Little surfer seal.

San Diego has a new attraction - a little surfer seal named Sammy. A baby seal jumps on the boards and rides the waves with a buzz. Sammy not only "lies" on the board, but also imitates the movements of athletes.

"Тrue cheeseburger"

Thailand's Burger King has unveiled the "true cheeseburger": a sandwich with 20 slices of cheese. No meat, sauces or vegetables, pure processed cheese. It costs about $3. They say that few people appreciated the novelty, even cheese lovers.

The world's largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas, is about to embark on its maiden voyage.

Icon of the Seas is the largest passenger ship in history. It weighs like 5 Titanic. Capacity - 7.600 passengers. The ship has 20 decks, over 40 restaurants and much more. The first 7-day tour will take place in January 2024. Ticket prices start from €2.600.

Xiaomi has released a “scratch stick” for everyone who has been bitten by mosquitoes.

It works very simply: apply to the bite site and wait 10-15 seconds. The device heats the skin with an infrared lamp and massages it with vibration pulses. Xiaomi promises that after this, the itching will pass.

French winery Chateau Marrin has released a limited edition wine inspired by the third season of The Witcher.

This is The Witcher Grand Cru, five years old, with the seal of Corvo Bianco's estate in Toussaint. A total of 6,300 bottles will go on sale at a price of 72 euros.

OpenAI is forming a team to keep "superintelligent" AIs in check.

OpenAI is forming a team to keep "superintelligent" AIs in check. The company believes that AI with superior intelligence could emerge within a decade. The Superalignment team will seek to solve the main technical problems associated with the management of superintelligent artificial intelligence - for this, it plans to develop and train special AI, the purpose of which will be to assess the security of other AI systems.

Drones pick apples in Israel.

The drone is able to determine the degree of ripeness of apples, the level of sugar content, whether they have any diseases or worms. The farm also has machines that pollinate apple blossoms instead of insects and determine the best time to do so.

In San Francisco, a confrontation between people and unmanned vehicles began.

The main tool of struggle is an ordinary traffic cone. They put him on the hood and run away, breaking the logic of the autopilot.

Soil improvement could save the planet from catastrophic warming.

A new study has found that small improvements to agricultural soils around the world will help fight climate change and keep global warming below 1.5°C. Farming practices that increase fertility and yields in the long run can store carbon in the soil, but they are often ignored with large amounts of artificial fertilizers. Green farming practices could reduce carbon emissions by 31 gigatonnes per year, according to new calculations. This value is enough to avoid catastrophic warming in the coming years.

Even a turned off phone on the table interferes with work.

Smartphones make it difficult to concentrate on work, even if they are turned off, but are within sight. These conclusions were made by scientists from the University of Paderborn during a study involving 42 people aged 20-34 years. The effect can be explained by the fact that even during work, people involuntarily glance at the phone. Because of this, the brain has to suppress the desire to turn on the gadget in order, for example, to read messages. This process takes away cognitive resources. Specifically, working memory.

Scientists have determined the maximum temperature suitable for human life.

British biologists have followed the changes in metabolism in humans at high temperature and humidity. It turned out that constant heat at 40 ° C leads to a sharp acceleration of metabolism.

In Japan, gardeners brought out the "lemon melon".

It took the horticultural company Suntory Flowers in Hokkaido five long years to grow the unique fruit. Those who have tried lemon-flavored melon say that it is very refreshing and is “the perfect fruit for summer.”

New Zealand is the first in the world to ban all plastic bags from stores.

Residents of the country began to use a billion less tight bags after their ban in 2019. Despite this, the government believes: New Zealand produces too much plastic waste. It is expected that every year, due to the rejection of thin bags, 150 million of them will not end up in landfills. Customers will also use reusable packaging.

The human brain may shrink due to climate change.

Scientists studied how the brain size of 298 Homo individuals has changed over the past 50,000 years in relation to data on temperature, humidity and rainfall. As the climate got warmer, the average brain size got significantly smaller. This trend means that continued global warming could be detrimental to human cognition and significantly affect our physiology.

The shape of human ears was no worse than fingerprints or DNA for identification.

Even identical twins differ in this characteristic. A method for evaluating the shape of the ears was developed in the 1940s. It is called the "Camerier's ear identification method" and is based on an analysis of the ratio of the sizes of the helix, antihelix, concha and lobe.

Caffeine injections have saved newborns from lack of oxygen.

Caffeine therapy suppresses massive neuronal death in newborns suffering from neonatal hypoxia. This reduces the risk of developing irreversible damage to the nervous system. This was found out by European and American scientists during experiments on rat cubs.

The Netherlands will ban the use of gadgets in schools.

Some students may be allowed to use devices in the classroom in case of emergency - for example, for medical reasons or in computer science classes. This is expected to help children focus on their studies.

Tesla began to give customers a push stick.

The company stopped producing right-hand drive Model S and X, and as an apology began to give a long gripper with the car. With it, buyers from Australia, Singapore, Thailand and England can pay for parking and not reach across the seat.

A new type of eco-burial has appeared - the dissolution of a corpse in alkali.

Funeralcare, the UK's largest funeral home, has launched a new kind of sustainable burial - resomation. This is the dissolution of the body in an alkaline solution at 160°C, during which the remains turn into a liquid. The bones of the deceased remaining after resomation are crushed into powder and given to relatives, the liquid is poured into drainage water - it is harmless. This method produces half the carbon footprint of cremation.

The world's largest filling station has opened in the United States.

This is a whole complex that includes food courts, car washes, recreation areas and even a shopping center. The mega gas station will be able to refuel 120 cars at the same time.