The coronavirus pandemic managed to resurrect one of the most famous legends - the myth of Atlantis. The idea of a fertile island with wise rulers and decent citizens got a second chance thanks to sistating. This is the name for living in autonomous floating cities, where their own laws apply. According to representatives of this movement, communities drifting on the high seas are almost the only chance to save the planet from death
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Norman Dean's invention attracted the interest of scientists and journalists from many countries. For example, what is said about him in the August issue of the famous French popular science magazine "Syans av"
A very unusual incident occurred in the French commune of Belabre. There is a house in which there is a room that has been closed for 100 years. The former owners were pushed to such an extraordinary step by a dramatic event. In 1918 their son, a young French officer, died. Not only did the parents leave everything as it was during the life of their son, they also wished that his room remained mothballed for at least 500 years
Everyone knows that architecture is designed to create a comfortable and safe environment for human life, as well as to take care of aesthetics. But there are times when the designer's thoughts are so confused that it is quite difficult to understand the idea of the author of an architectural masterpiece, and sometimes even impossible. Among the absurdities, there are also genius creations, but they are located completely out of place, therefore, they also cause only bewilderment
Traveling abroad, we love to compare “here” and “at their place”, and it is obvious that the comparison is almost always not in our favor. Meanwhile, if you look at the situation with optimism, then in order to start living better, not so much is needed. The Russian architect Alexei Novikov decided to clearly demonstrate this, slightly embellishing the domestic outback with the help of computer technologies
It is always interesting to imagine what life will be like in 10, 50, 100, and sometimes even 1000 years. Despite the fact that science fiction writers and futurist artists sinned most of all with such images, in fact, many images have become the driving force for most cutting-edge technological developments. How did people see some aspects of their future life more than 100 years ago and did they all come true?
Looking at the photo of a unique building, it is difficult to imagine that this is not a scenery for a fantastic film, but a completely terrestrial object. Its history began in the 1980s, when in the vastness of the Land of the Soviets
According to studies conducted by specialists from the University of California at Berkeley, 4000 human lives every day - such is the monstrous "tribute" that the Celestial Empire is forced to pay for its places in world economic rankings and the pace of industrialization taken
The famous Parisian photographer Thibaut Poirier not only travels the world, but also strives to capture the most magnificent architectural creations. He is attracted by the unprecedented variety of iconic structures of all eras and peoples, fascinating with unique forms and interiors. He devoted his last trip to temple structures that amaze with their monumentality and splendor, reflecting the desire of modern architects to put all the best in their creation
In 1929, a Chinese peasant was digging a ditch. And suddenly his shovel turned out a layer of earth with figures of jade. It was luck, there were a lot of figures. Most of them went to private collections, and, of course, archaeologists became more active. The area was studied for a long time, but there were no more finds
Anyone who has seen photographs of Afghan mujahideen during the war at least once should have noticed that the men of the mountains very often wear some kind of strange hats resembling berets. This headdress is obviously so popular that it has become a kind of symbol of the Afghan partisans. It's time to learn a little more about him
Who is a magic assistant and how to identify him in fairy tales? Why doesn't he need to be rude at the first meeting and does he disinterestedly help the heroes? We talk about how the magic apple tree, the Gray Wolf, Gandalf, Paganel and robots are connected
The Bamiyan Valley is located in central Afghanistan, less than 200 km northwest of Kabul. In the valley is the modern city of Bamiyan - the center of the province of the same name in Afghanistan
What the world could become if at key moments a different choice from the existing one was made
Most of the country's population is concentrated in cities. Therefore, be prepared for constant queues. The queue for boarding the train, the queue for the escalator, the queue for the restaurant. Yes, yes, to just eat at some street eatery, you can stand waiting for two hours
Anastasia Makarieva, a nuclear physicist from the St. Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics, has been defending the theory that the taiga forests of Russia regulate the climate of northern regions of Asia for more than ten years. Many Western meteorologists disagree with her, but the government and scientists of Russia are interested in this theory
The graceful trunk of the tree is divided into branches, at first few and powerful, and those into thinner and thinner ones. This is so beautiful and so natural that hardly any of us paid attention to a simple pattern. The fact is that the total thickness of the branches at a certain height is always equal to the thickness of the trunk
Thule is a huge tree located in a square next to a church in Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca. At the moment, this cypress is the thickest tree in the world: the trunk diameter is 11.62 meters, and the height is 35.4
More than 200 years ago, the serf master Alexander Vershinin created unique two-layer glasses, between the walls of which there were whole paintings, more precisely, small models of landscapes made of pebbles, moss, straw, colored threads and paper. Until now, no one has managed to understand the secret of their manufacture and reproduce such products
The advent of quantum computers will allow humanity to create new types of fuel and make a breakthrough in medicine. This opinion is shared by the director of the Scientific Center "Functional Micro / Nanosystems" at the Moscow State Technical University. N.E. Bauman Ilya Rodionov. According to him, one of the main tasks of the laboratory headed by him is the development of devices for quantum computing. In an interview with RT, the scientist also spoke about the development of biosensors for diagnosing a human condition in real time
Cosmonautics Day reminded of the crisis in humanity and technological progress 58 years after the first flight into space. In Russia on April 12, they limited themselves to words about past feats and promises to revive astronautics by 2022
In 1988, Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the USSR. The trip had three goals: to star in the Moscow scenes of the action movie "Red Heat", to buy an ermine coat for his wife, and to shake hands with the great Soviet weightlifter Yuri Vlasov. How did Arnie manage to do all this in three days?
Cats are one of the most mysterious mammals on Earth. It seems that they do not need people, but they live next to us. However, they always keep their distance - and at the same time they do not refuse to help. Cats have unusual abilities, and some of them cannot be explained scientifically - and after all, nature does not create anything superfluous. The origin of the baleen striped is also not very clear. All this and something else gives reason to believe that cats may well be representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations. Or maybe later
In 2021, the 800th anniversary of the birth of the holy right-believing Prince Alexander Nevsky, whom the historian Sergei Soloviev called "the most prominent historical person in ancient history from Monomakh to the Donskoy", will be celebrated. The celebrations will take place in many cities of Russia: in Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Moscow. And, of course, in St. Petersburg. In particular, in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Lake Baikal - the deepest on the planet - is visited by about 2.4 million tourists every year. From space, the relief of its bottom is visible to a depth of 500 meters
A jagged ridge of granite outlier towers stretches from the south-east to the north-west. From the north, the Settlement is cut off by an impregnable wall, and from the south, the rock is flatter and you can climb on it by giant stone steps. The southern part of the Gorodishche is being destroyed quite intensively. This is evidenced by the stone placers on the southern slope of the mountain. This is due to sharp temperature fluctuations on the southern slope, well illuminated by the sun
The theme of buried ground floors of buildings is gaining popularity. More and more people are beginning to ask questions and trying to find answers on their own. But this must be done deliberately, otherwise it will add skepticism to our opponents
Planet Earth … It seems that we know everything about it. But in this collection there will be such facts, after which Ridley Scott's Star Engineers will seem to you just children in a sandbox
Radiation, or rather ionizing radiation, is invisible and dangerous. Accidents associated with this - at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Three Mile Island or Fukushima - have repeatedly led to the death of people, and in history there have been completely egregious cases such as the ingestion of radium salts and large-scale dumping of nuclear waste into the sea
Should we take them for fiction or as confirmation of the colossal possibilities that lie in our brains?
A mole that can eat plastic, stardust that we have on our rooftops, an ancient moon, gel instead of stitches for wounds, a helpless Tyrannosaurus Rex, and 28 other bizarre studies that were conducted in 2017
Solving electrical safety problems based only on electronic
New types of weapons were constantly being developed in the Soviet Union. When the United States began to pay more and more attention to aircraft carriers, the USSR tried to do what would become their undertaker in a possible Third World War. The project was named "Lun" and, despite all the ambitions of the designers, it could not justify the hopes of the creators
Man is such a creature who constantly invents something to improve his life. Some of the things that talented engineers create seem incredibly strange from the outside. Moreover, the field of application of these devices is far from always immediately clear and obvious. In reality, most of these devices are incredibly useful. Let's look at a few of these
Terra Australis Incognita
From the very beginning of the quarantine, many are tormented by the question: why did the entire planet need to be urgently driven into isolation, because nothing like this had been done before?
It is believed that the huge Vatican library, which appeared in the 15th century, contains almost all the sacred knowledge of mankind. However, most of the books are very classified, and only the Pope has access to some scrolls
In the year that World War III breaks out, March will be such that the peasants will be able to sow oats. The year before the war will be fertile, with an abundance of fruits and grains. When the short winter passes, everything will bloom prematurely, and it will seem that everything around is calm, then no one else will believe in the world
As a substitute for hydrocarbon fuels, mankind is offered sources that are usually called alternative or renewable. First of all, this is the energy of the sun, wind, ebb and flow, as well as the bowels of the Earth. Already yawning? Cheer up, it's not about them. There are more original ideas