The FDA has approved the most expensive drug in history, Hemgenix.

The FDA has approved the most expensive drug in history, Hemgenix. Hemophilia is a rare and serious inherited bleeding disorder caused by a mutation on the X chromosome. Her treatment is problematic. One dose of Hemgenix will cost $3.5 million. The previous record holder, Zolgensma, was worth 2 million.

The construction of the tallest residential building in the world has begun in Dubai.

The project is being implemented by Binghatti, the largest developer in the UAE, in partnership with the famous jewelry and watch brand Jacob & Co. And although the creators do not name the exact height of the skyscraper, according to the authors of the project, the house will be higher than the current tallest residential building in the world - the 472-meter Central Park Tower in New York.

British scientists have grown mini-eyes in a test tube.

These are retinal organelles from stem cells of healthy donors and blind people. The biomaterial will help investigate Usher's syndrome, a congenital disease that leads to loss of vision and hearing. The first experiments with an artificial retina have already shown that vision degrades with the participation of Muller cells - they are in the eyes of all mammals. In people with Usher syndrome, they react abnormally to stress - the mechanism of protein utilization is disrupted.

Paralyzed people have learned to control a wheelchair with the power of thought.

In Texas, scientists have created a wheelchair that paralyzed people can control with their minds. Some volunteers achieved 98% accuracy after the training course. Paralyzed people controlled the direction of the wheelchair by thinking about the movement of body parts. For example, thinking about hands for turning left or legs for turning right. The computer read the volunteers' neural signals and turned them into wheelchair commands. Initially, patients controlled the wheelchair with an accuracy of 43-55%. After training, some had an indicator of 98%. Each volunteer trained three times a week for 2-5 months.

A new volcano has been born in the Indian Ocean.

It has been growing for four years now. A new underwater volcano has been born near the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. He showed up in the spring of 2018. Then the researchers began to carefully study the bottom and how geological processes affect the island. During its short life, the volcano has already ejected more than five cubic kilometers of lava. This is the largest volume in the history of observations, which has transformed the underwater landscape. The volcano will continue to grow for thousands of years. Its activity can become dangerous not only for the island, but for the entire region. Now the diameter of the volcano is five kilometers, the height is about 800 meters.

How to feed the Earth with solar energy.

The European Space Agency is figuring out how to power the Earth with solar energy directly from space. ESA is thinking about building orbital solar stations that will generate energy around the clock from sunlight and send it to Earth using microwaves. The ESA is currently looking for funding. The three-year study project is expected to be approved as early as this week.

Dirty air changes lung tissue and weakens the immune system.

After many years of living in places with polluted air, people are less likely to tolerate respiratory infections. The fact is that pollutants fill the lymph nodes of the lungs - they accumulate inside macrophages. These are immune cells that absorb potentially dangerous substances, viruses and bacteria. After exposure to dirty air, macrophages have difficulty protecting the body from pathogens. These conclusions were reached by American scientists from Columbia University during the study of tissues of 84 non-smoking organ donors aged 11-93 years.

Scientists have predicted another version of the extinction of people.

A study by doctors from Israel and the United States showed that since the 70s, the number of sperm in semen has decreased significantly on all continents and in all ethnic groups. Specifically, on average, there are half as many of them on the planet - from 101 per ml to 49. Moreover, the rate at which the number of spermatozoa falls is also growing.

In Oregon, twins were born, who are already 30 years old.

Lydia and Timothy Ridgway were conceived and frozen in 1992. Then the embryos were sent to the national donation center. And only this year they found their parents, for which they were thawed and given birth. The biological father of the twins did not live to see the birth of children, but the current father at the time of their conception was only 5 years old.

Neuroscientists have found that moderate stress improves memory.

The University of Georgia said that low to moderate levels of stress have a beneficial effect on the brain, activating areas responsible for memory. True, chronic stress still has a detrimental effect on memory.

Smartphone addiction reduces creativity, Chinese scientists say.

They measured the addiction of 48 students on the Smartphone Addiction Scale. Participants then took an "Alternative Uses" test, where they had to come up with different uses for common items. Addicts fared worse. Moreover, they have less fluent perception of information, flexibility and originality of thinking.

In Germany, they created a ring that protects against insects.

Inside - repellent IR3535 from Merck. It is packaged in a convenient form, printed on a 3D printer, and put on the arm. According to the creators, such a ring is enough for a week. During which you will not hear mosquitoes dangerously close to you.

The US has developed the world's first drug addiction vaccine.

"This vaccine is able to generate fentanyl antibodies that bind to ingested fentanyl and prevent it from reaching the brain, allowing it to be excreted through the kidneys," University of Houston associate professor Colin Hale said in a statement. The new vaccine will be tested soon.

AirPods Pro suddenly turned out to be a good hearing aid.

Doctors from the Taipei Veterans Hospital, out of curiosity, decided to test Apple's device to see if it works as a hearing aid. All of a sudden, Airpods Pro were found to pass four of the five parameters of the ANSI/CTA-2051 hearing aid standard. Its Live Listen feature paired with a smartphone can actually help people with mild to moderate hearing loss.

Scientists have calculated the dose of alcohol that begins to harm the brain.

A study of 20,000 participants showed that drinking 7 units of alcohol per week impairs cognitive performance. 1 unit is 10 ml. pure alcohol. That is, the safe limit is 2-4 cans of beer per week. Anything above is harmful to the brain.

Risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Research has found that nose picking can increase the risk of Alzheimer's and dementia. The bacteria can travel through the olfactory nerve of the nasal cavity through nose picking, then into the brain and create markers that are "a sure sign of Alzheimer's," according to scientists at Griffith University in Australia.

Ideal woman. 1st place - Libra.

And here it is - the standard that all other women dream of being! If you ask them why, they will say that Libra miraculously embodies all the qualities attributed to women, and those that are considered negative, Libra manages to present as dignity. Do you know why? Because Libra does not bother at all about “Am I feminine enough?”, But they simply live and enjoy life. Which is what we all want.

Five unfortunate boyfriends according to the horoscope. 4th place - Virgo.

At first, it’s hard for the blessed Virgin to imagine that this sensible and delicate man can afford to offend her, let alone raise his hand. But over time, due to the jealous nature of the Virgo, it can also show the dark sides of the personality. Astrologers strongly do not advise the passion of the man of the Earth to provoke him to zealous impulses, and indeed, if you see that he does not disdain the manifestation of negative emotions, be careful. Separately, it should be noted the vindictiveness of the Virgo boyfriend. At any opportunity, he recalls grievances from the past and informs his half about new nuances in which she turned out to be wrong.

The secrets of the success of temperamental Scorpio women in men.

Secret 4. Hypnosis. Pets of Pluto can inspire anything and anyone. This is exactly what envious aunts say when Scorpio women go to the altar with rich handsome men. All sorts of naive simpletons think that water ladies use hypnosis to conquer men. But Scorpios were born with a hypnotic gift - you wouldn't blame them for that, would you? This is the same as blaming people for selfishly using eye color or foot size.

The trait of your zodiac sign that makes it difficult to find love. Aquarius. Pisces.

Aquarius is emotional. Aquarians either love or they don't: they don't accept half measures. Feelings are important for them, and if at the first meeting a person is not interested, then they will not take the initiative and learn more closely. Pisces is a dreamer. It is not easy for Pisces to move from dreams to actions: they are active only if they feel competition and are afraid to miss the person they are in love with. We must remember that true love overcomes all obstacles and even changes character. The zodiac sign plays its role in love relationships, but not the final one.