Announcement of the issue

Rally, science and prosecutors (page 1)
Evgeniy Onishchenko
While scientists are demanding increased funding from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and meeting with parliamentarians, the Prosecutor General’s Office is conducting inspections there and discovering misappropriation of funds. The topic is continued by the editor-in-chief's column on page 2.

Academician Nekipelov: “Akademintorg saves money for the RAS”
What's going on with equipment purchases? Opinions of Evgeny Onishchenko and Alexey Krushelnitsky - pp. 2-3

Scientists are people too
Polemical article by Leonid Medvedev on the selectivity of the fight against pseudoscience by the corresponding commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences - page 7

Minoan ship
Photo report by Elena Kleshchenko about the Minoan era ship reconstructed by the Cretans. Ship from the era of the 3rd millennium BC. built using tools then available - page 8

Why does a shrew need a big mustache?
Article by Natalia Reznik about the smallest mammal and its very large sensory organs - page 9

About words in the ocean
review Boris Iomdin’s of our columnist Irina Levontina’s book “Russian with a Dictionary” - page 11

How to purchase expensive equipment? (page 2-3)
Yevgeny Onishchenko, Alexey Krushelnytskyi
The topic opens with a note that sets out some of the theses voiced by Academician Nekipelov at a meeting of the Central Council of the RAS Workers' Trade Union. Then the author of the famous article “Saw. Shura, cut…” gives a detailed commentary on Nekipelov’s speech, which directly touched upon the stories covered on the pages of TrV-Nauka.

Explanatory note (pages 4-5)
Mikhail Gelfand
In the previous issue, a letter was published from the director of the IITP, corresponding member of the RAS A.P. Kuleshov to Mikhail Gelfand. In this issue we present to your attention a detailed answer from the deputy. editor-in-chief of TrV-Nauka on the claims and comments made.

To see the world... (page 6)
Alexander Samokhin
Extensive discussion about the problems of the RAS workers' trade union with specific examples.

Scientists are people too (page 7)
Leonid Medvedev
The article is devoted to the relationship between science and pseudoscience. Something in the reaction of normal science makes it difficult to more actively counteract some pseudoscientific trends. What - read in the material.

Minoan ship (page 8)
Elena Kleschenko
The illustrated page tells about one interesting museum exhibit. It is located in Crete and is a reconstruction of an ancient ship. The ship was created using authentic technologies. In addition, he made a real voyage to demonstrate the performance of the reconstructed vessel.

Why does a small predator need a big mustache? (page 9)
Natalia Reznik
The hero of the article is the animal Suncus etruscus - a tiny shrew, the smallest land vertebrate. More precisely, his mustache, which helps him hunt insects.

Human evolution and its controversial peak... (p. 10)
Alexander Sokolov
The scientific and educational portal Anthropogenesis.ru is one year old . It started in October 2010. Its editor told our newspaper about the work of this site.

About words in the ocean. Irina Levontina, “Russian with a dictionary” (p. 11)
Boris Iomdin
The note is a review of a wonderful book by our regular columnist.

I can't imagine the "average American" (page 12)
Boris Doktorov
The author shares his impressions of meeting America - both the very first and those that appeared after many years of living there.

Julia Child as a symbol of American culture (p. 14)
Rebekah Frumkina
The heroine of the article is the author of a cookbook widely known in the United States (and around the world) and the host of a TV show dedicated to cuisine. According to the author of the note, the heroine’s personality is important for understanding key aspects of modern American culture.

Is common sense required for science laws? (page 15)
Mikhail Rodkin
The article is devoted to some legislative absurdities that lead to the inability to wisely use grant funds, for example, RFBR grants.

AUTHOR'S COLUMNS:

The Californian Age of Russian Literature (p. 11)
Anastasia Kazantseva

From cribs to blinkers (p. 12)
Lev Klein

Content analysis (page 13)
Irina Levontina

He should go to heaven (p. 15)
Ivan Ekonomov