In Hawaii, they began to make cocktail tubes from seaweed.

Loliware launched the production of seaweed cocktail straws. They replace plastic ones, keeping the coastline clean. The tubes are made like this: they dry, grind and mix the algae with a solution of natural dyes, and then give the resulting mass a shape. The technology is simple, cheap and competitive. Algae tubes are better than paper tubes: they do not get wet, they retain their shape and texture.

Money and power affect the amount of gray matter in the brain.

Socioeconomic status is associated with gray matter volume in the brain. Depending on the level of education and income, the prestige of work and place of residence, it varies within 1.6%. Low status in general negatively affects the brain. These conclusions were made by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania during the analysis of data from the British Biobank - it contains information about about 500 thousand people.

An eco-activist from Los Angeles put on his trash for a month to save the planet.

Rob Greenfield put the trash in the see-through pockets of his custom-tailored suit. At the end of the experiment, bags with disposable cups, napkins, cotton swabs, bottles and packages weighed about 28 kilograms. Rob, hung with garbage, walked around the city and its environs, demonstrating how much waste one person produces in just a month.

The first transgender Barbie appeared - in honor of actress Laverne Cox.

Mattel has released the first transgender Barbie inspired by LGBT activist and actress Laverne Cox. The release of the doll is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the star - at the end of May she turns 50 years old. Cox is best known for her role as prisoner Sophia Burset in Orange Is the New Black. After the release of the premiere season, Laverne became the first trans woman to be nominated for an Emmy and appear on the cover of Time magazine.

The bacterium Salmonella, potentially harmful to humans, has been shown to be useful in the treatment of cancer.

Scientists have found that it is able to form colonies around tumors and signal a threat to the immune system and used it to use it as a means of delivering signaling antigens to the tumor. Among mice that received bacterial therapy, 83% survived, while only 25% survived in the placebo control group. The scientists are now planning human trials.

Probably the sweetest news of today.

In one of the schools in Indonesia, cunning teachers put the cat to sleep right in the classroom, and the students keep silence so as not to wake the fluffy!

Marina Bay Sands.

The most expensive freestanding resort complex ever built. Including land costs, the construction of Marina Bay Sands cost a staggering S$8 billion.

Death Valley, USA.

One of the most beautiful places in California, as well as a US National Wildlife Refuge. Here is the Badwater salt lake - the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere and at the same time the hottest place on Earth. The salt lake evaporates by May, turning into a white cracked surface with interesting salt patterns.

The most "resistant" castle.

The German Eltz Castle has belonged to the same family since its founding for almost 850 years and has passed through 33 generations. Interestingly, it was never destroyed or captured.

Unusual railroad.

In the Chinese city of Chongqing, there is a very dense building; during the construction of the monorail, a 19-story residential building stood in the way, which could not be demolished or bypassed. The designers made an extreme decision: to build a railway right through the building, between the 7th and 8th floors.

Voting right.

Turkey was one of the first countries to give women the right to vote. Even before the United States and most European countries.

For the first time, artificial intelligence solved a crossword puzzle faster than a human.

The Berkeley Crossword Solver, an artificial intelligence from the University of Berkeley, beat a human for the first time in the American Crossword Tournament. The algorithm solves 81.7% of puzzles without errors, does not confuse or skip letters. This result is a quarter better than that of the predecessor algorithm.

The number of refugees in the world has reached 100 million, says the UN.

For the first time in history, the number of refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide exceeded 100 million. They fled armed conflict, violence and persecution.

Scientists have suddenly found out that chimpanzees communicate with each other through speech.

In total, about 400 speech combinations were found in the arsenal of monkeys, constantly repeating in a certain order. For example, hooting or barking, screaming and roaring. It has not yet been possible to decipher the "language", but in the near future they will definitely do it.

All-vegetable scrambled eggs will soon appear on US restaurant menus.

Israeli startup Yo Egg has developed ready meals: poached eggs and fried eggs made from soy, sunflower oil, water and flour. After testing in Israel, the company decided to offer its products in the US. The presentation should take place at the end of the month at the US National Restaurant Association show. Yo Egg is very hopeful that their plant-based eggs will appear in many restaurants in Los Angeles in the near future. Although in dietary scrambled eggs, a gram of protein is significantly inferior in nutritional value to natural, but cholesterol is completely absent in it.

Scientists have come up with foam to cool buildings - it will replace air conditioners and save electricity.

Chinese and German scientists have created wood-based foam to cool buildings. It reflects sunlight, has thermal insulation properties and releases the absorbed radiation back into the atmosphere. The use of foam can reduce the electricity consumption of air conditioners by a third.

A world speed record on an electric bike has been set.

Racer Max Biaggi accelerated to 456 km / h on the fastest electric motorcycle Voxan Wattman from the French company Vinturi.

There are fewer car accidents.

In the United States, data on accidents were published and it was revealed that over the year, the number of deaths increased by 10.5%. And this despite the fact that the number of accidents themselves decreased by 22%. In this regard, the government demands to speed up the process of introducing alcohol analyzers into the ignition systems of cars. For alcohol, as always, remains one of the main causes of deaths on the roads.

Startup Lonestar proposes to transfer all the knowledge of mankind to the moon.

The company proposes to launch a network of secure servers in lava tubes there and transfer the most important information about humanity there. In case of a global catastrophe on our planet.

Google's new AI helps prepare for interviews.

Google has launched Interview Warmup, a simulator to prepare for a successful job interview. Artificial intelligence uses various algorithms and scenarios, which helps to recreate the real situation when talking with an HR specialist and prepare the most expected questions in accordance with the field of activity where a person wants to get a job.