The Mediterranean Sea has warmed to extreme temperatures - animals and plants are dying.

The Mediterranean Sea from Tel Aviv to the French Riviera or Barcelona has warmed 3-5°C above normal. Because of this, animals, plants and other organisms die. For example, in the region of Mallorca and Sardinia, corals, sponges and algae die in warm water. Also, high temperatures affect the cultivation of mussels on aqua farms. In 2015-2019, heat waves have already negatively affected 50 marine species, in many cases causing their mass death. According to oceanographers, about a third of the waters of the Mediterranean Sea need to be protected from people so that ecosystems can recover.

A greenhouse with hemp will appear on the ISS.

The American company Redwire has announced the creation of the first commercial greenhouse in space. It will be sent to the ISS no earlier than the spring of 2023. Industrial hemp will be grown there. "Redwire Greenhouse will expand the possibilities of crop production on Earth and enable research on growing crops in space, which will benefit future long-range missions as plants provide regeneration of food, oxygen and water," said project leader Dave Reed.

Schools in the US have begun to seriously check how much time students spend in the toilet.

About a thousand schools have implemented the e-HallPass system. Under it, students must register a trip to the toilet in order to be eligible. Then, the system saves all the data and helps the management find the cheaters of the system. Amazon uses similar technology to spy on its employees.

It was revealed that the song Rhythm Nation by Janet Jackson can disrupt the work of old PCs.

The thing is that the track contains sound at a rare frequency, which resonates with some models of 5400 rpm hard drives. Turning on a song can literally send your computer into a blue screen.

In Japan, a competition has been announced for ways to encourage young people to drink alcohol.

The Sake Viva contest will run until September 9th. Participants need to submit "new products and designs" as well as ways to encourage drinking at home. The reason for this initiative is the reduction in tax revenues from the alcohol industry due to demographic changes, the pandemic and people's changing attitudes towards their health. The Ministry of Health of Japan expressed the hope that the competition will be "reasonable" in terms of the amount of alcohol that can be consumed.

Buttons in cars are better than touchpads.

Auto resource Vi Bilägare from Sweden drove a bunch of cars from the old Volvo C70 of 2005 to modern models. Experienced drivers were put behind the wheel and asked to perform a certain set of tasks while driving - change the radio station, adjust the temperature in the cabin, reset the on-board computer and stuff like that. The important point is that the test drivers were given a long time to get used to the cars and develop muscle memory. And the unequivocal winner was just an old Volvo - using the buttons, the driver completed all the tasks at a speed of 110 kilometers per hour in less than 10 seconds. Whereas gentlemen with touch screens were managed in their 20s at best.

Scientists have solved the mystery of a prehistoric creature with a mouth and no anus.

S. coronarius had a large, round mouth with tiny holes around its perimeter. At first, scientists thought they were primitive gills. But it turned out that the pores were the bases of spikes that broke off during the formation of fossils. With these outgrowths, the creature held prey. The researchers explained the mysterious absence of the anus by the fact that the animal lost it in the course of evolution - one hole was enough for him to satisfy all his needs.

The rats drank soda for two months and became stupid.

For the experiment, the scientists divided the rats into three age groups, and each of them into two teams. In one, the rodents drank water daily, in the second - soda. After 57 days, the scientists placed the animals in the maze. The rats from teams No. 1 got out of it without any problems. Teams 2 had difficulties - the rodents coped with the task worse than usual, because their memory decreased. After that, the animals were euthanized and dissected. Most of the rats in the soda-drinking groups had brain damage of varying degrees. Areas responsible for attention, memory and learning were affected. Especially in young animals.

Unusual strong drinks.

In 2012, the German company G-Spirits launched a limited edition of rum, whiskey and vodka on the market. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that before bottling, these alcoholic drinks were poured onto the bare breasts of Playboy models.

A new molecule has been discovered that dramatically stimulates hair growth.

The SCUBE3 signaling molecule was synthesized at the University of California. According to scientists, it can prevent hair loss and also return already lost ones.

SpaceX received the first contract for the commercial launch of Starship.

Japanese corporation SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. chose Starship to launch its Superbird-9 communications satellite. The launch is scheduled for 2024.

Off the coast of Greenland, scientists have discovered a luminous fish with antifreeze flowing in its veins.

American scientists presented the results of their study of biodiversity in the waters of the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Greenland. During the study, they discovered a luminous motley snail fish, in the veins of which antifreeze flows. The scientists said the levels of antifreeze proteins in this Arctic fish species are the highest of any known species with similar antifreeze-producing abilities. Thus, fish that live in cold waters do not turn into "frozen".

In the US, they offer a service that will allow you to communicate with deceased relatives.

The idea is to film footage using 20 cameras and create a kind of "digital clone" of a person while they are alive. After that, the video is processed using artificial intelligence, which is trained to answer questions in natural language. The "digital copy" is then uploaded to the StoryFile platform, after which you can talk to her. The system creates the illusion of a real-time conversation and allows for dialogue. The cost of the service is only £39.99.

Google has taught robots to understand voice commands using the Internet.

Researchers from the California office demonstrated how, in response to the command "I'm hungry", the robot brings a pack of chips. The highlight is that no one scored a team into it - the robot was simply taught to google requests and find out what a person needs.

On Everest, traces of the DNA of a domestic chicken and dog were found at an altitude of 5 thousand meters.

Scientists have been routinely testing the diversity of the biosphere at this altitude. Samples were taken from the ponds and streams of Everest, revealing 187 unique signatures. Quite suddenly, among them were a chicken and a dog. What they did at such a height and how they ended up is a mystery.

Submarine with an autonomy of 54 hours.

A UAE-based startup has unveiled a new design for the Kronos submarine, which actually looks more like a futuristic spacecraft than a submersible. The submarine is designed for 11 people. The device is equipped with water cannons. Works both on the diesel generator, and on the electric motor.

Scientists are going to resurrect the Tasmanian wolves using the genes of marsupial mice.

First, they will have to reconstruct the genome of the extinct thylacine, after which they will have to match it with the genome of the marsupial mouse. They are believed to be close relatives. Then, with the help of reproductive technologies, an embryo will be created from the edited cells. It will be placed in an artificial uterus or implanted into the body of a surrogate individual - the same fat-tailed mouse.

BMW and Toyota are teaming up to create hydrogen-powered cars.

According to the head of BMW sales, the first jointly created hydrogen production car can be expected as early as 2025.

For the first time in history, scientists have given a name to a heat wave.

For the first time in history, Spanish scientists named a heat wave - Zoe. An extreme weather event was recorded in Seville on July 24-27. These days the temperature rose to 44.4 °C. In the future, in the names of new heat waves, female and male names will alternate in reverse alphabetical order. Hurricanes and cyclones have long been given human names, with the unofficial practice of naming winter storms dating back to 2012.

A British man has created a smart door to prevent a cat from bringing dead mice into the house.

The cat Jinx constantly brought dead mice and birds into the house of the owners. The owners got tired of dead animals in the house and came up with the OnlyCat system, an artificial intelligence camera that recognizes a cat and its victims at the front door. If Jinx comes with loot, then the system does not open the cat door. OnlyCat has prevented a cat from bringing home 42 victims.