On Saturday, May 23, the Dostoevsky Library and the Lachesis Club on Chistoprudny Boulevard in Moscow hosted the Fractal Odyssey festival - an opportunity to come into contact with the beauty of mathematics and modern art. The daytime and evening programs included popular science lectures (for example, about fractals inside neural networks), quizzes and master classes on painting, stained glass and origami, and then a disco and a concert of experimental music continued until dawn.

The entire issue of the newspaper “Trinity Option - Science” No. 456 dated June 16, 2026 in PDF Issue materials in HTML Announcement of the issue From dark photons to diamond anvils At the competition of works of Troitsk young scientists - pp. 1–4 The launch of Nancy Grace Novel, the Veil Nebula, the breath of a black hole... ...and other astronomy news from Alexey Kudry - pp. 5–7 Evening at the Mandelbrot Bar "Fractal Odyssey": from mathematics to rap - pp.

Anton Evseev I don’t know a single animal photographer who wouldn’t dream of photographing a nightjar. However, this is very difficult to do, since nightjars are very well camouflaged. But if you look for this bird at night, then your chances are much greater, since in the light of an electric torch its camouflage does not work. I'll tell you how I was able to test this in practice.

Alexander Belyaev Lately I've only wanted to listen to musicians. Not only what they compose and perform, but also what they write and say. Along the way, you ask yourself the question: what is this – “the last time” – when does it begin? A typical opening attracts attention and calls for responsibility. But responsibility dissolves in the June heat and drowns in poplar fluff.

We are accustomed to considering entertainment as a pleasant addition to life. Meanwhile, modern science looks at them completely differently. Leisure and entertainment are one of the most important mechanisms for maintaining brain health in conditions of high information load. Anyone who systematically denies themselves quality rest gradually loses cognitive flexibility and emotional stability. In 2026, enough data has been accumulated to state the following.

Entertainment has never been neutral. They have always shown what society wants, what it is afraid of and in which direction it is moving. The carnival of the Middle Ages gave people the opportunity to upend the social hierarchy for a few days. Today TikTok is doing something similar, but at the level of each individual person. We have been observing this process for a long time. And we see a consistent pattern. Forms of entertainment change along with society, and sometimes even ahead of it.

Natalia Toropova Trees don't want to feed caterpillars Over millions of years of evolution, plants have learned to resist pests: they secrete essential oils with an unpleasant odor, produce bitter tannins, and enter into symbiosis with predators. But it turns out that this is not the entire arsenal of the fight.

Alexey Levin We continue the story about the Hubble Tension that we started in the last issue - a problem associated with the inconsistency between different methods of measuring the Hubble constant, which determines the current rate of expansion of the Universe. The first part explained the essence of this constant, its role in modern cosmology, and examined various methods for its numerical evaluation.

The entire issue of the newspaper “Trinity Option - Science” No. 455 dated June 2, 2026 in PDF Issue materials in HTML Announcement of the issue In search of a solution to the "Hubble problem" Alexey Levin explains what Time Delayed Cosmography is - pp. 1–4 Knowledge about the Earth and the Sun May conference FORECAST-2026 in IZMIRAN - pp. 4–5 Crystal Ball Nebula, black hole - single, eclipsing "triplets" ...and other astronomy news from Alexey Kudry - pp.

We often say “just sit back and watch.” But the brain at these moments does not work at all “simply”. He actively restructures himself, synchronizes with the narrative and experiences something that may never happen in real life. In 2026, research using high-precision fMRI shows that viewing visual content is one of the most powerful ways to keep the brain engaged while giving it a sense of relaxation.

On May 12, the bright Nina Mikhailovna Litvinova, who graced this earth, passed away. Nina was a zoologist by profession. However, her true calling was to help other people. I had the good fortune to know Nina solely from working together on expeditions - two to the Sea of ​​Japan and one to the Barents Sea. In this note I will talk a little about Nina, her favorite brittle stars and, as popularly as I can, about the results we obtained.

Alexander Smirnov June Dance of the Planets The evening sky in June will be decorated with a “small parade of planets”. Already in the first ten days of the month, it is especially interesting to observe Jupiter and Venus - the two brightest planets in the sky. Every evening they will become noticeably closer. The culmination will come on June 9: the distance between the planets will be reduced to just one and a half degrees.

Alexey Kudrya Crystal ball NGC 1514 A new image taken by the 8.1-meter Gemini North telescope on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, reveals additional details of the planetary nebula NGC 1514, known as the Crystal Ball Nebula [ 1 ]. The object is located about 1,500 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Taurus, and the light captured in this image was emitted as early as the 5th or 6th century AD. e.

Alexander Belyaev Japan is a remarkable country, among other things, because it cares about what people think about it outside its borders. And outside of it, all sorts of different ideas are formed about it, including thanks to books. But there are a lot of books, how to choose? Lists are formed, criteria are developed, texts are queued. What Japanese books are recommended for translation into different foreign languages? How is the queue formed?

When a platform like Pinko Casino , launched in 2024, appears on the market, any reasonable person has a logical question: is this a reliable project or just another one-day project? Let's look at the facts. The operator initially came up trumps by obtaining a Curacao license and introducing cryptographic encryption to protect payments. This immediately removes basic fears about the safety of your balance and personal data.