Technologies

Elon Musk shared details about the launch of the Starship spacecraft

At the end of 2021, Elon Musk announced that the companySpaceX is at risk of bankruptcy due to problems developing the Starship spacecraft. In many ways, the operation of this apparatus depends on the Raptor rocket engines, but there has been no noticeable progress in their production for a long time. To speed up the process, the entrepreneur refused to leave and, apparently, a loud “kick” from the managementContinue Reading


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Street lighting with luminous trees - is it real?

American scientists from MassachusettsThe Institute of Technology has been trying for years to grow trees that emit bright light. It is assumed that in the future luminous plants will appear on the streets of cities and will be used as a replacement for street lamps. Thanks to this approach, it will be possible to save a large amount of electricity, for which nature will obviously be very grateful to us, because the current power plants are veryContinue Reading


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Pigs raised for organ donation in Germany

Recently, American scientists have reached a newtops in the field of medicine - they successfully transplanted the heart of a pig into a human body. The owner of the pig's heart was 57-year-old David Bennett, who suffered from an incurable disease. Until 2022, such an operation was impossible, because due to certain genes, human immunity recognized the animal's organ as a foreign object and destroyed it. OperationContinue Reading


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Who invented QR codes and how do they work?

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, in some citiesto get to a cafe, cinema, shopping center or other public institution, you can only show your QR code. When a security guard scans it with a smartphone, information about the vaccination status appears on the screen - if a person has been vaccinated, it means that he is relatively safe for others. Many people have encountered QR codes only in 2020Continue Reading