Already collected 9 tons: an activist has created a device that cleans the world's oceans from plastic
It's been almost a decade since Boyan Slat announced, at 18, that he had a plan to rid the world's oceans of plastic. What he did was told by Business Insider. Slat, now 27 years old, is a Dutch…
One chance in 100 billion: a meteorite broke through the roof of a house and fell right on the bed next to a woman
A Canadian woman was sleeping in her bed when she heard a loud noise and barking from her dog. She looked up and saw a hole in the wall. Looking around, the landlady found a strange gray object lying on her bed right next to her head. The USA edition told in more detail ...
Jeff Bezos took a famous actor into space: now he is the oldest who has been there
Hollywood actor William Shatner, Captain Kirk from the legendary TV series Star Trek, has become the oldest person to travel into space. He went as a crew member of businessman Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin suborbital ship New Shepard. About it…
In Norway, a man fired a bow at passers-by: 5 people were killed, 2 more were wounded
A 37-year-old Danish citizen was arrested in Kongsberg (Norway). He attacked passers-by with a bow and arrow. As a result, 5 people were killed and 2 more were wounded. Writes about this The Guardian. Five killed, four women and one ...
Twisted research and lies: how an approved and publicized drug crippled thousands of children
TSN.ua spoke about how an “innocent” medicine ruined thousands of lives. This drug was called the “best” medicine for pregnant women and a panacea for any disease. But mistakes, a thirst for money and insufficient research led to dramatic consequences. For no one in modern...
Pavel Durov shared a list of overvalued and underestimated things in modern life
Pavel Durov on his birthday made a list of three undervalued and seven overrated things in life, according to Esquire. Pavel Durov is a Russian entrepreneur, programmer, dollar billionaire, one of the founders of the Vkontakte social network and the company of the same name, the cross-platform Telegram messenger and other projects. By…
The regime sells weapons and drugs: a fugitive from North Korea told shocking facts about the country
A North Korean defector said the regime lives on terror, drugs and weapons, according to the BBC. The habit of secrecy is deep in Kim Kuk Sung's blood. It took several weeks to arrange an interview with North Korea's highest-ranking defector. Former colonel ...
Media: Russian special services stole COVID-19 vaccine production technology from another country
British media, citing anonymous sources, said that Russian agents stole data from Britain about the development of the AstraZeneca vaccine, Radio Liberty reports. The British government takes any reports of cyber attacks and theft of intellectual property "extremely seriously". So the representative of the Prime Minister of Great Britain...
Two Nobel Prize winners did not believe their happiness: they decided that they were being played
The two Nobel laureates didn’t believe they were receiving a call from the prize committee. They considered the calls to be spam, reports TJournal. The editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta simply did not answer the call, and the writer Abdulrazak Gurn had to be persuaded not to hang up. October 7 and 8 announced ...
World's Strongest Passport Index: Citizens of which countries have all borders open
Henley & Partners has compiled a traditional index of the world's strongest passports in 2021, writes CNN. As stated in the latest report from the London-based global citizenship and residence consultancy Henley & Partners, the gap in freedom of movement has never been ...