Corpus Publishing House represents Graham Lawutan's book “Origin (almost) of all” (translation by Anastasia Brodotskaya). “The origin (almost)” is an instructive and bright book of the editor of the New Scientist magazine Graham Lauton. The preface to her was written by Stephen Hawking. Each story is equipped with magnificent infographics.

For more than ten years, archaeologists have been observing the Lendbrain Glacier retreating due to the warming of climate in the Norwegian National Park of Breheimen, since the melting of ice exposes many ancient and medieval objects. The new publication in the journal Antiquity analyzes the chronology and distribution of finds.

TOAZ SERGEY KOZOREZOV/Wikimedia Commons Another group accident at the largest chemical plant of PJSC Togliattiazot led to the death of two workers, writes the Version. During the repair of the alkali capacity on April 12, a fire occurred, as a result of which two workers received severe burns. One died on the spot when providing medical care. The second was taken to intensive care with burns of more than 50% of the body. Doctors fought for his life, but after two days he died.

The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg released Alexander Litreev from the house arrest of the IT specialist. He is accused of acquiring and storing drugs without a sales purpose (part 1 of article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), Interfax-Ural reports . Lawyer Alexei Bushmakov said that the investigator asked to extend the term of Litreev’s arrest until May 22. “The judge freed Alexander Litreev from house arrest. Sasha is a free person.

In Moscow, they conducted tests for Koronavirus at the 155 pupils of the Nakhimovsky Marine School. 31 The result was positive, TASS writes with reference to the Ministry of Defense. The department reported that they conducted testing preventively. All infected people feel normal, they do not have symptoms of the disease, body temperature is normal.

The Presnensky court of Moscow sent under house arrest Alexander Vershinin, the lawyer of the former Minister for Open Government Mikhail Abyzov, Interfax reports . He was charged with an attempt on a particularly large fraud (part 3 of Article 30, part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). Vershinin defender Alexei Kirsanov said that the lawyer partially pleaded guilty and gave the investigation full and detailed testimonies “with all the details”. Vershinin was detained on April 16.

Since April 15, quarantine measures have been tightened in Moscow and the region. Now you can move around the city by personal and public transport only with a special digital pass. However, something went wrong. The lines formed at the entrance to the subway. In the morning, due to verification measures held by the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the lines formed in the subway, which in the current situation is very critical.

The Moscow authorities intend to establish payments to plasma donors for the treatment of coronavirus infected with coronavirus, TASS reports . According to the deputy mayor of the capital on social development of Anastasia Rakakov, experts note that the blood of the recovered after coronavirus contains antibodies that help to cope with the infection. “This method of treatment can help us cope with pandemia,” she said.

Researchers of Skoltekh and the Moscow Physics and Technical Institute, together with colleagues from the All-Russian Research Institute of Automation of N. L. Dukhov and the Research Computing Center of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, opened a new rule that facilitates high-temperature superconductors, which are now particularly relevant.

Polit.ru restarts lectures in online format. Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky became our first guest. Vitaly Leibin and Dmitry Iskovich talked with him about a man at the time of the disaster, about the new project “Babi Yar” and, of course, about “Dau”. The film "Dau" has already appeared on the Internet . The part in which the director talked about the project can be read here . The second part of the conversation is about the Babi Yar project .

In Moscow, the publisher of Mediazons and a member of the Pussy Riot group Peter Verzilov was detained for the fact that he was in police uniform and violated the antivirus regime of self -isolation, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Media. In Khokhlovsky Lane, the police detained a 32-year-old man in the form of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who walked at a distance of more than 500 meters from the house.

Investigators detained Alexander Vershinin in Moscow, a lawyer of the former Minister of Open Government Mikhail Abyzov, who is in a pre -trial detention center in the fraud case, TASS reports . Lawyer Alexei Kirsanov said that Vershinin is in the building of the Main Investigation Department of the IC of Russia in Moscow, he was detained on suspicion of fraud. A source in law enforcement agencies said that investigative actions are underway with Vershinin, he is interrogated.

In China, over the past day, the number of coronavirus has increased by 26 people, of which 15 arrived from abroad, not a single person died, TASS reports . According to the State Committee on Hygiene and Healthcare of the PRC, during the distribution of the virus in China, 94.6% of the infected were recovered, the number of sick people exceeded 82.3 thousand, the official mortality rate in the country in the country, more than 3.3 thousand people died, 1081 infected are in hospitals.

In the first three months of 2020, the Chinese economy decreased by 6.8% compared to the same period a year ago, writes The Wall Street Journal. China began to publish quarterly reporting on the runway in 1992 and since then this is a similar decrease. South China Morning Post with reference to the National Statistics Bureau reports the country's GDP for the first time since 1976. Investments in the fixed assets of China decreased by 16.1%.

In Moscow, the police drew up a protocol for violation of self -isolation ( part 2 of Article 3.18.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Moscow) on a man named Eduard, who does not have permanent housing. This is written by "such things" without specifying the name of the man. Eduard said that on April 13 he walked through the Lianozovsky forest park to a girl who was erasing things. The police stopped Eduard next to her house and asked where he was going.