In Russia, due to the spread of the Delta coronavirus strain, a new surge of the incidence of Covid-19 began. Almost every day, the Federal Operational Headquarters reports on new maximums of daily incidence and mortality. However, the vaccination rate remains low.

Could World Science be able to make sure the effectiveness of the Sputnik V vaccine? Alexander Panchin explains Photo: Era As we all know, there are many problems in Russia, including science. And all the more important when some achievement of Russian scientists receive international recognition.

Biologist Alexander Panchin continues the discussion about the origin of the virus, begun by Julia Latynina Scientists explore the cave of bats in Vietnam, trying to understand the nature of the Covid-19. Photo: Lauren Decicca / Getty From the author Some time ago, an article by Julia Latynina , a “escape from Ugun” about the laboratory origin of the coronavirus, appeared in Novaya Gazeta. In my blog, I wrote a detailed analysis of the errors that Julia made in the publication.

Why did the Swedish Academy recognize “DNA scissors” so quickly? Explains the biologist Alexander Panchin DNA molecule layout. Photo: RIA Novosti Expert card Alexander Panchin - Russian molecular biologist, candidate of sciences, senior researcher at the Harkevich Information Institute of Information Problems, science popularizer.

Alexander Panchin Alexander Panchin Photo: Natasha Chetverikova/Polit.ru On the website of the Commission for the Combation of False Association and Falsification of Scientific Research under the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the historical memorandum No. 1 was published, which was first given a scientific substantiation of why one of the directions of “biology and medicine” widely advertised in Russia can be considered pseudoscience.

Graduates of Russian schools for the first time passed the oral unified state exam in foreign languages. It turns out that we fell "under the distribution", we were a kind of experimental rabbits of the new examination system. I dashed the trial work in English, when my classmates talked with the computer in the microphone, so they approached about how this was happening.