ancestor lived about a billion years ago and was a single cell. It's funny that thanks to this study, it was possible to find modern unicellular organisms that are very close to both fungi and animals.

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October 15, 2022

Scene from "Space Odyssey"

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti who is currently working on the ISS, repeated a scene from Stanley Kubrick's A Space Odyssey. In the original scene, a stewardess in Velcro shoes goes around the ship 180 degrees and stands on the "ceiling". Samantha repeated the trick also with Velcro, but walking is rather slow.

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October 15, 2022

NASA has proposed using space technology to charge cars.

The James Webb Telescope and other spacecraft are equipped with unique cooling technologies that can cool devices down to near absolute zero. This technology NASA proposes to adopt charging cables. If they are cold enough, the amperage can be increased significantly. And charge a full battery in five minutes.

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October 15, 2022

For the first time in history, a humanoid robot spoke at a hearing in the British Parliament.

Actually, this is she - Aida (Ai Da). Appears like a woman and mostly draws, but is also able to communicate with her voice. She was invited to a hearing in the House of Lords. The topic is the impact of digital technologies on creativity. In particular, the question was raised that people are losing their jobs due to the fact that they are being forced out of the market by robots. Here the creator of Aida, Aidan Meller, had to intervene, who said that one should not treat it like that. Robots are an opportunity, not a threat. In the hall, they asked Aida how she creates her paintings. To which I received this answer: I paint with the help of cameras in the eyes, AI algorithms and signals transmitted to the hand, which ultimately leads to the birth of visually attractive images on the canvas.

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October 15, 2022

Lab-grown brain cells taught to play ping-pong.

And at the same time they found out how many cells are required for this. Startup DishBrain, engaged in the study of neural networks and the brain, found out the exact number. It takes 800,000 brain cells to play tennis. This is the first study of its kind in history - now, DishBrain will grow more brain cells to move on to serious tasks.

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October 14, 2022

A Japanese professor has created a screen that you can lick to taste movie food.

Behind the screen is a complex technology of a dozen jars of flavors, the combination of which allows you to recreate the taste of almost any product.

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October 14, 2022

People who grew up on the coast are mentally healthier than the rest.

Hours and days spent as a child in the blue zones - near the shores of lakes, rivers, seas - have a positive effect on mental health and well-being in adulthood. Such people often return to the coast and appreciate nature more. These conclusions were reached by a team of scientists from Europe and the United States during a study involving 15,000 people from 18 countries. Volunteers filled out questionnaires in which they indicated how often they spent time in the blue zones as children, and also assessed the state of their psyche. According to scientists, the results showed that blue zones for the spiritual, intellectual and physical development of children are just as necessary as green ones: squares, parks and forests.

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October 14, 2022

For half a century, wild animals in the world have become 69% less.

Since 1970, the world population of wild animals has decreased by 69%. Blame it on deforestation, ocean pollution and climate change. In general, wild animals on the planet become 2.5% less every year. Those in Latin America and the Caribbean have been hardest hit. There, over half a century, populations have declined by 94%. For example, pink river dolphins in the Brazilian Amazon have decreased by 65%. Their numbers dropped sharply between 1994 and 2016. According to WWF experts, nature is in a desperate situation and is being destroyed. The Fund encourages developed countries to spend more on programs to preserve the planet's biodiversity.

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October 14, 2022

The Briton started home 300 tarantulas on the advice of a psychotherapist.

Aaron Phoenix from Bristol has 300 tarantulas in his home after being encouraged by a therapist to take up a hobby to better deal with his bipolar disorder. Phoenix decided that collecting spiders would be great for him. He gets new pets in the mail every week. Delivery couriers have already nicknamed 35-year-old Aaron Spiderman. The pride of the Phoenix collection is a female Mexican fire-knee tarantula. It cost Aaron £160. The spider, along with her brothers, occupies all the free space in the master's bedroom.

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October 14, 2022

Acceleration of the electric car to 100 km / h in 1.416 seconds.

A team of students from the University of Stuttgart called the GreenTeam accelerated an electric car to 100 km / h in 1.416 seconds and set a Guinness record. The body is made of lightweight and durable carbon fiber, and the electric power plant delivers 180 kW of power to the four-wheel drive. The whole structure weighs only 145 kg. The pilot must be prepared, because during acceleration, the peak load reaches 2.5 g, which is higher than in Formula 1 cars and is comparable to the loads of astronauts at launch. The previous record for electric vehicles was 1.513 seconds and was set by the Swiss team AMZ Racing.

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October 13, 2022

Neuroscientists have explained why people don't laugh when they tickle themselves.

German neuroscientists have tried to figure out why people don't laugh when they tickle themselves. After experimenting with 12 volunteers, they hypothesized that the brain temporarily blocks touch sensitivity when a person touches their own body. Otherwise, we'd be giggling while putting on socks or scratching our armpits. People with delusions of influence do not have this feature. They are able to laugh, even tickling themselves.

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October 13, 2022

«Burnt Hair»

Elon Musk launched a pre-order for Burnt Hair perfume with the smell of burnt hair and changed his Twitter status to “perfume dealer”. On the Boring Company website, the product is described as an "Abominable Desire Essence" and can be purchased with DogeCoin.

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October 13, 2022

Artificial intelligence has learned to crack passwords by thermal traces on the keyboard.

The new ThermoSecure system, using a thermal imager, guesses passwords that users have recently entered on the keyboard of computers and ATMs or on the smartphone screen in a matter of seconds. Fraudsters can potentially use this password guessing technology. In order not to become their victim, scientists recommend using as many symbols as possible.

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October 13, 2022

The volcano Stromboli has become active on the Italian island

Smoke and ash fill the air, and lava flows into the sea. Despite the danger, the eruption attracted new tourists: the hotels are full of guests, for visitors they arrange boat trips to the slope with volcanic lava.

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October 13, 2022

It was possible to change the trajectory of the 160-meter asteroid Dimorph.

NASA reported that the DART probe managed to change the trajectory of the 160-meter asteroid Dimorph, which it rammed at a speed of 21,000 km / h in late September. The head of the space agency, Bill Nelson, said it was "a game-changer for Earth's defense" against potentially dangerous space objects.

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October 13, 2022

Flying electric car.

At the exhibition in Dubai, a flying electric car was presented that does not produce carbon dioxide emissions, can move in urban areas and at low altitudes, and its maximum flight speed is 130 km/h.

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October 12, 2022