“The other day. Our era” by Leonid Parfyonov is the history of the USSR and Russia, told in a more interesting and lively way than in any textbook. Parfyonov started the project with a documentary that covered the period from 1961 to 1991, and continued with series until 2003 (he left NTV in 2004). In 2008, the book version of the project began to appear, and now the third volume dedicated to the 1980s is already on sale. How is content selected for each year?

Scientists have discovered for the first time that invertebrate octopuses can use tools - coconut shells as a portable shelter and armor; they believe that many other animal species, even with primitive insect brains, have similar abilities, previously considered only an attribute of humans, according to a paper by researchers published in today's issue of the journal Current Biology.

The main players in the FIFA Club World Cup will start playing from the semi-finals: Champions League winners Barcelona and Copa Libertadores winners Argentine Estudiantes are in different pairs and are likely to meet in the final. Nobel Arustamyan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Radio Sport: “For the last two years, European teams have been performing successfully in this tournament: Milan won two years ago, Manchester United won last year.

Undisputed super middleweight boxing world champion Natalya Ragozina is going for an experiment: this week she will make her first appearance in the heavyweight division and fight in Russia for the first time in her career against Pamela London from Guyana. Prior to this, Ragozina participated in 21 fights and won all of them. Vladimir Khryunov, Russian promoter: “Natalia Ragozina's dream has come true - she will fight in Russia for the first time.

This week Moscow will host the Russian stage of the hockey Eurotour Channel One Cup. If before the Olympics in Nagano, Salt Lake City and Turin, the December tournament was a thing in itself and those who could not even dream of an Olympic ticket played here, now the situation has changed. Some participants of the Channel One Cup will definitely play in Vancouver in two months. Unless, of course, they show themselves worthy at the Russian stage.