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_{19 Sep 2015 14:00:11}

Residents of Costa Rica observed in the sky colorful cloud

witness the rare and mysterious natural phenomena are thousands of people in Costa Rica. Residents of San Jose have noticed in the sky a large cloud that glowed and shimmered different colors of the rainbow. Photos and videos displaying strange celestial phenomenon that quickly spread on the Internet and social networks.

_{18 Sep 2015 15:00:10}

Scientists have created a "cloak of invisibility" for three-dimensional objects (video)

Scientists from the US have developed a technology that allows you to hide the midget three-dimensional objects. Material "cloak of darkness" consists of gold nanoantennas, and its thickness is 80 nm. Previously, Xiang Zhang (Xiang Zhang) from the University of California at Berkeley and his colleagues was used as the basis for such a material is silicon, creating a material that hides objects from heat radiation.

_{18 Sep 2015 10:00:19}

An IG Nobel prize was given for the diagnosis of appendicitis using "sleeping policemen" (video)

In the USA has held the award ceremony for the bizarre discovery in science. She is a parody of the Nobel prize and is given "for achievements that first make you laugh, and then make you think". The award was given to researchers from Canada, who discovered a method of diagnosis of acute appendicitis by using analysis of pain with passage of the "sleeping policemen".

_{17 Sep 2015 21:00:09}

Real Pluto: posted new photos of the planet

Another few mesmerizing photos of Pluto, which made the probe New Horizons, published today, the NASA website. Experts note that the pictures surprise not only for its scenery — majestic mountains, ice plains, mists, but the fact that these kinds of quite earth — the Arctic. Isn't it?

_{17 Sep 2015 16:00:12}

In the U.S. will test the drug, prolonging life

the Oversight agencies in the U.S. given preliminary approval to test the drug that can slow aging and prolong life. The drug two years ago has already passed tests in rodents. In the end, their lifespan is increased by 5-6%, informs "RIA Novosti". Now it is planned to subject the experiment three thousand volunteers of advanced age.

_{14 Sep 2015 11:30:13}

Prosthetic arm returned to the paralyzed patient handfeel

the Agency defense advanced research projects USA (DARPA) has developed a robotic prosthetic arm, which is able to transmit sensations from touch directly into the brain of its owner. This allowed the 28-year-old patient, who for more than 10 years paralyzed after a spinal cord injury, not only to control the hand, but also to feel what finger prosthesis is touched during the experiments.

_{11 Sep 2015 15:00:10}

Scientists are going to send a message to the aliens

Astronomers from the UK wondered what to tell the aliens that they can find us in space, reports the BBC. The message is prepared in the framework of the competition Breakthrough Message sponsored by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner. He invited scientists to come up with a short message that can be sent into space in alphanumeric, graphic or other form.