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  • They want to build railways on the Moon for travel between lunar stations

    The only space object that has ever been visited by people is the Moon. Humanity has very big plans for it: firstly, astronauts want to return there in the next few years. Then several countries are planning to build lunar stations on its surface so that in the future researchers will have a place to…

  • How swifts fly for 10 months without landing and do not die

    Today, scientists know about the existence of 11 thousand species of birds. Many of them spend a huge amount of time in the air because it is vital for them. First of all, during the flight, birds look for food – from a great height it is best visible. Also, the ability to fly helps…

  • Supersonic passenger aircraft XB-1 made its first experimental flight

    Supersonic passenger air travel ceased more than 20 years ago. The last French supersonic aircraft, Concorde, flew for the last time on November 26, 2003. It was decided to abandon them for various reasons, the main of which is discomfort during flights, and it is felt by both airplane passengers and people on the ground…

  • Why you can’t re-fry in vegetable oil

    Surely everyone has heard that vegetable oil cannot be reused for frying foods, since at temperatures of 200 degrees and above carcinogens are formed in it. More precisely, as a result of thermal exposure, glycidyl ethers are formed from mono- and diglycerides, which are presumably carcinogens; in any case, they cause cancer in rodents. However,…

  • Ants have found “nannies”, or why their queens stop watching over their children

    Social Environment Shapes the Behavior of Queen AntsFor decades, the image of the queen ant has been one of unyielding specialization: a tireless egg-laying machine in the very heart of the colony. However, new research conducted at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) makes interesting adjustments to this long-standing view. Discuss© Ferra Research published in the…

  • Complete thermal pastes of coolers were compared with MX5, GD900, Alsil and KPT-8

    Here's what the experiment showed: Complete thermal pastes for coolers were compared with MX5, GD900, Alsil and KPT-8. On the YouTube channel Voiaka found out which thermal pastes make sense to take and which ones are better to refuse. Seven models participated in the experiment. Discuss© Voiaka The host of the YouTube channel Voiaka compared…

  • Game developers call the upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro “pointless”

    And quite justifiably, according to insider Christopher Dring from GamesIndustry.biz, some game studios were skeptical about the idea of ​​releasing an intermediate PlayStation 5 Pro console. Discuss© Ferra.ru The developers consider the appearance of such a model to be premature and pointless at this stage. In their opinion, the capabilities of the basic PlayStation 5…

  • Mir Pay has been removed from the Google app store

    There is RuStore The Mir Pay application, developed by the National Payment Card System (NSCP), has just been removed from the Play Store. Discuss © Mir Pay Most likely, the reason for removing the application from the application store was the sanctions that Google had to comply with. Mir Pay is a mobile application that…

  • Steam may be coming to Xbox consoles

    And along with him, EGS, the head of Microsoft's gaming division, Phil Spencer, spoke about plans to make the Xbox ecosystem more open. Discuss© Ferra.ru In the future, third-party digital platforms for selling games, such as Epic Games, may appear on consoles of this line Store or Steam. According to Spencer, historically, console manufacturers have…

  • What happens if you spend the whole day in bed – pros and cons

    The cult of productivity reigns in the modern world. Millions of people believe that getting up early, solving dozens of problems a day, and going to bed late is the key to success. Maybe financially this is true, but a person always needs to rest. It has happened to each of us that in the…