At the base of Mount Fuji lies Aokigahara, a forest so dense and uniform that people get lost in it. Some were found a few days later. Others have never been found.
The lava floor absorbs the sound, leaving a heavy silence. For centuries, Japanese folklore called Aokigahara a haunted place, home to restless spirits. 🌲🇯🇵
Researchers in Germany showed that ordinary WiFi can identify a specific person with about 99.5% accuracy, without any camera. It reads how radio waves bounce off your body, and it works even if you carry no phone. 🇩🇪🛜
Scientists in South Korea created a spray-on powder that can stop heavy bleeding in about one second, by instantly forming a strong gel over the wound. 👨🔬
For the first time, scientists have built a living cell from scratch, using only non-living chemicals. It feeds, grows, copies its own DNA, and splits into two, just like a real cell does.
They named it SpudCell. It is fragile and simple, but it shows that the basic steps of life can be assembled by hand.