The Guinness Book of Records has announced the age of the world's oldest cat.

This is Flossie - she is 26 years old, which is equivalent to 140 years in human terms.

In China, they said that they had overcome the "harmful addiction of children to video games."

As of August 2021, teenagers are prohibited from playing more than 3 hours a week. According to an official government statement, the program ended successfully. And now children are drawn to games less even without unnecessary restrictions.

The FDA has approved the most expensive drug in history, Hemgenix.

The FDA has approved the most expensive drug in history, Hemgenix. Hemophilia is a rare and serious inherited bleeding disorder caused by a mutation on the X chromosome. Her treatment is problematic. One dose of Hemgenix will cost $3.5 million. The previous record holder, Zolgensma, was worth 2 million.

The construction of the tallest residential building in the world has begun in Dubai.

The project is being implemented by Binghatti, the largest developer in the UAE, in partnership with the famous jewelry and watch brand Jacob & Co. And although the creators do not name the exact height of the skyscraper, according to the authors of the project, the house will be higher than the current tallest residential building in the world - the 472-meter Central Park Tower in New York.

Paralyzed people have learned to control a wheelchair with the power of thought.

In Texas, scientists have created a wheelchair that paralyzed people can control with their minds. Some volunteers achieved 98% accuracy after the training course. Paralyzed people controlled the direction of the wheelchair by thinking about the movement of body parts. For example, thinking about hands for turning left or legs for turning right. The computer read the volunteers' neural signals and turned them into wheelchair commands. Initially, patients controlled the wheelchair with an accuracy of 43-55%. After training, some had an indicator of 98%. Each volunteer trained three times a week for 2-5 months.

A new volcano has been born in the Indian Ocean.

It has been growing for four years now. A new underwater volcano has been born near the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. He showed up in the spring of 2018. Then the researchers began to carefully study the bottom and how geological processes affect the island. During its short life, the volcano has already ejected more than five cubic kilometers of lava. This is the largest volume in the history of observations, which has transformed the underwater landscape. The volcano will continue to grow for thousands of years. Its activity can become dangerous not only for the island, but for the entire region. Now the diameter of the volcano is five kilometers, the height is about 800 meters.

How to feed the Earth with solar energy.

The European Space Agency is figuring out how to power the Earth with solar energy directly from space. ESA is thinking about building orbital solar stations that will generate energy around the clock from sunlight and send it to Earth using microwaves. The ESA is currently looking for funding. The three-year study project is expected to be approved as early as this week.

Scientists have predicted another version of the extinction of people.

A study by doctors from Israel and the United States showed that since the 70s, the number of sperm in semen has decreased significantly on all continents and in all ethnic groups. Specifically, on average, there are half as many of them on the planet - from 101 per ml to 49. Moreover, the rate at which the number of spermatozoa falls is also growing.

In Oregon, twins were born, who are already 30 years old.

Lydia and Timothy Ridgway were conceived and frozen in 1992. Then the embryos were sent to the national donation center. And only this year they found their parents, for which they were thawed and given birth. The biological father of the twins did not live to see the birth of children, but the current father at the time of their conception was only 5 years old.

Smartphone addiction reduces creativity, Chinese scientists say.

They measured the addiction of 48 students on the Smartphone Addiction Scale. Participants then took an "Alternative Uses" test, where they had to come up with different uses for common items. Addicts fared worse. Moreover, they have less fluent perception of information, flexibility and originality of thinking.

In Germany, they created a ring that protects against insects.

Inside - repellent IR3535 from Merck. It is packaged in a convenient form, printed on a 3D printer, and put on the arm. According to the creators, such a ring is enough for a week. During which you will not hear mosquitoes dangerously close to you.

Nvidia introduced a new eDiff-I neural network, which still generates images, but with one feature.

A feature of eDiff-I is that the user writes down what picture he wants to synthesize, matches colors with words, and draws a schematic sketch of the desired result. After a couple of seconds, the neural network will generate an image, taking into account all the nuances specified by the text query. So far, the neural network is not available to all users.

The Solar Orbiter space probe captured a huge moving "snake" on the Sun.

In fact, there is nothing unusual in the phenomenon: it is a stream of cold plasma that flows along the magnetic field of a star in an ornate thread. The video is accelerated several times - in fact, the journey of the "snake" took three hours, and its peak speed reached 105,000 km/h.

LEGO has released a kit to build a giant Eiffel Tower almost as tall as a man.

Today it is the tallest LEGO model - 149 centimeters. There are 10,001 parts in this set. Only the world map of 11,695 parts has more. The tower will go on sale November 25th. US price - $630

Samsung has created a robot that will pour wine into a glass and bring it to you after a hard day.

Samsung's Bot Handy will recognize objects using a camera and artificial intelligence. The company is working to ensure that the robot can collect laundry, load the dishwasher, set the table, pour drinks into glasses and bring them to people. He knows how to remind a person to get off the laptop and take a break from work. It also controls the schedule - remembers important events and reminds you of meetings.

Xiaomi has created a dryer for cats - Pet Drying Box.

The dryer is a plastic box with a transparent door, as well as a side outlet so that you can stick your hand in and pet the animal. Combines three functions: dryers, pet beds and a sterilization room. The dryer has several small fans that do not cause noise or inconvenience. The maximum temperature is only 39 degrees. The four-legged friend is blown with a stream of warm air, removing the smallest drops of water from the wool.

In Japan, introduced a robotic spider to inspect sewer pipes.

In order to simplify the work of existing workers, TMSUK has developed a spider robot to inspect sewer pipes. The SPD1 walking robot prototype was created in response to a request from a local utility company. The device has dimensions of 21x25x28 cm, weighs about 3.5 kg and is designed to inspect pipes with a diameter of 200-300 mm. The robot is remotely actuated and controlled by the operator using a game-type controller connected to the SPD1 cable. TMSUK envisions a scenario in which three robots can be physically linked together by a cable and work as a group. In this case, the lead robot will move through the pipe, the second robot will identify areas that need repair, and the third robot will perform the repair using a robotic arm holding the tool.

NASA has launched the most powerful rocket - SLS (Space Launch System).

This is one of the key stages of the Artemis mission to land astronauts on the moon after a half-century hiatus. A giant 98-meter rocket will launch the Orion reusable spacecraft into space, carrying mannequins with artificial organs to assess the effects of radiation on the body, plant seeds, fungi and algae. It will fly around the Moon and return to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on December 11. If everything goes according to plan, then in 2024 the Artemis-2 mission will start - already with people on board, but without disembarking. It is planned to lower the crew to the lunar surface in 2025 as part of Artemis-3. Recall that the last and sixth manned landing on the moon took place as part of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

Pickle, a developer of truck unloading robots, has raised $26 million.

Pickle Robot has raised $26 million in Series A funding and added industry veterans to its leadership team. Pickle Robot unloading systems work together with people on loading platforms to make work safer, faster and more efficient. Investors participating in this funding round included Toyota AI Ventures, Third Kind Venture Capital, Hyperplane Ventures, BoxGroup and Version One Ventures. Pickle said it will use the funding to accelerate time to market and strengthen adoption capabilities.

In the United States, laboratory meat is officially recognized as fit for consumption.

It is important to understand that this is not about meat substitutes. We are talking about real meat, which is mainly made by cloning chicken meat cells. Now, it is officially recognized as safe and suitable for human consumption.