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Currently, the development of new engines for space rockets are used practically every day. Because most existing models are outdated and simply unable to cope with the requirements of spacecraft to transport cargo and astronauts into orbit. And one of these engines for the Ariane 6 rocket has been recently successfully tested in Germany. Testing…

For several years in the 1980-ies of the students of the Medical school of St George’s hospital in London were selected using high-tech method. A computer program, one of the first of its kind, looking through resumes, choosing from all applications of around 2,000 candidates per year. The program analyzed records of receipts, by studying…

The development of new fields for exploration of natural resources is extremely important for the economy of any country. But given the fact that “traditional” methods of exploration for high effort may not produce the desired result, a need for new methods of search of minerals. And the state Corporation “Roscosmos” plans this year to…

Advances in neural implants and genetic engineering suggest that in the near future we will be able to enhance human intelligence. For example. If we succeed, if we should take the brothers with you? The improvement of the human brain is becoming a more discussed topic. Neuroscientist Duke University’s Mikhail Lebedev said in July that…

This month close to Earth passed a relatively small asteroid, which was discovered, within six days before. Sounds scary, but the fact is that a possible collision of this object with the Earth — an extremely unlikely event. Every year more than 50,000 tons of extraterrestrial material (rocks and dust) has on our planet. All…

Japanese inventor Hideo Tsurumaki worked at Toyota, but after the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, resigned from the company and decided to create a floating vehicle, which in the case of repeated flooding will save the owner. After leaving Toyota Tsurumaki for the past two years has created a small, able to swim a…

It would seem that the creation of artificial life – the lot fiction. But development in this area being the first year. And the question now is not about artificial intelligence or robotic mechanisms. A group of American researchers from Princeton University were able to obtain synthetic substance, whereby the ability to create artificial life…

Smartphones with USB connector-C cannot be called trend — new so much users that now manufacturers producing devices with the usual micro-USB, compare almost with dinosaurs. In addition, many love to remove the traditional 3.5 mm plug, leaving owners one-on-one with the adapter or headphones…, able to connect to smartphone via the USB Type-C. Many…

We are accustomed to the fact that time is measured in seconds, minutes, hours, months, years and so on. In the case where high accuracy is required, we use milliseconds or nanoseconds. It would seem, why invent the wheel and introduce a completely new unit of time when the established system is well-proven? But Facebook…

Despite the fact that 2017 was quite difficult for Tesla, CEO Elon Musk was able to capitalize in the 12 months to almost a hundred million dollars. According to Bloomberg, of which only 46 thousand dollars were on salary, while the rest of the money was paid to him as bonuses. This year the Board…