Rolling Stone magazine named the best songs of 2022.

The best song of the year was the track "Titi Me Pregunto" by rapper Bad Bunny. Second and third place went to Beyoncé's "Cuff It", which "contrasts the lightness of funk sharply and disturbingly with dark electronica", and "Bad Habit" by Steve Lacy. It has been compared to a "simultaneously peaceful and restless walk into the wilds of the soul". Rounding out the top five are "Karma" Taylor Swift and "Despecha" Rosalia. Also in the top ten were "Hotel Lobby" by Quavo and Takeoff, "Cash in Cash Out" by Farrell, "Break My Soul" by Beyoncé, "As It Was" by Harry Styles and "Jimmy Cooks" by Drake.

Short men are daffodils.

Short men tend to be narcissistic in order to appear stronger, make a better impression on partners, and appear more formidable. Short women do not have this quality. These conclusions were reached by Polish scientists during a study involving 367 people. They filled out a questionnaire of psychologists and rated their satisfaction with their height.

The Comedy Wildlife Award

The Comedy Wildlife Awards, in which photographers compete for funny wildlife shots, have chosen their 2022 finalists. Among the best works: a karate squirrel, a dramatic monkey and a headless penguin.

The Artemis mission is complete.

The Artemis mission is officially a success - the man-carrying Orion has successfully completed the mission simulation. Man is officially ready to return to the moon. True, this will happen no earlier than in two years - now, the data will be rechecked and clarified.

A Chinese student has come up with clothes that protect against security cameras.

Special prints make a person invisible to infrared cameras. Due to strange signatures, the camera simply does not detect the signal, allowing the person to remain behind the scenes.

Finally, the construction of the SKA telescope began.

The idea of the radio telescope is to make it the largest by placing its parts on two different continents - in Australia and Africa. The accuracy of such a radio telescope would be enough to detect a smartphone in an astronaut's pocket on Mars. Money for the project still could not be found, but now it has finally begun to be built.

Eco-friendly Christmas tree installed by the authorities of Budapest.

You can light it with the help of a bicycle - you just need to turn the pedals. In such a simple way, the city hall decided to show tourists and local residents how much energy is required to create New Year's installations.

Chinese Xia Tong creates unique glowing eye prostheses.

The girl lost her eye at the age of 18, in a car accident and instead of despairing, she devoted her life to medicine and became a specialist in prosthetic eyes. And now he creates bionic eyes for himself and for other people. Her goal is to help people like her deal with self-confidence issues and enjoy their uniqueness.

The ultimate Cooler Master Orb X station for immersive work and play.

The chair is made of genuine leather, equipped with an adjustable headrest, lumbar support and footrest. You can install three 27-inch monitors in a semi-circle or one 34-inch monitor in the center, and hide the PC or console in the compartment at the back. There is wireless charging for a smartphone, a USB hub, built-in 60 W acoustics and RGB lighting. The weight of the installation is 343.5 kg. Pre-orders in the US will open this month. Price - $15.000.

Central Park New York

One of New York's top tourist attractions is Central Park. The tree-lined urban oasis stretches for about 2.5 miles and welcomes about 42 million visitors a year. New York's Central Park is twice the size of the Principality of Monaco and ten times the size of the Vatican. Although the park looks very natural, it is actually all man-made. The park consists of 25,000 trees; seven reservoirs; 136 acres of woodland; 250 acres of lawns; 100 kilometers of footpaths; and 36 bridges and arches.

The most expensive dome house in the world

Imagine a dollhouse that will cost more than an apartment in New York. You can say that this is impossible and such a non-childish toy simply does not exist, and we will answer that it does. And this miracle costs eight and a half million dollars! Palace Astolat Dollhouse can not be called an ordinary castle for Barbie. Firstly, the height of the "house" is almost 3 meters, there are twenty-nine bedrooms inside, the total weight of the castle is more than 350 kg. Each of the small rooms has interior items, the total number of which is 10,000 pieces. These include unusual furniture, fireplaces that function like real stained glass, tiny oil paintings, and volumes of books that are considered insanely expensive due to the fact that it is simply unrealistic to find such volumes.

Interesting gadget

Canadian frozen food brand McCain has come up with a device that helps avoid uncomfortable conversations at the table. The gadget prepares french fries and dispenses a portion when it hears phrases like: “when can we expect grandchildren?” or "when you're going to get a real job."

The Japanese postal service will start delivering parcels by drones.

The length of the drones of Japan Post's own design is 1.5 meters, and the payload capacity of the device reaches 5 kilograms. Drones can travel up to 32 km and will be used primarily in mountainous areas and on remote, sparsely populated islands.

The Oxford Dictionary named the word of the year.

The Oxford English Dictionary has named "goblin mode" its word of the year. This slang phrase means "a type of behavior characterized by laziness, slovenliness, and greed, as well as a rejection of social norms." The second place according to the voting results was taken by the word “metaverse” (metaverse). They call it "a virtual reality environment in which users interact with each other's avatars." Third place was taken by the phrase #IStandWith (“#ITogetherWith” / “#ISupport”), used in social networks to support a person or group of people.

Face Re-aging Network

Disney has unveiled the Face Re-aging Network (FRAN), a neural network that can age or rejuvenate actors in real time. At the heart of AI is a database that consists of several thousand randomly generated faces ranging from 18 to 85 years old. The neural network takes these casts and, based on a real person, predicts which parts of the face and how aging will affect them. However, the commercial application of the technology has not yet been found. In addition, AI still has a couple of unresolved limitations: the neural network works well only with adults, and the age change step is about 10 years.

"Mickey 17"

The first teaser trailer for "Mickey 17" from "Parasite" director Bong Joon Ho, starring Robbert Pattinson, has been released. The sci-fi thriller is based on the book Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. In the center of the plot is a robot that is sent on deadly expeditions as part of the colonization of a new planet. At the same time, after death, his consciousness is constantly restored in a new body. The premiere is scheduled for March 2024.

In Iceland, a service has appeared that allows horses to respond to letters from people.

OutHorse Your Email helps people answer work emails while on vacation so they can relax and stay focused on their vacation. The main feature of this Icelandic service is that it is not people who answer letters, but horses. They walk and run on a huge pad-like keyboard and send all sorts of gag from a person’s work mail.

Tesla began delivering the first Semi electric trucks to customers.

Tesla's new generation truck was first introduced in 2017. Five years later, the company reported on the first deliveries. The official start was given by the head of the company Elon Musk. He introduced a new car, calling it "the future of trucking." Semi prices start at $150,000. The first batch (100 cars) will be received by Pepsi, which placed an order back in 2017.

Application for fans of the World Cup

Fans of the World Cup using the application can scan the playing field in real time and see the statistics of any player by clicking on it. You can even see the speed of the players and heat maps showing how the teams move across the field.

World record not broken

Spanish freediver Miguel Lozano tried to break the world record for diving without scuba gear, on one breath hold. But he lost consciousness at a depth of 125 meters and was urgently raised to the surface by rescuers from his team. Only two meters were missing from the record.