It turns out that you can get a good income from the cold climate. In Russia, data centers are being built there, military equipment is being tested and bitcoins are being mined
Discoveries force researchers to rewrite textbooks; rethink the role of mud bacteria in the processing of key elements such as carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus; and review how they affect aquatic ecosystems and climate change
A group of scientists, July 27, 2020 - published an article in the American scientific journal Scientific American in which they write that the UFO phenomenon requires scientific research. UFO is a scientifically interesting problem and different teams of scientists from different scientific fields should study UFOs
Outstanding scientists of the past have already inscribed their names in the history of scientific research and discoveries. At the same time, sometimes their genius is so ahead of time that they are able to predict not only the course of development of science and technology, but also to predict what kind of inventions await humanity in the future. Indeed, far from one prediction of scientists of past years has come true. Your attention 11 accurate predictions of recognized geniuses, which have already come true
The great American futurist Alvin Toffler gives the countryside a chance. His forecast is that the countryside will be covered by a network of "biotransformers" where biomass waste is converted into food, feed, fiber, bioplastics and other goods. The domestic bioeconomy of the United States will be able to meet 90% of the country's need for organic chemical fertilizers and 50% for liquid fuel. Every million liters of bioethanol produced creates 38 direct jobs
Socotra is a Yemeni-owned island located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia. It is one of the most isolated islands on the continental
The main sources of energy - for example, coal or oil, tend to run out, and moreover, they pollute the environment. These are contrasted with renewable resources such as geothermal energy or solar radiation. Consider ten alternative energy sources that have already proven themselves in action
The mysterious craters, first discovered in 2014, have intrigued and puzzled scientists around the world. What assumptions about their origin were not put forward! The most outlandish of which was that they appeared as a result of a stray missile strike or even thanks to aliens from outer space
The wars of the near future are unlikely to be similar to what we see in science fiction films. The sky will be covered with solid smoke, like the battlefields during the Napoleonic wars, flocks of predatory drones will fly over the smoky veil, hunting down their prey
Spontaneous combustion, fortunately, is quite rare, otherwise our planet would be a much hotter place. However, it does occur in fossil fuels such as coal or peat deposits and natural gas sources. In addition, all this goodness can, through negligence, be set on fire by people, and then wonder - why hundreds of years pass, but it still does not go out?
The events of the Great Troubles are a complete prototype of Gorbachev's perestroika, and the Romanovs, who usurped power in Russia, did not own all of Russia. The huge empire Russia-Horde-Great Tartary, as a result of the coup, split into many parts. The Romanovs got the Moscow Tartary
The tradition of celebrating New Year's holidays with a Christmas tree has become so strongly embedded in our everyday life that almost no one asks questions about where the tree came from, what does it symbolize why the tree is an integral attribute for Christmas and New Year
The project "The most unusual tanks in the history of mankind" has been published on the Web. The most bizarre military vehicles are collected in three videos: from the first tank, invented by Leonardo da Vinci and more like a UFO, to armored monsters with nuclear engines, developed in the USSR and the USA
At the word "labyrinth" everyone remembers the Minotaur's Labyrinth or at least the Solovetsky labyrinths. So what is this Egyptian labyrinth?
In fact, by nature, our brain is not suitable for reading: this ability develops only in those who are specially taught to distinguish between letters. Despite this, the "unnatural" skill has changed us forever: we can imagine places we have never been, solve complex cognitive riddles and
One of the manifestations of the unexpected reaction to the invention of photography was the tradition of posthumous photographic portraits, which spread widely in the second half of the 19th century
The military today has some professions that might surprise you - for example, did you know that there are tool repair specialists in the army and marines? These troops repair musical instruments for military bands
It seems to us that scientific and technological progress is moving progressively, from simple to complex. Well, let's take a look at these unique inventions. Let's start with a truly fantastic car. She is worth showing at least because of her stunning appearance - she seemed to slip into our world straight from the games where steampunk and dieselpunk rule
Anything can become a museum piece - even a human hair, a dog collar, or your ex's sneakers. The main thing is that this subject has its own history. And not only the content of the museum, but also its format can surprise you. For example, you can go on a sewer trip or visit the inside of the human body
Any civilization needs a lot of resources. Including metals. With the volume built on the territory of Europe, Africa, allegedly remaining from the Roman Empire, the level of metal extraction should be comparable to the level of production in the middle of the 20th century. And there is confirmation of this. One of them is the ancient Roman quarry of Las Medulas, Spain
Every student knows that a perpetual motion machine does not exist
It turns out that you don't have to flood your fields with tons of chemicals. Russian scientists from the International Institute for the Problems of Chemicalization of the Modern Economy have proved that the doses of herbicides can be reduced by an order of magnitude with the help of energy-information technologies. How was this "plant homeopathy" researched?
A Lithuanian sculptor, a professional stone cutter who has been working with granite and marble for more than 20 years, studying St. Petersburg products allegedly made in the Peter's era, came to the conclusion that the peasants could not do this. This is not at all the level of technology that official historians talk about
The shield that protects the Earth from solar radiation is under attack from within. We cannot prevent this, but we must prepare
Antarctic subglacial lakes stretch in pitch darkness and in complete isolation from the outside world, and therefore can harbor unique ecosystems. Scientists do not exclude that there may be life under the ice. Why lakes don't freeze and how they will help us in space exploration
The Russian company Aerosmena is developing UFO-shaped flying vehicles. Production is scheduled to start in 2024. According to experts, if the project is implemented, it will become revolutionary for the world economy and trade
How do we imagine drawbridges? Usually, one recalls structures with a span that opens upwards, like the Palace Bridge in St. Petersburg. However, there are other engineering solutions as well. Obeying the fantasies of architects and designers, bridges go under water, curl up or playfully "wink"
We put them together. From the world-famous beauty of Lake Baikal to completely unexplored inaccessible places
Some of these creatures may well become your pets. Others are even eaten. Let's take a look at 10 of the strangest and most unusual living things on the planet
Modern gas turbine
Perhaps there is no such force capable of stopping progress, including in the military sphere. Dozens of projects are developed annually, many of which can be safely called promising and ambitious. However, even the most promising technologies, models of weapons and military equipment may remain on paper and not be implemented for a variety of reasons. Here are 12 military developments that could have a great future, but were not completed
There is no need to tell what an elevator is and what it is intended for. But along with the standard models of elevator cars and the lifts themselves, in residential buildings and various institutions, there are completely unusual specimens, often bordering on real madness
It is not easy to believe in it, but even at the end of antiquity, more than one and a half thousand years ago, it was possible to travel from Rome to Athens or from Spain to Egypt, almost all the time staying on a paved highway. For seven centuries, the ancient Romans entangled the entire Mediterranean world - the territories of the three parts of the world - with a high-quality road network with a total length of two Earth's equators
Community planning is a balancing game of managing to locate functioning systems as close to residential areas as possible, while trying to keep most of them at a distance to reduce pollution, noise, and other factors that can cause health risks
Despite the development of science and all modern technologies, it cannot be said that we fully understand the planet on which we live. The earth continues to throw up surprises - some can be explained right away, others will have to think about. Facing natural phenomena for the first time, all that remains is to marvel
In an interview with RT, British writer and journalist Graham Hancock outlined an alternative theory of the appearance of the first inhabitants of America and explained why he considers scientific research in this area to be erroneous. In addition, the researcher expressed his version of the reasons for the death of an ancient highly developed civilization
Considering ourselves to be the pinnacle of evolution, we distribute all living things in a hierarchy according to the degree of closeness to ourselves. Plants are so unlike us that they seem to be creatures as if not entirely alive. The biblical Noah was not given any instructions for their rescue aboard the ark. Modern vegans do not consider it shameful to take their lives, and fighters against animal exploitation are not interested in "plant rights"
Strange as it may sound, but the problems associated with global warming, on the one hand, cause an unprecedented resonance in modern society, and on the other hand, very few people understand what is happening. In order to clearly show that these are not just another "horror stories" of ecologists, we decided to collect photographs of alpine glaciers made by caring researchers in the range of 100 years. The comparison result was really impressive
Bioluminescence - the ability of living organisms to glow at the expense of their own proteins or with the help of symbiotic bacteria
After the scavengers gnawed flesh from the bones, whitened by the sun and wind, they would congregate in a crypt pit in the center of the tower, where lime was added to allow the bones to gradually decay. The whole process took almost a year