Gold prevents worms from breeding Scientists at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, USA) studied earthworms Eisenia fetida living in soil deliberately contaminated with gold nanoparticles. It turned out that gold accumulates in the tissues of worms. This does not affect their life expectancy, but it does have a very significant effect on their reproductive functions: worms exposed to nano-sized gold produce 90% fewer offspring.

Background 799 1 min. ... Since 2003, the Bermudian IPOC fund has challenged the right of Alfa Group structures to a 25.1% stake in MegaFon in the courts of Russia, Switzerland, Sweden and the United States. According to IPOC, this stake was supposed to go to the fund under options concluded in 2001 with the previous owner of the shares, businessman Leonid Rozhetskin.

The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, USA The column is led by Nikolay Zubov A quarter of a century after Mr. Gorbachev boldly predicted prosperity for Vladivostok, 8,500 kilometers from Moscow and just five hours from the Chinese border, this once prosperous Pacific port is now a languishing relic of Soviet times, a city with a dwindling population. Corruption and neglect reign everywhere. But Moscow is once again looking at its eastern regions as a region destined for better times.

Evgeniy Brun, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Chief Narcologist of Russia There are no Russian specifics in school or any other drug addiction. Any person of adolescence in any country reaches a stage when he begins to play with his consciousness and soul. As children, we play with cars or dolls, and when we grow up, we begin to experiment on ourselves.

Leonid Brezhnev served as General Secretary of the CPSU for 18 years. Vladimir Putin was president for 8 years, prime minister for 4 years and plans to be president for another 12. Nikolai Denin, governor of the Bryansk region. And what does Brezhnev have to do with it? Putin served two terms with dignity and now, after a four-year pause, has the constitutional right to run again. There is no need to radically change anything today, and we have already moved from stability to development.

2K 3 min. ... Text: Scott Flanders “Eyes, eyes,” said the character in Theodore Amadeus Hoffmann’s fairy tale “The Sandman,” who dragged the children’s eyes to his place on the moon. In the speech of Playboy CEO Scott Flanders, the word “eyes” is repeated constantly, because the effectiveness of his business is measured in the number of consumer glances. Flanders is the first Playboy CEO not related to the family of its founder, Hugh Hefner.

The online newspaper Sol, currently experiencing financial problems, is losing key employees - deputy editor-in-chief Vladislav Gorin is leaving the newspaper. Editor-in-Chief Ivan Davydov also announced his intention to terminate cooperation with the Sol publishing house in his blog. “Now there are various conversations about development options (up to the closure of the project, closure is also a development option), and all of them are deeply uninteresting to me.

The announcement of Nobel Prize laureates will begin in Stockholm on Monday. The first prize will be awarded in medicine. Over the course of the week, laureates in economics, literature and other fields will be announced. Nobel Week starts in Stockholm on Monday. Until next Monday, the names of four scientists who have made revolutionary discoveries in medicine, physics, chemistry and economics will be announced, and the author of the best work in the field of literature will also be awarded.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the shortfall in Russian budget revenues in 2012 from the introduction of a new taxation regime for the oil industry according to the “60-66” formula will amount to 60.8 billion rubles. “As a result of reducing the marginal coefficient when calculating the rates of export customs duties on oil from 65 to 60%, the decrease in federal budget revenues is estimated at 158.8 billion rubles...

Banks are preparing to cancel the state program to support car loans The state program of preferential car loans, launched in 2009 as an anti-crisis measure to support the Russian automobile industry and providing almost a third of all car loans issued in the first half of the year, has entered its final phase.

Prepared by: Renata Serebryakova Cosmetics for men are not a clever marketing ploy; they are forced to take into account the characteristics of men’s skin. “Men’s skin differs from women’s in several ways,” says dermatovenerologist Elena Belkina.

Medvedev is inferior to Putin in all human and political qualities. This is the opinion of Russian residents surveyed by Levada Center. Deputy director of Levada Center Alexey Grazhdankin explained to Kommersant FM host Alexey Korneev how the survey was conducted. At the same time, neither one nor the other politician is able to cope with corruption and social stratification. The survey was conducted after Dmitry Medvedev nominated Vladimir Putin for president.

They do not have their own funds for innovation Software exports from the Russian Federation have grown by 20% over the past year and reached pre-crisis levels. This was stated by the president of the association of the largest Russian developers "Russoft" Valentin Makarov last Friday at the St. Petersburg Innovation Forum.

1K 2 minutes. ... OLEG KASHIN, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT I still have this disc - a beautiful cover: on a red background, a pair of obviously expensive men's shoes and nothing else. The name of the group and the title of the album are printed in very small letters and, apparently, therefore are not remembered at all; Now, in order to remember the name of the album, I needed to climb into the cabinet with discs and look. It turns out it was called "High Flying Bird".

Donetsk festival "Stars of World Ballet" opened in Kyiv Festival/ballet The XVIII International Festival "Stars of World Ballet", founded in 1994 by Vadim Pisarev, kicked off on Friday in Kyiv with a four-hour gala concert that met even the highest expectations. YULIA BENTYA reports. Despite the high-profile opening in Kiev, the center of gravity of the current “Stars of World Ballet” remains Donetsk.