The neuropathologist Onur Gunturkun (University of the Ruhr, Germany) has been peeping in public places for two and a half years, that is, studying kissing couples. He was mainly interested in which way they tilt their heads, reports Nature. It turned out that when kissing people tilt their heads to the right twice as often as to the left. 124 couples aged 13 to 70 helped him figure it out.

February 13 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Fyodor Chaliapin. However, the employees of Chaliapin's apartment museum in St. Petersburg will not be able to celebrate the anniversary, since the museum is closed due to an accident on heating systems. It is reported by RIA Novosti. For about a month, the museum has been undergoing renovations.

Filming of the TVS On Thursday, the Rologychensky garrison court of the Far Eastern Military District sentenced the ordinary Erich to 2 years with a detention in a colony-settlement. According to the information release of the TVS channel, the soldier killed his commander, Ensign of Zibert, when he was sleeping. The investigation established that the crime occurred on the basis of an absent -minded relationship: the ensign repeatedly abused his power.

25 km from Cairo, British archaeologists have found an ancient Egyptian city with numerous temples and a cemetery, as well as a sanctuary of the sacred bull Apis. It is reported by the Daily Telegraph. As scientists believe, mainly priests and pyramid builders for the pharaohs of Memphis lived in the city. The central part of the city, where the sanctuary of Apis was located, dates back to about 600-100 BC.

New York has passed a law banning the use of mobile phones in public places. The ban applies to theaters, cinemas, concert halls, exhibition galleries, libraries and other venues for mass cultural events. The fine for violating the law is $50. Cellular communication is allowed to use at sports competitions, as well as in cases where you need to call the "911" service. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is confident that the new law will work for the benefit of society.

Vitaly Babenko, manager of the Dalenergostroy company, was seriously wounded in Vladivostok, RIA Novosti reports. The businessman left the entrance of his own house. The killer shot him and fled. With a head wound, Babenko was taken to one of the city clinics, doctors are fighting for his life. Law enforcement agencies are investigating the attack. A criminal case has been initiated.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia believes that it is impossible to satisfy all the claims of the victims of the Dubrovka terrorist attack. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced to journalists on Thursday by Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky. But in any case, citizens have the right to appeal the court's decision, Fridinsky stressed.

The transport prosecutor's office of the Sakhalin region received a statement about the hijacking of the fishing schooner "Tangi", RIA Novosti reports. Last week, the trawler "Sangar" of the private fishing company "Region", which was under arrest in the port, was stolen on Sakhalin. The owner of the schooner "Tangi" - the owner of the company "Taranai Trading" said that the ship was hijacked by unknown persons in October 2002.

In Yekaterinburg, at 7 a.m., unidentified people fired at school number 147, Regions.ru reports citing Novy Region. Unknown people fired at the school several times. As a result, two school classes were seriously damaged: glass was broken by bullets and plaster was damaged. The shots were fired from the side of the school greenhouse.

In Western Georgia, in the city of Zugidi, Russian peacekeepers were attacked, RIA Novosti reports. Ruslan Symbolyuk, commander of the CIS collective peacekeeping force battalion in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, explained that the incident took place on February 12 near the city market. Unidentified persons threw a Molotov cocktail into a truck of Russian peacekeepers while the driver was repairing the engine.

On February 11, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority made a selection act and determined the prefix for multilingual domains - XN (the information is important mainly for domain registrars, since the prefix is ​​fixed only in the registrar's database, where domain names are converted to Latin). The selection procedure was multi-stage and looked like this. First, a choice was made from options AA, ZZ, from QM to QZ and from XA to XZ.

Over the next three years, the registered number of unemployed in Russia will increase to 1.5 million people, RIA Novosti reports. This is the forecast of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of Russia. The Ministry of Labor believes that the number of unemployed will increase, mainly due to three sectors of the economy. In connection with the restructuring of the metallurgical industry, about 150 thousand people will be released in it.

In the south-east of the capital, on Wednesday evening, a robbery was committed on the adviser to the consul of the Republic of the Congo, RIA Novosti reports. Two unknown persons, threatening with a gun, attacked a 40-year-old citizen of the Congo and stole 16,000 rubles and a car radio from him. The diplomat immediately turned to the police, and after 30 minutes the patrol crew detained a 24-year-old Armenian on Lublinskaya Street.

Members of the rock band Grateful Dead, which after the death of guitarist Jerry Garcia in 1995 became known as The Other Ones ("Others"), once again decided to change the name. According to the BBC, the group will now be called simply The Dead. After the first renaming, the musicians practically stopped giving concerts, making exceptions only for special occasions. According to the band members, they have now decided to respect the fans who have long called them simply The Dead.

Deputies of the Ukrainian Rada Ivan Drach and Boris Oleinik confirmed the authenticity of the recording made in the office of the President of Ukraine by former security officer Major Nikolai Melnichenko. On these cassettes, the parliamentarians identified their voices and the voice of their interlocutor, writes Kommersant . Oleinik and Drach were invited to confirm the authenticity of the film by the temporary investigative commission of the Verkhovna Rada to investigate the Gongadze case.