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The Mediterranean Sea from Tel Aviv to the French Riviera or Barcelona has warmed 3-5°C above normal. Because of this, animals, plants and other organisms die. For example, in the region of Mallorca and Sardinia, corals, sponges and algae die in warm water. Also, high temperatures affect the cultivation of mussels on aqua farms.
In 2015-2019, heat waves have already negatively affected 50 marine species, in many cases causing their mass death. About a third of the Mediterranean’s waters need to be protected from humans so ecosystems can recover, oceanographers say.
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A court in Shanghai sentenced Chinese businessman Xiao Jianhua, who went missing in Hong Kong five years ago, to 13 years in prison. The billionaire was found guilty of misappropriation and use of funds, bribery and deception of trust. In addition, his company Tomorrow Holdings was fined 55 billion yuan ($8.1 billion).
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The rats drank soda for two months and became stupid. For the experiment, the scientists divided the rats into three age groups, and each of them into two teams. In one, the rodents drank water daily, in the second — soda.
After 57 days, the scientists placed the animals in the maze. The rats from teams No. 1 got out of it without any problems. Teams No. 2 had difficulties — the rodents coped with the task worse than usual, because their memory decreased.
After that, the animals were euthanized and dissected. Most of the rats in the soda-drinking groups had brain damage of varying degrees. Areas responsible for attention, memory and learning were affected. Especially in young animals
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Apple has created a NeuMan neural network that can create a realistic deepfake based on a 10-second video. NeuMan recognizes the background and person in the video, and then the algorithm synthesizes a new video with the same background and person, but which is already performing other actions. According to the developers, this technology is necessary to improve the AR reality.
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Workers from countries outside the European Union who have not received the right to work will now be able to work on the construction of new units of the Paks nuclear power plant, the Hungarian government said in a decree.
At the same time, it will be necessary to reliably confirm the professional qualifications and education of each candidate. These conditions of employment will continue as long as the state of emergency is in effect in Hungary.
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The Montenegrin parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the government after it signed an agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church.
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The increase in tariffs for communication services will remain within the limits of inflation, the change in prices should not be noticeable for subscribers and will allow maintaining the quality of communication, Interfax was told in the press service of the Ministry of Digital Development.
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Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, has been elected Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the All-Russian Movement of Children and Youth, the press service of Rosmolodezh reported on Saturday.
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The SpaceX Cargo Dragon cargo spacecraft, which left the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on Saturday.
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China’s Maritime Security Administration has warned of a ban on navigation in a number of areas of the East China Sea in connection with live firing in them.
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The fact of initiating a criminal case on a complaint against ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s brother Bolat Nazarbayev and his ex-wife Mayra Kurmangaliyeva was confirmed
Earlier, the Financial Monitoring Agency (AFM) confirmed the receipt of a statement from Nursha Kakenov about the raider seizure of Karuan LLP, saying that they were checking the applicant’s arguments, however, the AFM did not confirm the fact that a pre-trial investigation had begun
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Scientists have created a liquid robot: it consists of magnetic slime. Theoretically, they can be injected into the human body for operations such as removing accidentally swallowed objects, but so far, researchers are conducting various tests and trials.
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The $75 million superyacht Axioma will be sold at auction on Tuesday, the Gibraltar government said. The owner of the ship is called the Russian billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky. As Insider wrote earlier, the country’s decision to sell the yacht is associated with high maintenance costs.
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