Suddenly, a sharp replica of the famous scientist was caused by his colleague’s publication about the ancient philosopher. The historian of ancient philosophy Andrei Lebedev, among other things, the father of the famous media designer Artemia Lebedev and the spouse of the writer Tatyana Tolstoy) in a public letter, S.N.

At the V All-Russian Youth Innovation Convention in Skolkovo on December 18, the winners of the Zworykin Prize for young scientists and innovators were announced, reports ToWave.ru . Out of more than 1,500 innovative projects submitted for the Prize in the period from May 1 to September 15, 2012, the expert commission selected 15 finalists . This year the winners were determined in five categories: Best innovative idea. Best innovative project. Best innovative product.

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping said that he will make his first international visit to Russia in March 2013, RIA Novosti reports. Recall that in November the highest party leadership was replaced in China. Together with the Secretary General, the new composition of the Politburo and the Permanent Committee of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee was elected.

China ended its space 2012 by launching the Cosmodrome Ziuutsuan (Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center) on December 18 at 1612: 52 UTC of the Turkish satellite Göktürk-2 (Goktyurk-2, Heavenly Turk-2) using the CZ-2D carrier (Chang Zheng-2D, CHANG-2D rocket LONG MARCH 2D, "Great Hike-2D"). The start was originally planned for the 19th, but due to the weather forecast, it was postponed 24 hours earlier, which is rare enough, reports NASASPACEFLight .

In Georgievsky Lane near the State Duma, single pickets are held against the " Law of Dima Yakovlev " , which introduces a ban on the adoption of Russian children by US citizens and should be approved on December 19 in the second reading, Interfax reports. According to the Echo of Moscow radio station, 13 people have already been detained. The police insist that the participants in the action were too close to each other, and therefore were detained.

Parliamentary parties want to call for the response of the Minister of Education Dmitry Livanov for his position on the Law of Dima Yakovlev, Izvestia reports. Recall that Livanov criticized the amendment to the law, which involves the ban on the adoption of Russian children with American citizens. “Logic is, as it were, an eye for an eye, but the logic is wrong, as our children who did not find adoptive parents in Russia may suffer,” the minister wrote on his Twitter.

On December 19, the State Duma in the second reading approved a bill that prohibits US citizens to adopt children from Russia, the RIA Novosti website reports. The amendment also prohibits the activities of organizations providing intermediary services in this area. The amendment was proposed by Elena Afanasyeva from the LDPR and Ekaterina Lakhova from United Russia.

Fragment of infographics from the website of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Evgeny Valerievich Sheval - candidate of biological sciences, senior researcher at the Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology named after A.N. Belozersky Moscow State University.

A real corporate scandal in Silicon Valley can begin in the very near future. The fact is that employees of technological companies began to complain that they, apparently, were seriously underpaid. The authorities began the investigation and found that Google and Apple concluded a "gentleman's agreement" with each other. Its essence is that companies promised each other not to lure talented engineers with high salaries.

The Biotechnological Company "Infectum" announced the inclusion of the first patients in the clinical examination of the IIB-III phase of the SQ109 drug for the treatment of stable forms of tuberculosis, the press service of the RVC reports. It is expected that the duration of the study, which will be held in large specialized clinical centers of Russia, will be about 2 years.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in an interview with the newspaper Sovetsky Sport confirmed the information that the Luzhniki stadium will be demolished, and a new arena will be built in its place. “The stadium will be more than 80 thousand seats. This is slightly more than now, ”said Sobyanin. As it became known on December 14, one of the semifinals and the 2018 World Cup final will be held in Luzhniki .

Maria Rogovaya Novosibirsk Airgel. Photo: Maria Rogy Maria Rogovaya Alexander Danilyuk and Evgeny Kravchenko demonstrate samples of Airgelle - this was what the first modification of the material looked, without layers and without a density gradient The most obscure solid material in the world is similar to a sparkling smoky glass and almost completely consists of air, and it is made larger and most transparent in the world at the Novosibirsk Academgorodok at the Catalyz Institute. G.K.

The RVK sowing investment fund (FPI) has been investigated by the Klinpet research company, the main activity of which is the development of technological systems for the processing of plastic waste and primary plastic, the RVC press service reports. “The Klinpat project is interesting to the fund for two reasons. Firstly, it has excellent commercial prospects and significant competitive advantages associated with a number of patented unique innovative developments.

The chairman of the Kaluga Regional Court Dmitry Krasnov was elected new head of the Council of Judges of Russia, RIA Novosti reports. Participants in the VIII All -Russian Congress of Judges , which were taking place these days in Moscow, unanimously voted for this decision. Earlier, the head of the council was the judge of the Supreme Court Yuri Sidorenko, who has held this post since 1995.

Sberbank will sign an agreement with the Yandex Internet companies on the purchase of the Yandex Money project, RBC reports with reference to the head of the credit organization German Gref. In the reporting for the third quarter, Yandex retrained Yandex.Money as an asset for sale. The balance cost of the project is 1.7 billion rubles, obligations - 1.3 billion rubles. The document also says that the consolidated revenue of Yandex in the 3rd quarter increased by 41% - to 7.3 billion rubles.