Sharks started using scientists as cleaner fish.

Whale sharks off the coast of Western Australia perceive scientists who collect samples from their skins for research as cleaner fish. Predators near humans slow down and allow them to swim closer. Scientists use plastic knives to scrape copepods from the body of sharks. Approximately this is what sticky fish do. But unlike them, people get to the corners of the mouth of predators and hard-to-reach fins. Probably, it is because of this that whale sharks are supportive of scientists and calmly make contact.

In Japan, smile tutors are gaining popularity.

After a three-year mask regime because of the coronavirus, people have found that they have forgotten how to smile. Wearing masks has become the norm, and people have fewer opportunities and reasons to show a smile. The consequences of this problem are combated with the help of smile trainers. Training begins with a warm-up of facial muscles to relieve tension. After that, participants practice smiling in front of mirrors, following the instructions of the mentor. And the course itself costs a fabulous 80,000 yen - about 47,000 rubles.

Elon Musk showed updated versions of Tesla Bot androids.

According to the billionaire, in the coming years, cars will fade into the background - as soon as people realize the importance of cyborgs, they will become the main line of Tesla's profit.

Nuclear power has allowed Finland to reduce electricity prices by 75%.

Nuclear power has allowed Finland to reduce electricity prices by 75%. In April, Olkiluoto 3 was opened - the first nuclear power plant in Europe in 16 years. She instantly closed a significant share of the population's needs for energy, as a result of which prices went down.

Apple announced new features.

They are designed for people with disabilities, but there is one feature that everyone will like. We are talking about "Personal Voice" - a specially created AI "clones" your voice in just 15 minutes of training. Apple itself offers to use it for people who are at risk of losing their voice, but anyone can activate the function.

Lego released a giant Batcave set based on the 1992 Batman Returns movie.

The set includes 3891 pieces, including figures of Batman, Bruce Wayne, Alfred, Catwoman, Penguin, and a Batmobile with jumping machine guns. Sales start on June 8, the price per set is $430.

Psilocybin mushrooms restored color vision to colorblind people.

A day after use, the results corresponded to normal color vision. They remained above the threshold level for four months, after which the man stopped observing. Scientists explain that this happens because such drugs act on all parts of visual perception - from the optical apparatus of the eye to the cortical centers - and can produce a variety of visual effects.

The brain of dogs has increased over the past 150 years.

Swedish biologists have studied the skulls of 159 breeds of dogs and wolves. They found that modern breeds that have evolved over the past 150 years have larger skulls compared to body size. Probably the domestication of dogs thousands of years ago initially shrank some of their brains, but modern breeding has caused some cognitive growth over the last century and a half.

American scientists set a record by living 74 days in a capsule under water.

Joseph Dituri lives at the Jules Undersea Lodge in Key Largo. The capsule is located at a depth of about 10 meters below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and has an area of ​​only 10 square meters. However, in the suite, the professor has a work area, a kitchen, a bathroom, a bedroom, and even a small "pool" that acts as an entrance and exit. He uses the microwave for cooking.

An 11-year-old girl with autism and an IQ higher than Einstein's is about to get her master's degree.

Doctors drew attention to the girl's talents and sent her to a school for gifted children. Here it was confirmed that her IQ is 162 points - more than that of Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking. The girl graduated from elementary school at the age of five, and a year later - middle and high school. In the future, she dreams of becoming a NASA astronaut and exploring Mars.

Scientists used pomegranates to clear wastewater of drugs.

Researchers at Stockholm University have developed porous crystals from pomegranate extract. They capture and decompose drug residues found in wastewater.

Plastic pollution can be reduced by 80% by 2040.

Experts believe that this will bring trillions of dollars in benefits to countries. The first step to reduce waste is to eliminate excess packaging. Other measures include increasing the recycling and reuse of products, as well as replacing plastic materials with more environmentally friendly ones. The organization believes that these changes will allow the year to cut the annual volume of plastic waste to 40 million tons by 2020. If action is not taken, the world will generate 227 million tons of waste annually.

Here is a vacation!

Japanese companies have given employees leave to play the latest The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Usually they give up to 10 days of paid rest, and such a promotion is called the Zelda Vacation so that employees can play and not be distracted by anything.

"Meat from a test tube" and ecology.

ACBM, better known to the masses as "test-tube meat", is positioned as an environmentally friendly replacement for classic meat. Moreover, it is environmentally friendly - in recent years it has been promoted not so much as ridding animals of suffering, as ridding the planet of CO2 emissions associated with animal husbandry. Scientists from California decided to check how true this statement is. The study showed that the production of one kilogram of meat from a test tube is accompanied by CO2 emissions 25 times more than 1 kilogram of meat from farmers.

Communication with babies helps shape the structure of the brain.

The scientists recorded the speeches of 87 children about 6 months old and 76 children about 30 months old. In total, they collected about 6,208 hours of data. The team then used MRI to measure the amount of myelin in the brain. It turned out that more of the substance was formed in children aged 30 months, with whom adults talked more.

Scientists have calculated the month and hours in which people most often have thoughts of suicide.

Most often, thoughts of suicide occur in people in December in the early morning - from four to six o'clock. In winter, due to the lack of sunlight, people's mental state deteriorates, hence the thoughts of suicide. And they settle scores with life in about six months, since with an increase in daylight hours, energy and strength appear to plan and implement their plans.

Google Maps is launching a new Immersive View feature.

It will allow you to create 3D maps for driving, cycling and walking routes. Immersive View maps will generate artificial intelligence. It will combine street and satellite imagery to create a complete model of the future route. The feature is already available in some US metropolitan areas and will soon expand to other cities around the world.

Grandfather from China became a beauty blogger to cure his grandson.

The 72-year-old pensioner who tests cosmetics, lipsticks and mascara in the video is called Zhu Yunchang. His little grandson named was diagnosed with a rare diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy. The family sold everything they could, but there was still not enough money for treatment. Zhu started making money from his blog, saving for medicine for his grandson.

The historian called ChatGPT worse than nuclear bombs.

According to him, artificial intelligence should serve humanity in order to find a cure for cancer or help in environmental issues, but you need to remember the high risks. "While nuclear bombs cannot invent more powerful nuclear weapons on their own, artificial intelligence can create exponentially more powerful artificial intelligence," he explained.

The American blogger faces up to 20 years in prison.

American YouTuber Trevor Jacob, who made a video of his plane crash, admitted that he did it intentionally for the sake of views. Now he faces up to 20 years in prison. He previously denied guilt and insisted on an accident. The blogger also revealed that he filmed this video for ad integration. No, not parachutes, but metal wallets.