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This name came to European languages ​​from Japan. Full naming games in Japan sounds like "i-th". In Korea, it is known as Baduk, while China veytsi. Guo (veytsi) - one of the oldest games in the world. According to various sources, its age is between 2,500 and 4,000 years. According to Chinese legend, invented the game semi-mythical emperor Yao (XXIV century BC. E.), Wishing to develop the mind and mindfulness heir to the throne. But the documentary evidence that we have, much younger than the ancient tradition and refer to the period of the dynasty Western (Early) Han (III-I century BC. E.). At this time, the game has been very popular. And the oldest extant playing board dated IV century. Most scientists believe that veytsi appeared in the Zhou era, between XII and III centuries BC. e. In Japan, the game was brought only in the VII century. But in this country it has reached the peak of its popularity.
Surprisingly, for many centuries, the rules have not changed Guo. It's pretty simple. For the game board is used, which marked 19 lines horizontally and vertically, forming a 361 square (game point). Two players take turns stones filled with these items. For convenience, the stones are painted in a contrasting color, such as black and white. The essence of the game is to earn as many points. To do this, you can capture territory (its surrounding empty points stones) or destroy the opponent's stones. To capture the enemy stone, need to surround it from all sides. This is where the difficulty begins. Although the rules are quite simple, Go is much more complex and the more chess pieces.
361-cell playing field creates a huge number of options. For comparison: in chess after the fourth stroke occurs about 100 000 possible positions, then Guo their number exceeds 16 billion. If chess machines have long since learned to beat the best grandmasters in the laurels of the winner Go for them they are not yet available. To this there are several reasons. Firstly, as mentioned above, the number of options in the game is so huge that even a simple mechanical sorting extremely difficult. Secondly, there are serious problems with the position estimate. If chess has long developed criteria for evaluating the position and determine the value of the figures, the Go is more complicated. Even the professional players are arguing about the possibilities of this or that combination. Currently, the best program for the game in the second - it MoGoTitan. It runs on a supercomputer capacity of 15 teraflops, ie processing 15 trillion operations per second, and is played only at the level of a strong amateur.

Brilliant "Blue Moon" sold at Sotheby's for $ 48 million

Rare blue diamond sold at Sotheby's in Geneva for 48.26 million dollars, breaking a world record price for a jewel, paid at auction. It is reported by Tass.

Estimate stone "Blue Moon" was 35-55 million. The previous world record for the total price of pink diamonds belonged Graff Pink, pushed under the hammer for 46.158 million dollars.

Weight "Blue Moon" is 12.03 carats. Brilliant was made of diamond weighing 29.6 carats discovered in 2014 in the South African mines, "Cullinan".

In Chile, it began construction of the world's largest telescope

In the Atacama Desert (Chile) began construction of the world's largest telescope GMT, which will mirror diameter of 25.4 meters. Solemnly laid the first stone of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.

In Chile, it began construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). The procedure for the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone in the Atacama Desert held Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. According to Bachelet, GMT will open new horizons for the study of outer space, as the quality of his shots in 10 times greater than the images obtained from the "Hubble".

Reflector GMT will be the largest among all earthly counterparts. The diameter of its mirror, consisting of 7 segments, reaches 25.4 meters. The height of the protective dome is comparable to the 22-storeyed house. The main purpose of the new telescope is the study of black holes and cosmic objects outside our solar system. Scientists plan to study the ancient galaxies, planets, among which may be double the Earth. Ready GMT telescope design will be at a height of 2.5 km above sea level. Commissioning is scheduled for 2021. In the construction of participating companies from Chile, the US, Brazil and South Korea.

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But if you come across such an instance, can be scared to death. By itself, this shark is not so large, grows up to 2 meters, but terribly terrible.

KA-50 Black Shark - the most maneuverable helicopter in the world, the only one who makes a loop, and the maneuver "funnel" - moving around the target with a change in altitude at a speed of 180 km / h.

Genetic engineering saved the first human leukemia

Genetically modified cells for the first time helped to save a terminally ill child from leukemia. It is reported by New Scientist.

At the age of three months, Leila was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia - a malignant disease in which cancerous bone marrow stem cells released into the blood immature lymphoid cells in large quantities. The girl immediately began to treat with standard treatments (chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation), but at her age, this therapy is successful only in a quarter of cases, and Leila had no luck.

Despite the presence of cancer cells after chemotherapy sessions, the doctors decided to transplant bone marrow, hoping that the immune cells in the donor organ will win leukemia - but that did not happen. Two months later, the condition of Leyla again deteriorated, while doctors have turned to Qasim Waseem (Waseem Qasim) from University College London, who is developing genetic techniques to fight cancer.

In general, treatment is taking immune cells from a patient, genetically modify them to combat cancer cells and return back. Sometimes, there are added receptor gene CAR19, which causes cytotoxic T lymphocytes (T cells) to seek and kill cells with the CD19 protein on the surface - they cause acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

However, Leila was too small and the patient, to provide such a T-cell. Therefore, Qasim had to use material obtained from another healthy donor and a modified way to treat hundreds of patients. To these cells did not take all the cells in the recipient as foreign and attacked them, it took a gene editing with "molecular scissors" - proteins TALEN.

Qasim cut two genes: receptor responsible for recognizing the recipient's cells as foreign, and another gene whose absence made the donor T cells invisible to the antibodies that Leila was adopted (as a drug that suppresses its own immune system).

At the time, the modified T cells UCART19 been tested only on mice, but because the girl died, her parents decided to take a chance. Despite the likelihood of incorrect operation of the molecular scissors (sometimes they are not cut out those genes, and donor cells themselves turn into cancer), treatment was successful: T-cell lymphoblasts successfully overcame.

Three months later, Leila again transplanted bone marrow: a healthy immune cells recognize cells UCART19 as foreign and destroy them. Thus, now in the body girl remained genetically modified cells.

While a complete cure Leila too early to say, but she is alive and doing well. Complete clinical trials UCART19 will begin in 2016, which may prove that the success of the London girls were not accidental.

Middlemist - the rarest flower in the world. Throughout the world there are only 2 examples. British gardener John Middlemist, traveling in 1854 to China, was fascinated by the red rose, which he accidentally found. He dug a flower and brought him to Britain to put the greenhouse of the United Kingdom. He could not even suggest that because of this he saved the last instance of a flower in the world. In his honor and was named the red rose.

Scientists have discovered the remains of the ancient rat the size of a dog

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of the territory of Timor old rats, which in size are reminiscent of dogs. Experts suggest that in those days people lived near the habitat of extinct animals and even eating them. Details of the discovery were presented Dzhulenom Luis, the head of the archaeological team, during paleontological conference in Texas.

A team of American archaeologists have discovered the remains of the Timorese on the territory of the ancient species of rats, which are comparable in size with the dogs. Experts have suggested that people at that time built their villages close to the habitat of extinct animals. In all likelihood, this type of animal consumed, even for food. For information about the opening leader of the archaeological team Julien Luis presented to the fossil conference in Texas. Scientists say that this kind of rat is the most enormous of the now well-known. Thus, the average rat weighs about one kilogram.

Ancient representatives of this type weigh more than five kilograms. Experts currently trying to establish the causes, because of which rodents once extinct. Scientists admit two options - climate change and human hunting activities. Note that according to the scientists, the rats became extinct about a thousand years ago.

                          African Civet

The only representative of the eponymous family. These animals live in Africa, in open spaces with high herbage from Senegal to Somalia, south to Namibia and eastern areas of South Africa.
The size of the beast may be strong enough to visually increase when Viverra raises when excited wool. A fur her thick and long, especially on the back closer to the tail.
On the hunt for African Civet secret anal glands, which is a valuable raw material for the perfume industry. And the industry is known since the days of King Solomon. Hunters do not kill animals often Viverra and catch to hold in captivity. In such a valuable animal musk is collected several times a week for export to America and European countries.

However, in zoos African Civet not often see. In Russia, the only animal lives in the Rostov zoo. This female, settled here in '98 (when she was about two years). Unfortunately, the male in the couple it was never found. It is not surprising, because the nearest Viverra (her sister), until recently, lived alone in Nikolaev Zoo. According to ISIS in Europe, there are a couple of animals in the Czech Republic (the zoo in Olomouc).

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Zen Puzzle. Collect it is almost impossible, but if you do get, you will get a reward white rectangle - Zen in its pure form.
All figures are white, all different shapes.

Door to Hell - they call this place located in Turkmenistan. Where natural gas is burning continuously since 1971.

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Japanese and Siberian flying squirrels, perhaps the sweetest animals in the world! Just look at these pretty babes! :)

Emotions of a man who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, after pleading his innocence. Ohio, USA

Jackie Chan entered the Guinness Book of Records as "the living actor with the most performing tricks."

A wave from the inside, Hawaii, USA.