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_{14 Dec 2015 11:00:17}

Elon Musk does not exclude the Third world war and the decline of the technology (video)

In an interview with GQ a successful entrepreneur and inventor Elon musk was asked about his ambitions regarding the colonisation of Mars, and the inventor fears that humanity in technological development can be set back for many years due to the global war. And people's dreams about space and conquer other planets will remain unfulfilled, reports Cnet.

_{14 Dec 2015 10:00:17}

Scientists: the duration of a day on Earth increases

a Group of geophysicists came to the conclusion that global warming and the melting of glaciers will slow down the speed of rotation of the Earth. The melting of glaciers, in turn, will cause the redistribution of water on the surface of the planet that will only increase the negative effect. According to estimates, in the twentieth century, the speed of rotation of the Earth has increased by one millisecond.

_{13 Dec 2015 09:30:12}

200 countries agreed not to raise the Earth's temperature more than two degrees

Members of the United Nations conference on global warming adopted a final agreement on the issue of climate change. It will enter into force in 2020. Attempts to reach consensus had been made previously, however, the unity of views between developed and developing countries had not been for a long time. The agreement will replace the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, limiting emissions in developed countries.

_{12 Dec 2015 11:30:15}

Elon Musk and partners spent $1 billion on a non-profit organization OpenAI against hostile artificial intelligence

Elon Musk is well-known warnings of the hostility of artificial intelligence in the event of its creation. Today, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, along with other top Silicon valley announced the creation of a scientific nonprofit organization that will handle issues of artificial intelligence and the disclosure of cutting-edge developments in the field of machine learning.

_{11 Dec 2015 18:00:13}

Scientists have created socks that shake the urine and generate electricity

researchers from the University of the West of England in Bristol made socks that can, by walking to swing urine, generating electricity. Socks consist of a network of interconnected tubes that can accommodate up to 648 milliliters of urine. She is put through a microbial fuel cell that feeds the bacteria with nutrients and produces electricity.

_{11 Dec 2015 14:00:14}

In Germany launched a "reactor of the future" worth $1.1 billion (video)

the Institute of plasma physics of the max Planck Society has included monstrous machine, which hopes to change the world energy system. The device is called Wendelstein 7-X is a powerful type reactor stellarator for fusion. Essentially it is a magnetic trap for high temperature plasma, and the processes within it are similar to what is happening in the stars.

_{11 Dec 2015 10:30:14}

NASA showed color images of the surface of Pluto (1 photos)

Previously the main American space Agency has already published high-quality images of the surface of Pluto, however, now there is colored versions of the images. They are obtained using the Ralph system, which receives the photo in low resolution in the different spectra, allowing the alien landscapes and has color.