The Journal of Experimental Biology has published two studies, the authors of which found the open -legged mollusks of the opsine photosensitive pigments, which is usually contained in the retina. This means that cephalopods are able to see (at least react to light) with skin. Thomas W. Cronin from the University of Maryland and his colleagues studied Kalmar species ( Doryteuthis Pealeii ) and Caracatic ( Sepia Officinalis and Sepia Latimanus ).

In an accident with the participation of a passenger bus in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the victims of which were three people, President of the Karate Federation of Tatarstan Iskander Shagin died. It is reported by TASS . The death of Shagin was confirmed in the Karate Federation of Tatarstan. According to the representative of the federation, Shagin died before the arrival of doctors.

The Duma Committee on Security and Countering Corruption recommended that the bill introduces the punishment for pedestrians that refused to examine alcohol or drugs. This is stated in the card of the bill posted on the State Duma website. The document is recommended for a new consideration in the second reading on May 22. Then, according to RBC , it is planned to be accepted completely.

The American space truck Dragon landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. He delivered about 1.5 tons of cargo from the ISS, the SpaceX truck developer said on Twitter. The cargo ship was attached to the ISS on April 17. The device delivered food and materials for scientific experiments to orbit. Dragon Justed Its Longest Stay Yet at the @space_Station , Returning 3.100 LBS of Cargo & Science for @nasa .

The jury of the Leningrad Regional Court decided in the case of the murder of the rector of St. Petersburg University of Service and Economics (SPbSUSE) Alexander Viktorov in 2012. The collegium was unanimously accused of organizing a crime by Vitaly Kovaleva guilty, his lawyer Larisa Fon-Arev said, TASS reports.

Professor of the Royal Technological Institute in Stockholm Peter Savolainen, who has long been busy building the genealogy of home dogs with the help of genetics, decided to establish the origin of the dogs of the island of Madagascar and ran into a mystery. The main population of the island is the Malagasis - the people of Austronesian origin. Their language belongs to the Austronesian family.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Photo: Marcn/Flickr.com Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today. 1. The drunken resident of Ulan-Ude set fire to wreaths at the Victory Memorial The unknown set fire to the wreaths on the Memorial of the Great Victory in the center of the capital of Buryatia.

The Russian government will allocate more than 10 billion rubles to 14 Russian universities to increase their positions in the global university rating, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the Cabinet of Ministers Dmitry Medvedev.

Larisa Tkachuk, senior vice-president of Rostelecom, announced the company's plans to launch the Skype Internet telephony service, which will be similar to Skype, RIA Novosti reports. According to Tkachuk, Rostelecom continues to work on a product called "communicator" in house. In terms of its user parameters, this is an analogue of Skype. “We reviewed the business concept of the product we wanted to go out at the end of last year.

The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel said that Russia would not take part in the meetings of the Big Eight countries until its actions contradict international law. It is reported by Reuters . “Russia will not be present at the G7 summit in Elmau, because today we understand the G7 as a union united by common values,” Merkel said. According to her, the participation of the Russian Federation in the summit will be permissible only when Russia begins to act in accordance with democratic values.

Former Governor of the Bryansk region Nikolai Denin, who was charged with abuse today, are placed under house arrest. This was announced by TASS to an informed source. Investigators charged Denin of committing a crime under paragraph 2 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“abuse of authority by a person holding the state position of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation”).

Members of the Public Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation published their statement on May 21, 2015, in which they expressed extreme concern in connection with the introduction of bill No. 789680-6 to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. This draft law provides for a cardinal change in federal state educational standards and the introduction of “general lines of basic textbooks”.

A bus with children aged 11 to 14 years with accompanying adults, who were heading from Kazan to St. Petersburg for karate competitions, got into an accident in the Novgorod region. According to the Office of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for Tatarstan, three people died as a result of a collision with a truck. The frontal collision of a bus with a truck occurred on May 21 at 04.45 Moscow time on a bypass road in the Kstovsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region.

The son of the former Prime Minister and current head of the foreign intelligence service Mikhail Fradkov Pavel was appointed deputy manager of the President. The decree signed by Vladimir Putin was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. Since 2012, Pavel Fradkov served as deputy head of the Federal Property Management Agency. His boss will be Alexander Kolpakov, who replaced in 2014 in this position of Vladimir Kozhin, who led the department since 2000.

The official dollar exchange rate set by the Central Bank on May 22 increased by 13 kopecks and is 49.9204 rubles. The euro rate is 55.57 rubles, adding 33 kopecks. The cost of a bivalyat basket (0.55 dollars and 0.45 euros) increased compared to the previous indicator by 21.8 kopecks and amounted to 52.4634 rubles. As of 12:56, at the auction of the Moscow Exchange, the dollar is trading at 49.80 rubles, the euro is 55.64 rubles.