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_{01 Feb 2016 15:00:15}

Scientists: dog owners are happier and more active cat owners

the American researchers concluded that pet owners are more satisfied with their lives than those who do not have animals. At the same time "dog people" were more successful compared with the "kostnice", reports the Daily Mail. They are conscientious, are not as neurasthenic, but the fellowship more enjoyable.

_{01 Feb 2016 12:00:21}

NASA is developing a "revolutionary" photon modem

NASA announced the development of a revolutionary data transfer technology, which is expected in the near future will have an impact on many areas of human life, from telecommunications to medicine and defense industry. The Agency creates a modem based on a photonic chip. A device the size of a phone can transmit data over great distances at speeds up to 100 times higher than current solutions.

_{29 Jan 2016 14:30:15}

Media: North Korea intends to send a rocket into space

Representatives of the US authorities believe that in the near future North Korea will try to launch space rockets, reports Reuters. Washington fears that the authorities in the totalitarian countries can exploit the benefits of space technology to enhance its missile capabilities, despite all the sanctions the world community imposed after recent nuclear tests of Pyongyang.

_{29 Jan 2016 11:00:16}

Elon Musk wanted to send people to Mars in 2025

this year, the entrepreneur and head of SpaceX Elon Musk promised that he would acquaint the public with the structure of the ship to take colonists to Mars, writes Ars Technica. In detail plans for the conquest of the red planet will be announced at the September International conference on Astronautics. Meanwhile, 4-5 years, Musk wants on a private spaceship to visit the ISS.

_{28 Jan 2016 16:00:15}

Scientists hope to find on the moon of substance from other star systems

In the polar regions of the moon can be found the substance of the stellar systems that are several light years from Earth. Comets from other star systems able to get to the moon, and have a chance to find their remains in the so-called cold traps in the polar regions of the moon.

_{28 Jan 2016 10:30:16}

Artificial intelligence "dry" won the top go player (video)

the Division of DeepMind Google has developed a system AlphaGo that are perfectly cope with the Chinese Board game of go. As stated by Engadget, the possible combinations of moves in there are more than atoms in the universe. This statement is difficult to verify, but the program proved today it has no equal in this Board game.

_{27 Jan 2016 17:30:17}

News sites slow down the spread of epidemics

Lighting online press releases epidemics of influenza prevent their rapid spread. To this conclusion came a group of canadian and Chinese scientists, which has studied the correlation between number of news reports of epidemics and information on hospitalized cases of influenza H1N1, according to the resource N+1. Thus the researchers confirmed the beneficial effect of "hysteria" in the media on the slowdown of epidemics.