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Scientists have trained AI to track the origin of wine based on routine chemical analyzes, which will allow distinguishing fake wines from genuine ones. This was reported by The Guardian. “There are a lot of cases of wine fraud where people make some stuff in their garage, print labels and sell it for thousands of […]
Brussels will change the rules for obtaining a driver’s license; the European Commission directive will be ready by the end of March. The first information has already appeared on the Internet. Brussels is working on a new guide to obtaining a driver’s license; it is also planning to create a database to facilitate the exchange […]
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev vetoed a bill passed by the parliament to transfer about 100 wheeled armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. The Bulgarian president’s decision was announced on the official website of the head of state. Radev cites the reasons for this decision as “the deputies were not sufficiently familiar with the specific conditions of […]
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has signed a deal worth nearly $247 million with Absci, an artificial intelligence company, to develop antibodies to fight cancer, Reuters reports. Absci’s collaboration with AstraZeneca is aimed at creating a generative AI model with a minimum level of risk for the development of new advanced antibodies. So far, the companies have […]
Unusual orange aurorae were spotted in the sky over Scotland during a geomagnetic storm on November 25. This is reported by Live Science. Earlier, an unusual orange glow was reported after a geomagnetic storm on October 19. Auroras occur when high-energy particles of wind energy excite gas molecules in the upper atmosphere. The excess energy […]
On Friday, the world’s largest experimental fusion reactor was inaugurated in Japan. This technology is still in its infancy, but some consider it to be the answer to the future energy needs of humanity. Fusion differs from fission, the method currently used in nuclear power plants, in that it involves the fusion of two atomic […]
Protesters from the anti-Ukrainian political force Confederation are preventing the importation of patrol boats for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Pavlo Kravchuk wrote about this on his Facebook account. The protesters called the American boat an “expensive yacht” that they are trying to smuggle across the border as humanitarian aid. It is worth noting that […]
An MI-2 helicopter crashed in the Stavropol region of Russia while flying over an oil pipeline. It is noted that the cause of the crash was an engine failure. “A Mi-2 helicopter crashed in the Stavropol Territory while flying over an oil pipeline. It’s a shame that it didn’t hit the oil pipeline. The preliminary […]
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. This was reported by the Telegram channel Pool of the First, which is close to Lukashenko’s administration, and the Xinhua news agency. The dictator of Russia’s ally arrived in China on December 3, but only now, at the Diaoyutai residence, did he meet with Xi. […]
On the Minnesota highway, the driver of a Kia Soul was driving carefully, following all traffic rules, but the trouble came not from other drivers, but straight from the sky… Strange as it may sound, the car was hit by a light aircraft that was making an emergency landing. On November 28, the pilot of […]