Announcement of the issue

RFFI budget increased, but... (p. 1)
The issue opens with material devoted to the main fund for supporting Russian fundamental science. The good news is that funding for the foundation will be increased, as scientists have demanded. The bad news is that most of the money will probably not go to well-established initiative projects and other useful programs.

Moscow State University and university rankings
Moscow University did not make it into the top 100 universities in the world according to the TNE list. comments on the situation Valery Adzhiev - pp. 2-3 Gravity of Horzhava
talks about the theory of gravity, which is very popular among theorists, but little known to non-specialists Alexander Petrov - pp. 6-7

Festival for the anniversary
As part of the Polit.Ru public lectures, a micro-festival of science was held dedicated to the anniversary of our newspaper. Report by Natalia Demina and Alexey Paevsky - page 9

Home to Galileo
talks about her visit to Galileo Galilei’s hometown and the house where he lived Olga Orlova - page 10

10 facts about hamsters
Hamsters are not only inhabitants of the Internet. These are also 19 species of rodents. talks about them Georgy Rurikov - page 13

World ranking and Russian experts (pp. 2-3)
Valery Adzhiev
The article describes in detail how the reputation rating of universities was compiled, which was recently heatedly discussed in the Russian media due to the fact that not a single university in our country was included in the top hundred.

Russian scientists are concerned about the fate of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (page 4)
The entire fourth page is devoted to materials related to the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Firstly, the prosecutor’s office’s response to TrV-Nauka’s request to check the RFBR is given. The reader will then find a commentary by the editor-in-chief on the situation with the Foundation. Finally, the third material is devoted to appeals from scientists concerned about the fate of Russia’s main scientific foundation.

Government procurement: reboot (page 5)
Evgeniy Onishchenko
Soon the well-known 94-FZ will become a thing of the past, giving way to the FCC. The TrV-Nauka columnist discusses what this promises for scientists. It describes how work is progressing on the new law, how scientists are trying to participate in the process, formulating their proposals for improving legislation.

On the unusual effects of Horzava's theory of gravity (pp. 6-7)
Alexander Petrov
It is no secret that work is constantly underway to create a more advanced theory of gravity than general relativity. Several years ago, an interesting model appeared, proposed by the Czech theorist Petr Horzhava, working in the USA. She quickly became very famous in the scientific community. But there have not yet been any popular science materials about it in Russian. An article by Alexander Petrov, a specialist in gravity theory, fills this gap.

Unrealized nuclear project. To the centenary of Vladimir Semenovich Spinel (p. 7)
V.A. Andrianov, A.N. Grum-Grzhimailo
Back in 1940, Spinel proposed an original design for an atomic bomb. The note tells about the life and scientific works of this scientist, who died in 2011 and was just short of his centenary.

Save yourself who can! (page 8)
Nikita Sokolov
The note is a review of the book “Collapse or Revival: Russia and the World through the Eyes of Science.” The authors of the book are Vera Mysina and Leonid Malinovsky. Since Mysina is officially a “representative of young scientists,” many colleagues (and not only young ones) will be interested in learning about some of her research. The “Orthodox-socialist” ideas about the global conspiracy of the Jewish oligarchy developed in the book quite clearly characterize the way of thinking of the person who heads the Council of Young Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Happy Birthday, TrV! (page 9)
On April 12, we celebrated the publication of the hundredth issue and four years of existence of the newspaper. The authors and editors of TrV-Nauka gave short popular science lectures and answered questions from newspaper readers. We offer you a brief report on the anniversary event. And on page 16 there are transcripts of congratulatory speeches by Rebekah Frumkina and Anatoly Vershik .

Home to Galileo (page 10)
Olga Orlova
House of Galileo in Florence. This is not a museum: people just live there. Just people: not the descendants of Galileo, not scientists. A very interesting sketch about a walk around Florence with thoughts about the history of science and progress.

Meet: KMK Publishing House (page 11)
TrV-Nauka continues to introduce its readers to popular science publishing houses and their creators. In this issue, read an interview with Kirill Mikhailov , one of the founders of the KMK Scientific Publications Partnership

In memory of David Abramovich Gilichinsky (p. 12)
Unfortunately, David Gilichinsky did not have time to talk about cryolithology himself on the pages of TrV-Nauka: he died earlier this year. about David’s work, himself and the latest achievements of cryolithologists with Stanislav Gubin talked Boris Stern .

10 facts about hamsters (page 13)
Georgy Rurikov
The hamster is one of the most seemingly famous animals. But is it? How much do you know about these animals? Surely many of the 10 facts given in the note will be new to you.

Hypotheses in science (page 14)
Lev Klein
In science we use hypotheses all the time. But we rarely think about what good hypotheses are, what properties they have, etc. The author tries to deal with some of these issues in his article.

The smell is not the main thing for bedbugs (page 15)
Natalia Reznik
How do bedbugs find their prey? What role do specific odors play? This has become the subject of detailed research because in some places these insects still plague people, i.e. The question is quite practical. It turned out that the smells themselves do not play a big role. This complicates the fight against bloodsuckers.

AUTHOR'S COLUMNS:

Above the Law (page 13)
Irina Levontina

Stirlitz in a skirt (page 15)
Ivan Ekonomov