MIT In 2016, the Massachusetts Technological Institute (MIT) published a special test, which was supposed to help creators of self -governing cars formulate the basic ethical principles for artificial intelligence. During the study, scientists tried to find out how an unmanned car should behave during an accident and whose lives should be a priority for him: women or men, young or elderly, pedestrians crossing the road according to the rules - or violators.

On October 23, Kate Middleton first appeared at the official event after the birth of her son (their third child with Prince William, the son of Louis, was born on April 23, 2018). She visited a reception at the Buckingham Palace in honor of the visit of the King and Queen of the Netherlands - putting on this occasion the blue dress Alexander McQueen and one of the favorite tears of the late mother of her husband Princess Diana.

Mark Ralston / AFP / Scanpix / Leta a group of current and former students of the University of Southern California, accused of harassment and sexual violence of the former gynecologist of the University Medical Center George Tyndall, October 18, 2018 On October 19, 93 Women filed a collective lawsuit against the University of South California, where they studied or continue to study.

Steve Parsons / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Princess Evgenia York and her husband Jack Brooksbank after the wedding ceremony. October 12, 2018 On October 12, the granddaughter of Elizabeth II, the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Fergusson, 28-year-old Evgenia Yorka married 32-year-old Jack Brooksbank. The celebration took place in the chapel of St. George in Windsor - in the same place where the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took place.

In September 2018, the hashtag #HimToo began to gain popularity on Twitter again. It had been actively used a year earlier — at the beginning of the #MeToo campaign against harassment — to show that men can also be victims of sexual violence. Since then, the meaning of the hashtag has changed several times: already in the fall of 2017, it began to be used to accuse men, reminding or telling which of them was supposedly the aggressor.

Mark Ralston / AFP / Scanpix / Leta victims of harassment and sexual violence and their supporters on the march in support of #Metoo in Hollywood. November 12, 2017 A year ago, in October 2017, a mass campaign began in the United States against sexual violence and harassment #Metoo. During it, hundreds of influential men were accused of abuse of power and sexual violence, many of them resigned or ceased public activities; Those who tried to stand up for them were also severely criticized.

Athit PerewongMetha / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Peaceful struggle for democracy and human rights “Your Majesties, your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen. I am standing today in front of you to accept on behalf of my mother, Aun San Su Zhi, the greatest reward, the Nobel Prize of the world. Circumstances do not allow my mother to be present here personally, so I will try to convey all the gratitude, which, I am sure, she would express herself.

Shootpix / ABACAPRESS / DDP Images / Vida Press Fan Binbin, May 2018 In September 2018, the Western media began to write that one of the most famous Chinese actresses - Fan Binbin disappeared. The last time the actress appeared in public on July 1, and the last entry in her blog on the Chinese social network Weibo was published on July 2. Three more weeks later, several posts were bent from her account; These were the latest actions by Fan Binbin on social networks.

Indonesian Air Force / Xinhua / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta building of the airplane at the Palai Airport after the earthquake, September 29, 2018 On September 28, an earthquake with a capacity of 7.5 points occurred on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia; Following this, the tsunami caused by underground shocks fell on the island.

In late September, a Reddit user posted a photo of himself and five friends visiting a friend in a hospital room. They were meeting for the first time that day, although they had known each other well for the past few years: they had all played online games together. The meeting was a sad occasion: the friends learned that one of them, 23-year-old Joe, was dying of Ewing's sarcoma and was in hospice.

On September 22, Elizabeth II 's cousin and Queen Victoria's great-great-great-great-grandson Lord Ivar Mountbatten married his boyfriend, British Airways steward James Coyle. Lord Mountbatten announced the news on Instagram on September 24, posting a photo from the wedding. “We’ve finally done it! It was a fantastic day despite the dreary British weather,” he wrote.

Douglas Healey / Ap / Scanpix / Leta Alan Abel, 2005 On September 17, the New York Times entered the “outstanding mystifier ” by Alan Abel. The 94-year-old American died three days before in the city of Soutbye in Connecticut. The delay in the publication of the material was due to the fact that the death of a man was required to confirm (this was done by a local hospice and a funeral bureau). One necrologist Abel The New York Times has already published - almost 40 years before he really died.

Mark Blinkh / The Canadian Press / Pa / Scanpix / Leta Jiana Gomeshi leaves the courtroom in Toronto, signing the obligation to observe public order. May 11, 2016 Canadian presenter, musician and writer Jian Gomeshi wrote a column on how to live with a stigma of a rapist. More than 20 women accused him of violence In October 2014, two women submitted statements about acts of violence during sex by Jiana Gomeshi.

Queensland Police / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Metal item found in strawberries. September 14, 2018, Australia In mid -September, Australian supermarkets began to withdraw strawberries from the sale. This happened after a 21-year-old resident of Queensland swallowed half the needle that ended up in the berry and was hospitalized with acute stomach pain. After that, the needles in strawberries began to be found throughout the country.