The last person born in the 19th century died.

Jose Paulino Gomez has died at the age of 127 in Brazil. He was born on August 4, 1895 and was the last person to enter the 19th century. María Brañas Morera, the official Guinness World Record holder, is now only 115 years old. The Brazilian worked all his life on a farm and rode, spent time in the fresh air. Gomez did not live just a week before his birthday. He is survived by seven children, 25 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

Canon has introduced a camera that shoots color video in near-total darkness.

Thanks to its unique 3.2 MP SPAD sensor, the Canon MS-500 can record 1080p video on a moonless night with "naked-eye level in a well-lit room" quality. In addition, such a sensor can process data in 100 trillionths of a second - for example, it can capture the movement of a laser beam.

The zoo of the future has opened in Australia: animals are presented here in the form of a 3D projection.

The locations are different - from African safaris and Arctic travels to prehistoric landscapes with dinosaurs. For complete immersion, some rooms have 4D effects - a cold arctic breeze and specific animal smells.

In India, TV presenters created by artificial intelligence have appeared.

Artificially created announcers have become a real hit among TV channels, and this has caused heated debate. Some admire the innovative idea and see it as a step forward towards the future. And others, who are worried about their jobs and do not know how to cope with the advent of such technologies.

The Gulf Stream may disappear in two years.

Between 2025 and 2095, the Atlantic Gulf Stream may disappear completely. Since it controls the climate in the Northern Hemisphere, climate chaos can ensue. Danish scientists came to such conclusions. The Gulf Stream is part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). It carries warm waters northward from the tropics and vice versa. The disappearance of the current will provoke a sharp drop in temperature, the death of ecosystems and storms throughout the planet.

Biologists have discovered new fungi that decompose plastic.

It turned out that mushrooms break down such material with the help of powerful enzymes. Experiments in the laboratory have shown that the same effect persists when exposed to plastic. Perhaps in the future, mushrooms could be used to recycle at least part of the huge amount of plastic waste that is produced every year around the world.

The largest 3D printed district in the world will be built in the USA.

Recently, the first of 100 houses was built, completely printed from a concrete-based material. The 3D district project is being implemented by the construction companies Lennar and ICON, as well as the Danish architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group.

India has the largest office building in the world.

For 80 years, this achievement belonged to the Pentagon, but now the first place has passed to the Surat Diamond Bourse. It is a 15-story complex of over 7.1 million square feet and can house 65,000 diamond specialists.

Apple will introduce mind-reading headphones of the future.

Patented internal electrodes track a variety of brain activity related parameters such as ECG, EEG, EMG and more. Theoretically, this means that the headphones will be able to "read" the impulses that occur with certain thoughts and, thanks to AI, provide support at every turn.

A pig named Pigkasso paints abstract paintings.

And has already earned more than $ 1 million in sales of works of art. All the money earned goes to the purchase of feed, salaries to the staff of the reserve and payment for veterinary services. Pigcasso's paintings sell for up to $26,000 each and are in the collections of George Clooney and Ed Westwick. Pig also collaborates with the Swiss watch brand Swatch and the Japanese automaker Nissan.

In Japan, they began to test the windows of "live" translation.

A transparent screen has been installed at the ticket office of Tokyo Station, which will help employees communicate with foreign tourists without any problems. The smart window understands 12 languages and instantly displays the translation of the conversation.

Taylor Swift fans at a concert in Seattle provoked seismic activity equal to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake.

Seismologists noticed something strange, but everyone understood when they compared the data with the location and time of the concert. Visitors literally felt like "the earth is shaking under their feet."

The Opera browser has decided to take care of you after death and offers a "Fake History" service.

The bottom line is: if you die (do not go to the browser for two weeks), then Opera completely erases your history and replaces it with a harmless blank. If someone studies your computer after death, finds there looking for volunteer work, free courses on personal growth, instructions for building birdhouses, etc.

Lack of communication.

Madrid metros and buses have dedicated seats for older people who want to talk to someone on the road. Conversation places are marked with purple stickers. They invite people to sit next to an older person, chat with him or just listen. So they expect to help single passengers cope with the lack of communication. In Spain, more than 850 thousand people aged 80+ are single, because of this they develop mental problems.

A theater for dogs has opened in Malta.

The theater held the first ever specialized animal performance. During the staging, the dogs listened to relaxing sounds - friendly barking, children's conversations, quiet percussion. They cause a positive reaction in animals and do not provoke them to aggression. Spectators had to be led to the performance on a leash up to two meters. The owners had to have food, water and a cleaning bag with them.

More than half of Cyprus' beaches could be submerged as a result of climate change by the end of the 21st century.

It turned out that even with an optimistic forecast, by 2050 29% of “unprotected” beaches will be under water, and by 2100 - 72%. In the worst case scenario, by the end of the century, they will all be swallowed up by water. To prevent this, it is already necessary to strengthen the coastline.

80% of child deaths in Africa and South Asia are preventable.

Scientists analyzed data on the deaths of 632 children under the age of five in Africa and South Asia. It turned out that most often they died from malnutrition, HIV infection, malaria, congenital anomalies, infections of the lower respiratory tract and diarrhea. The mean age at death was 1.3 years. Experts acknowledged that 82.3% of these deaths could have been prevented.

In South Korea, conducted the first test of the vacuum tunnel.

The Korea Railway Research Institute has driven its mini train to a record speed of 1,019 km/h, just below the speed of sound (1,192 km/h). Scientists expect to launch this transport on the Seoul-Busan route as early as 2024, reducing travel time from 3 hours to 30 minutes.

UNESCO is calling for a global ban on smartphones in schools and other educational institutions.

The organization stated that the excessive use of smartphones leads to poor academic performance and that it negatively affects the emotional stability of children. Also, UNESCO believes that the positive impact of digital technologies on learning can be overestimated and opposed distance learning.

Enthusiast ChrisDaCow taught a monkey how to play Minecraft.

A bonobo named Kanzi went through an entire map in the game, destroying blocks, opening doors, and avoiding traps for a tasty reward. Kanzi is no ordinary monkey - he is considered the most intelligent pygmy chimpanzee in the world. He is able to perceive human speech and communicate using a keyboard with lexicograms.