Announcement of the issue Scientists separately, donkeys separately (pp. 1-2) Mikhail Gelfand The issue contains a lot of polemics, and it opens with a detailed commentary on Irina Samakhova’s article “About Scientists and Donkeys,” dedicated to the apologetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (mainly in the form of its Presidium). Can the Academy reform itself, taking into account what has already been “demonstrated” over a couple of decades? What alternatives are offered?

In the text by I. Efimov on page 6 of TRV dated August 3, 2010, there is a passage that apparently relates to the “Corps of Experts” project (for a full description, see here: http://expertcorps.ru ). As a member of the project’s working group and its scientific supervisor, I am forced to respond to these statements, since they emit the aroma of evasive lies, well known to those living in Russia. 1. Quote from I.

The TRV continues to ask well-known Russian scientists about popular science books that had the greatest influence on them [1]. In this issue, we give the answers of Dr. Philosopher. sciences, sociologist Boris Doctorov; Mathematics, Doctor of Fiz-Mat. Nauak, Rector of Independent Moscow University, Professor Mehmat Moscow State University and the University of Cornell, Ch.

The scientist, of course, lives not one citation, but there is a desire to analyze the samples of articles that are distinguished by this parameter among others. Jay Frogel (Jay Frogel) in his recent e-print [1] allocated a hundred most cited astronomical works of each year of the last decade (2000-2009). Its analysis is mainly not associated with the content of articles, but with graphics. About what happened, says Sergey Popov.

On the night of January 16, 1997, Scott Falater woke up from dog barking. Alien voices were heard in the house. He got out of bed and hurried down the bedroom down the stairs. Not having time to go down, he was met by the police who sent pistols to him. They ordered him to lie down and asked the question: "How many people are in the house?" “Four,” Falater answered excitedly, implying himself, his wife and children.

In 1937, the young archaeologist Sergei Tolstov went to the head of the archaeological expedition in the Karakalpako Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which had just been annexed to Uzbekistan. This expedition has worked for more than half a century and opened a huge civilization for science, from which only deaf references in the sources reached. The results of the excavations surpassed all expectations. In the sands of Karakalpakia, dozens of large fortresses of Khorezm managed to open.

From June 28 to July 3, the 10th All-Russian Exhibition of Scientific and Technical Creativity of Youth NTTM-2010 was held in Moscow at the All-Russian Exhibition Center, and in parallel - the exhibition European Expo-Science 2010 (MILSET EXPO-SCIENCE EUROPE 2010). On an area of ​​14 thousand square meters, 208 young participants from 17 countries (and not only CIS countries) presented their projects. “Trinity Option” presents a photo report from this event. A.P.

The most vivid objects in the universe are quasars: many shine 100 or even 1000 times brighter than our galaxy. In the modern sense, they are associated with ultra -massive black holes in the centers of galaxies. But the most interesting thing is that they often throw out narrow jets (jets) of a lubricated plasma with speeds that differ from a speed of light by less than 1% (see Fig. 1). If this jet is directed exactly at us, we call the object “Blazar”.

One of my friends attended fashionable “personal growth” trainings.

Dear Lev Samoilovich! I have some insomnia, and I spent the whole night reading your memoirs... Regarding the description of defenses, I thought about this. After all, I am also a functioning member of several academic councils. Either candidate or doctoral. And when a person has been released for protection, then, I believe, he should be supported in every possible way. Because this is just a bureaucratic procedure.

Rice. V. Bogorada The news swept the news that the fifth channel nevertheless closes the program "Progress". So far, this has not been officially confirmed, but several bloggers and journalists at once reported that new plots have not been removed for at least a few months, part of the creative group has already broken through other channels, some are looking for a new job in advance, only a few still hope for the best.

Who said that experimental science in Russia is dead? Right now we all have the opportunity to observe another economic experiment. This time for an experiment to reorganize science, the financing of which can be the envy of many international collaborations.

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Photo dpa from the site www.spiegel.de According to the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany adopted on April 13, 2010, the higher educational institutions of Germany may oblige professors to give lectures on basic courses, even if the latter do not fully meet their professional interests: teaching is included in the duties of professors.

The debate around synthetic biology continues in the United States. Back in May, Barack Obama addressed the Commission for the Study of Bioethics with a request for an expert assessment of the state and potential of this scientific field. On July 8-9, 2010, the first meeting of this Commission was held in Washington, DC, dedicated to synthetic biology, or synbio, as some have already begun to call it.