Adidas will release shoes with characters from The Simpsons based on the Stan Smith model.

Fans asked the company to make sneakers with Homer disappearing into the bushes after last year's "hairy" Superstar with Marge. Adidas heard the fans. The official release will take place on August 18.

The color of the oceans has changed due to the climate crisis.

Approximately 56% of the world's oceans have changed color from blue to green in the past 20 years. This is most noticeable around the equator, an analysis of NASA satellite images showed. The exact reason for what is happening is unknown, but most likely it is the increase in the number of phytoplankton due to the climate crisis.

A 3-in-1 power plant was built in China.

Huadian Tianjin Haijing, a giant solar power plant with a capacity of 1 GW, which is also a salt farm and a shrimp farm, was launched in Tianjin.

"Deep Sleep".

The deepest hotel in the world has opened in the UK. It is hidden in the abandoned Kumortin Shale Mine and is located at a depth of 419 meters. The hotel was named "Deep Sleep".

The threat of artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence is considered a potential threat to humanity on a level with nuclear war and pandemics. Industry experts have estimated the likelihood of a catastrophe due to AI at 12%. This is explained by the fact that the development of AI can increase the risks of both a nuclear catastrophe and the emergence of new viruses and other threats.

Prices for rice may rise worldwide.

India plans to ban the export of all varieties except Basmati. It is all to blame for the natural disasters that have recently hit the country. An export ban could help stop rising inflation. India is the largest supplier of rice - it accounts for 40% of world trade. If the decision is taken, it will affect 80% of India's rice supply and lead to an increase in already high prices for the product around the world.

Smart urinals.

Smart urinals for health checks have appeared in Chinese shopping malls. They are equipped with a display and various sensors. The manufacturer claims that his device detects indicators of calcium, glucose, protein, and so on.

In the United States, empty offices have begun to be turned into vertical farms.

In the states, almost 20% of office space is empty, and it is more profitable to re-equip them than to completely rebuild. It is very difficult to convert offices into residential premises, and therefore they began to grow greens and vegetables there.

A simple Indian guy made a million dollars begging.

Bharat Jain started begging on the streets of Mumbai because he was unable to get an education due to poverty. On a daily basis, he earns about 30 dollars on mercy, and in a month he can collect an amount of 1,000 dollars. He has already managed to save up for an apartment and several types of real estate, which he successfully rents out. Now Bharat's fortune is estimated at one million dollars, but he is not going to give up begging.

The iPhone will now imitate your voice.

This feature will appear in iOS 17, under the name "Personal Voice". The feature will allow you to speak the text you type in your own voice, and can also be used during FaceTime calls, regular telephone conversations, and in third-party communication applications. In order to activate this feature, you will need to record your voice for 15 minutes, saying certain phrases that appear on the screen.

Keyboard jacket.

The Liminal Work Shop brand has presented a new hit of the season among IT people - a keyboard jacket. The down jacket is covered with "keys", some of which are pockets. The rest are good fall protection. The price is £495.

The most environmentally friendly beer on the planet was produced in London.

The Gipsy Hill Brewery said the production of Swell Lager and Trail Pale was carbon negative. The beer was brewed from regenerative farming barley and hops that were reclaimed and reused.

Goodbye Wi-Fi, hello Li-Fi.

The IEEE has adopted a new standard for wireless data transmission. Instead of radio waves, visible light waves will act as a transmission medium, and an ordinary LED light bulb can serve as a transmitter. Most importantly, the speed of such a network is 100 times faster than regular Wi-Fi. But there is one significant disadvantage: the light cannot go around walls and other opaque obstacles.

China has successfully launched a methane rocket for the first time in history.

The private company Landspace launched ZhuQue 2, and it became the world's first methane carrier to reach orbit. Thus, the Chinese are ahead of NASA, Roskosmos, and SpaceX.

The James Webb telescope has recorded the brightest explosion in space.

Such flashes are called "kilon" - these are the most powerful cosmic explosions that occur when two neutron stars collide. During such a flash, as much light is released as 1 billion stars the size of the Sun could produce in the same time.

A rare natural phenomenon.

Residents of the Indian city of Haridwar observed an unusual and impressive natural phenomenon - a shelf cloud. It may seem that the city is about to be covered by a huge wave, but this is only a huge cloud that has arisen due to prolonged downpours and is accompanied by lightning, squally winds and pressure surges.

Club-Q

A place called Club-Q has opened in Tokyo where men pay to be beaten by girls. The institution is fully compliant with the law. For 45 minutes of strange "pleasures" they ask for $ 200.

Scientists have proposed protecting Tibetan glaciers with a reflective film.

The Dagu glacier, where the experiments took place, has lost 70% of its mass over the past 50 years. At the same time, it provides drinking water and electricity to the inhabitants of the Tibetan Plateau. The researchers hope that a film made of cellulose acetate, a natural fiber from plants, will help slow the warming. In hard-to-reach places, the substance can also be sprayed using drones. The experiment will last from three to five years. During this time, scientists will collect water samples to study the impact of the coating on the environment.

In the US, they came up with a fire-resistant bioplastic from algae.

Researchers from the University of Washington powdered spirulina and got a pure miracle material that does not burn and decomposes in a compost pit faster than a banana peel.

The scientist lost a box of wine to the philosopher after a 25-year dispute.

In 1998, neuroscientist Christoph Koch and philosopher David Chalmers argued that within the next 25 years, science would find signs of consciousness in human neurons. After a quarter of a century of research, the neuroscientist conceded defeat and presented David with a bottle of 1978 Madeira on stage.