American scientists have created zombie necrobots from dead spiders that can grab objects.

Engineers injected air into a chamber near the spiders' heads, which forced blood into the paws, which stretched or contracted. One of the "experimental" did a thousand cycles of squeezing-unclenching.

Sony is preparing a new PlayStation VR2 headset.

She will receive a special "transparent" mode for free orientation in space in order to avoid collisions with obstacles. There will also be a VR streaming mode for spectators and limiting the limits of the playing area in the room, so as not to accidentally spoil the surrounding objects and not to suffer yourself.

At MIT, they came up with stickers that can shine through organs.

At the moment, ultrasound requires a trip to the hospital and specialized equipment. The new development allows you to remove the necessary organ in real time within 48 hours without any hassle.

Smart scarf.

The Premier League's leading club has unveiled a "smart scarf" to track fans' emotions during matches. The EmotiBit chip from Cisco measures heart rate, body temperature and other indicators. With the help of this data, Manchester City will be able to accurately determine the level of stress or euphoria among fans at certain points in the matches. Now such ephemeral states as joy, nervous tension and excitement can be measured in quantitative characteristics.

In the United States, they created the "Office for the Analysis of Anomalies in All Environments", which, in case of danger, will destroy UFOs.

The US Department of Defense has created a special unit that will study unidentified objects in space, in the air and in water. It was named the "Office for the Analysis of Anomalies in All Environments", and one of its tasks of the new structure was "threat mitigation" from unidentified objects, including their destruction.

The flexible actuator lifts 1000 times its own weight.

Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology have developed 3D printed pneumatic artificial muscles based on soft actuators. Small actuators weighing 8 grams can lift a weight of 8 kg. The actuator membranes are capable of stretching and contracting like human muscles. Actuators can also be combined to mimic real muscles and body parts. The researchers connected 18 actuators of different sizes to create a robotic arm with a wrist. By applying pressure to the membranes of various actuators, the hand could flex its fingers, rotate the palm, and rotate the wrist.

The melting glacier is moving the Italo-Swiss border.

In the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has shifted as a glacier has melted, casting doubt on the location of an Italian mountain lodge. But the retreat of the Theodulus Glacier means the watershed has crept towards the Rifugio Guide del Cervino, a visitor's hotel near the 3,480-meter peak of Testa Grigia. The owner of the hotel insists that the hotel will remain on Italian soil: "Italian menu, Italian wine, Italian taxes." The governments of the two countries will make a decision on the border no earlier than 2023.

Apple has hired Lamborghini executive Luigi Taraborrelli to develop its electric car.

He worked at Lamborghini for 20 years. With his participation, suspensions, brakes, discs and chassis were designed in Urus, Huracan and Aventador cars. Hundreds of former specialists from Tesla, Rivian, Waymo, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, McLaren, Porsche and Aston Martin have been working on the Apple electric car for several years, but the company has not yet officially confirmed work on this project.

Canadian scientists: There is a 10% chance that rocket debris will kill someone on Earth this decade.

Rockets are used to launch satellites and other spacecraft and often remain in orbit after launch. Most of the orbits are located in the equatorial regions - it is in these regions that debris falls uncontrollably to Earth. The risk of dying from missile debris is disproportionately higher in low-income countries near the equator, also known as the "global South". It has a higher population density, which means that approximately 80% of the world's population lives in "unprotected or weakly protected structures that provide limited protection from falling debris."

Whale sharks are the world's largest omnivores.

A study by Australian scientists has shown that in fact the largest omnivores in the world are not the Kodiak brown bears living in Alaska, but whale sharks. Previously, it was believed that they only eat keel - a mass of small crustaceans. But, studying whale sharks off the Ningaloo reef, scientists came to the conclusion that these animals are also able to digest plant foods. And it, apparently, makes up a large part of their diet. Whale sharks can be over 12 meters long and weigh up to 19 tons. Now they are considered the largest of the existing fish.

Sprite is phasing out green bottles from August 1st.

Now the container will become colorless. This is because colored plastic cannot be completely recycled for reuse. The drink has been sold in canonical green bottles since 1961.

Mysterious rows of holes have been found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

They are located at a depth of 2.5 kilometers and look like man-made. It is not yet known exactly how these rows appeared. There are several versions explaining the appearance of holes on the bottom of the Atlantic: they were dug by unknown marine animals; they were formed as a result of some geological processes, they were drilled by another team of scientists while collecting rock samples.

Scientists have not found any connection between people's playing time and their well-being.

Oxford conducted an experiment using 39,000 gamers. They all played varying amounts of hours per week. And according to scientists, there is no connection at all between how well people feel and the amount of time people spend playing games. Well-being meant not only health but also emotional state. According to the results of the study, it was announced that games begin to affect the psyche and health only when a person plays 10 or more hours every day for a long time.

Day of ecological debt.

Thursday, July 28th is Ecological Debt Day, by which point humans have consumed all the resources the Earth can recreate in a year. Further, humanity will take them from nature on credit. The earlier Eco-Debt Day comes, the more debt grows. The debt burden of different countries is unevenly distributed. If everyone was consuming resources like Americans, Eco-Debt Day would be March 13th.

In Singapore, they created a wound-healing plaster made of frog skin.

The frog collagen patch creates a porous layer in which leukocytes and healing substances stick together. It accelerates the healing of wounds, as it also serves as a barrier that retains moisture. Collagen also works as a scaffold around which nearby skin cells can gather. The patch itself breaks down over time. Collagen from frog skin is more biocompatible with humans than structural proteins from other animals.

Scientists will look for illuminated cities on other planets.

The journal Acta Astronautica published a study stating that the current level of progress is sufficient to try to find signs of street lighting on other planets. These signatures are easy to separate from natural sources. And according to them, this is a very simple and original way to search for extraterrestrial civilizations. After all, cities in the evenings glow like light bulbs.

They learned how to extract hydrogen directly from tap water without any electrolysis.

Scientists from Spain have demonstrated a working prototype of a device that could be the key to cheap fuel. After all, electrolysis, which usually produces hydrogen, requires a lot of electricity.

The trailer for The Samaritan starring Sylvester Stallone has been released.

According to the plot, a local tramp is recognized as a superhero who has been hiding for 25 years. But now he will have to return to his duties again. It will premiere on August 26 on Prime Video.

In Britain, found traces of the first jellyfish of the Earth.

In Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, paleontologists have found body prints of the oldest jellyfish on Earth. She lived about 560 million years ago. This means that the first animals from this group appeared on the planet 20 million years earlier than is commonly believed. A. attenboroughii looks like a cross between a jellyfish and a coral. Her body is a standard goblet shape, but it is divided into several polyps. Scientists believe that A. attenboroughii was imprinted in the rock after it suffocated in sediment and ash flowing down the slope of an ancient underwater volcano.

In New Zealand, a new art object is being sold for 10 thousand dollars - a cheeseburger cucumber glued to the ceiling.

This is the work of Australian artist Matthew Griffin called Pickle ("Pickle"). The Pickle buyer will receive instructions to recreate the work in their own space. Additionally, you will have to purchase a cheeseburger for $4.44. Admirers and critics of contemporary art appreciate Pickle in different ways. The first consider the work brilliant, the second - idiotic. "When I was a teenager, the police kicked me out of McDonald's for this, and now it's art," said one reviewer.