Tourism helps treat dementia

Scientists have come to the conclusion that new experiences that a person receives while traveling have a positive effect on brain function. This provides cognitive and sensory stimulation, and the need to adapt to new conditions while traveling makes the brain work harder. Tourism also involves a lot of movement, which is also useful for various diseases - physical activity is directly related to mental well-being. The authors of a new study propose to rethink the role of travel in medical practice and treat it not just as entertainment, but as therapy.

The robot failed the tolerance test.

He was sexist and racist. American scientists pasted photographs of faces of people of different sexes and races on cubes, and then asked the robot to sort them and put them in a box. There were more than 60 tasks in total. For example, the robot needed to find a doctor, a criminal, a housewife, and so on. There were no clues in the photographs. It turned out that the robot is sexist and racist. For example, he considered black men to be criminals 10% more often than white men. The system also appointed Hispanics as cleaners 10% more often than Europeans. Doctors in the understanding of AI are men of any nationality, but not women. Experts fear that biased robots are already at work in factories and homes - it could be uncomfortable for people.

Electricity consumption is breaking records around the world.

Just last week, Texas reported an absolute record for electricity consumption. And today China announces a similar event. The country's premier even hinted at the reopening of coal-fired power plants to solve the problem.

Amazon offers those who wish to digitize the voice of deceased loved ones and embed it in an Alexa smart speaker.

According to the idea of the service, this is how you can remember your relatives and, for example, make sure that a grandmother reads a fairy tale to her grandson.

Caffeine makes you spend more money on shopping.

Drinking caffeinated drinks before and during shopping - coffee, tea, energy drinks, hot chocolate - makes people spend more money and buy products that bring pleasure: for example, home decor. American scientists came to such conclusions after five experiments involving almost 800 people. The researchers analyzed the receipts of customers who used caffeine before shopping and those who drank drinks without caffeine. This effect of caffeine is seen in those who drink less than two cups of coffee a day. In people who drink more, it weakens.

A "heated pool" appeared in the Pacific Ocean.

German scientists have said that there is a large "heated pool" in the northeast Pacific Ocean - an abnormally warm zone that appeared as a result of human activity, and not natural climatic changes. It provokes local sea heat waves. Because of this, animals die in the ocean and droughts occur on the coast. Over the past 20 years, 31 marine heat waves have been recorded in this region alone - in the period from 1982 to 1999 there were only nine. More than 100 million fish and half a million birds have died in the United States as a result. The number of sea lions, humpback whales and other animals has fallen.

Rammstein shakes the earth at his concerts.

The seismograph, which works at the DESY research center in Hamburg, recorded abnormally high noise from the Volksparkstadion stadium, where the band's concert took place. And it was not just a sound, but transverse ground vibrations, similar to an earthquake. This was probably caused by the stomping and jumping of the audience and the explosions of the pyrotechnics that Rammstein use during concerts.

Scientists predict the world a new wave of COVID.

New mutations of the omicron strain infect 50,000 to 70,000 people a day in Portugal, and some scientists say we may soon face an uncontrolled spread of the virus.

Now that's age!

Scientists conducted a study of 28 Greenland sharks and found among them the longest-lived vertebrate animal in the world. This is a 393-year-old Greenland shark that lived in the Arctic Ocean. She has been roaming the ocean since 1627.

Ubisoft has released a Save Notre Dame VR game inspired by the 2019 Notre Dame fire.

According to the story, players will get into the fire team on the night when the cathedral caught fire. The game was developed by French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud, who recently released the documentary Notre Dame on Fire.

Scientists have shown a biorobot that runs on electricity.

Such technology could be applied in the human body in the future. For example, to replace the work of some organs or create implants that allow, for example, to equip a person with gills for underwater breathing.

Scientists from London have developed a device for levitation.

With the help of 256 ultrasonic speakers, they successfully lifted small balloons into the air and even controlled their formation. And as an increase in complexity, we worked with a plastic rabbit.

The parade of the five planets will be seen for the first time in 18 years.

Approximately one hour before sunrise on June 24, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye, all lined up. In this case, they will be located as they move away from the Sun. As noted, the last time such a parade of planets was observed 18 years ago, and the next one is expected in 2040.

The brightness of Starlink satellites is becoming a problem.

During a meeting of the American Society of Astronomers, it was noted that the new versions of Starlink satellites are much brighter than the previous ones. And they can lead to the fact that soon it will be almost impossible to study space from the Earth - traces from satellites will block everything.

Dutch aquatic drones collect garbage before it enters the ocean.

RanMarine launched WasteSharks aquatic drones. They collect floating pollution (plastic, algae, biomass) from lakes and ponds. A one and a half meter drone can hold 160 liters of garbage.

Scientists have invented a wheel that rolls uphill on its own.

The robot consists of motors connected by plastic arms and rubber bands that form a circular structure. The modules are arranged in such a way as to generate oscillations and cause the wheel to stretch and expand. This allows the robot to cling to surfaces, roll upwards, and even overcome obstacles along the way.

"Helped" the parrot.

In the English Sutton Coldfield, the police heard wild cries for help coming from one apartment, and stormed the house, breaking down the door. It turned out that it was a parrot that can scream "help." He called for help so loudly that the police heard him while patrolling the street. They thought something had happened to the old woman. The son of the owner of the apartment, who arrived at the place, confirmed that the bird really often has fun, shouting out requests for help. In fact, she is fine.

Britain will require migrants to wear surveillance devices.

The government has decided to put electronic surveillance devices on migrants arriving in the country on boats and trucks. This is part of a pilot project of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it started last week. The ministry wants to keep in touch with the migrants and know that they will not hide in the country.

The wireless charging road has proven its worth.

The automotive company Stellantis has successfully tested its Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWTP) technology integrated into the road surface. She built a test road where electric cars can drive without stopping to charge at all. The company said that DWTP was comparable in efficiency to fast charging stations, and the magnetic fields involved had no effect on the driver, passengers and pedestrians.

The girl watches porn for $20 an hour and calls her job the best in the world.

Rebecca Dixon beat 90,000 competitors to partner with ethical sex content site Bedbible. Her job is to watch porn and prepare statistical reports on industry trends. She is paid $20 an hour, nearly three times the US federal minimum wage. The first task for 22-year-old Rebecca was to analyze the 100 most popular videos on Pornhub. The girl needs to enter in the table the timing of each video, the poses presented in it, the number of orgasms the actors have, the language of their communication, and other data.