The week before last, the Ministry of Education and Science published a draft government resolution “On assessing the performance of scientific organizations of the Russian Federation” (http://mon.gov.ru/work/nti/dok/gsn/4899/). The project and the documents attached to it indicate that the assessment results will be used to determine the list and volumes of funding for research, development and technological work, as well as to optimize the network of scientific organizations.

The word expert is not new at all. Nevertheless, this word is a sign of our times. In recent years it has spread unusually widely, and many people notice it, and many of these many are terribly irritated by the word expert. The advent of “experts” can be seen from both sides. Firstly, with the proliferation of all kinds of funds, projects, grants and competitions, “targeted” financing and mandatory tenders, the figure of an expert is becoming increasingly important.

In the first and fourth issues of TrV, we already talked about research concerning the short-lived isotope system in meteorites and ancient rocks of the Earth, Moon and Mars. Let us recall that the half-life of 146Sm is about one hundred million years; therefore, isotopic anomalies of 142Nd in meteorites and rocks of our planet record the first 500-600 million years of the history of the Earth and other planets.

Physicists love to joke. Sometimes quite evil. As a rule, to the point. Strictly speaking, they are no different from other scientists; Let’s say, Valery Ivanovich Ivanov’s message about right-handed DNA isolated from right-handed (what else?) vines, which was made sometime in the 60s at one of the famous winter schools in Mozzhinka, has entered molecular biological folklore.

The entire issue of the newspaper “Trinity Option - Science” No. 13 dated September 30, 2008 in PDF Issue materials in HTML Nonsense - page 1 Mikhail Gelfand. The four hundred and first method of Ostap Bender. “Turing test passed.

We publish an interview with the outstanding Russian mathematician Yuri Ivanovich Manin . Questions were asked by Mikhail Gelfand . - Has the style of mathematics have changed over the past fifty years? - Individual or social? - Both. - It seems to me that people who are now engaged in mathematics do it the same way as two hundred years ago. Partly because we do not choose mathematics with our profession, but she chooses us.

In the first and fourth issues of the TRS, we already talked about studies regarding the co-operating 146SM-142nd isotopic system in meteorites and ancient breeds of the Earth, the Moon and Mars. Recall that the half-life of 146SM is about a hundred million years, therefore, the isotopic anomalies of 142nd in meteorites and breeds of our planet record the first 500-600 million years of the history of the Earth and other planets.

Lev Klein Not lucky with me with novice publishers. They grab for the prospect of publishing my books, but then something bad works-Chick! And the book breaks down from the production flow. One young publisher persuaded me to meet him and write a sensational science book, promised me the golden mountains. And for yourself, of course. I did not believe in the Golden Mountains, wise by age and experience, but enthusiasm infected me, and I began to write a book.

In the weekly bulletin of the sociological messages of the Public Opinion Foundation of September 25, 2008, interesting data are given about the attitude of Russians to events related to the launch of the Great Adron Collider and the possibility of the end of the world. It is noted that almost two thirds of the Russian population themselves are unfamiliar the words “Andron Collider”. This was stated by 61% of respondents.

In the TRV No. 2, the “Vesti with planets” was dedicated to geysers, or rather, with gas-hot fountains, hinging the ice cortex of the Enzelad-satellite of Saturn. In August of this year, the Kassini station took the Enzelad, and over the very area from where the fountains beat.

In the September issue of Nature Geoscience, an article by Ingrid Ukstins Peate and Scott Edward Bryan called “Revision of the causes of a plum -induced lifting of the bark in the vulcanic massif Emeishan” was published [1]. Alexei Ivanov says about the events around this article and its significance for the so -called “Great Plume Debate).

So, it happened. Test test has passed. In the “reviewed” “scientific” journal, which is part of a number of disciplines in the Vacation Vacation List, an article was published, written (in English) with a computer program and translated into Russian with another program. To be honest, for the first time this test was not passed by us and not now.

I. Non -Christian names The study of names adopted in the ruling dynasties of the Middle Ages may seem a very private and purely applied task. Meanwhile, if we are trying to reconstruct the cultural and linguistic situation of the long-lasting era, then it often turns out that from the whole chronological segments, preserve so little that the name of the ruler is perhaps the most reliable and meaningful source of information.

on the formation of topics and funding volumes for projects for 2009 within the framework of event 1.5 “Conducting scientific research by teams under the guidance of invited researchers” Federal Target Program “Scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel of innovative Russia” for 2009-2013 Federal Agency for Science and Innovation within the framework of event 1.5 “Conducting scientific research by teams under the guidance of invited researchers” of the federal target program “Scientific and

Italics are our additions. The information is collected on the Internet, so they may be inaccurate or outdated. Ivanov Vladimir Vladimirovich - The editor -in -chief. Gusev Alexander Anatolyevich, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor - chairman of the editorial council. Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RAY).