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In 2023, China’s population declined for the second year in a row due to record low birth rates and deaths from coronavirus. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the total number of people in the country decreased by 2.08 million to 1.409 billion. According to Reuters, this is significantly higher than the population decline […]
SpaceX will launch the fastest satellite internet service in the world, for which you will have to pay a one-time fee of $1.25 million, and subsequent subscriptions will start at $75 thousand. per Gbps per month. Musk also announced the release of Starlink Mini, which should fit into a backpack. The service, called Community Gateways, […]
On the morning of Wednesday, January 17, a Mi-8 military aircraft crashed in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. One person was killed and eight others were injured in the crash. Defense Minister Baktybek Bekbolotov said that the crew commander was killed, Sputnik Kyrgyzstan reports. Four people are in intensive care, one of them is in […]
A group of scientists from Aarhus University has developed an innovative technology that can change the situation with the recycling of clothing containing elastane. Elastane, which provides elasticity to materials, is often found in blended fabrics, which complicates the recycling process. Associate Professor Steffan Quist Christensen and his colleagues have developed a method to completely […]
The surgeons at the National Children’s Specialized Hospital “Okhmatdyt” performed surgery on the chest of a child with asphyxial thoracic dystrophy. This was the first time such an intervention was performed in Ukraine, the hospital’s press service said. It is noted that a boy with a rare syndrome that occurs in one in 130,000 newborns […]
SpaceX has launched 23 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit using a Falcon 9 rocket, Space reports. A Falcon 9 carrying 23 Starlink satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida on January 15 at 03:52 Kyiv time. Falcon 9 delivered 23 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida, completing our 300th successful launch! SpaceX The […]
The American company Apple takes the lion’s share of the global smartphone market, pushing South Korea’s Samsung out of first place for the first time in 12 years This was reported by the BBC. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), Apple accounted for more than a fifth of the phones shipped last year. Samsung, […]
More than a quarter of a century has passed since Dolly the sheep became the first cloned mammal, and now scientists are announcing a new breakthrough: they have finally managed to successfully clone a species known for its closeness to humans, the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), the Daily Mail reports. Chinese researchers claim to have […]
Researchers from the University of Artificial Intelligence have announced that they have developed a technology that can imitate handwriting based on several paragraphs of written material. This was reported by Bloomberg It is noted that the team that developed the new product received a patent for the artificial intelligence system. However, they recognize that this […]
Raytheon has completed work on the Barracuda underwater drone being developed for the US Navy. The technical data package for the mine countermeasure has been successfully completed, and a testing program is underway. The company is currently building a launcher. Raytheon began the Barracuda project in 2023, with a planned production of 128 units, 63 […]