It passed almost a month after the destructive earthquake in Japan. At first, all attention was focused on the destruction caused by the tsunami. Now the whole world is horrified to follow the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima-Dayiti nuclear power plant (Fukushima-1) and the growing risk of radioactive emissions. But the cause of all these disasters was still an earthquake. Is there any way to avoid the terrible consequences of earthquakes? Predict them, escape from them?

Many animals gather in herds, fish - in jambs, birds - in flocks, and these groups act in surprise in agreement. But how do several individuals make a collective decision, who affects their choice: the oldest, the strongest - or other qualities are required from the leader? This problem was interested in the specialists of the group studying animal navigation (Oxnav, Oxford Navigation Group), led by Professor Tim Guilford.

X -ray Observatory IXO. Image NASA (http://constellationx.nasa.gov/) The reduction in the NASA budget (which is the challenge, in particular, wrote in [1]) and the followed tough solutions threatened several very large scientific projects in the field of astrophysics. This became the subject of a stormy discussion in various publications [2-5].

L. Ponomarev. Photo by A. Chesnokov ("Polit.ru") The cosmic theme of the new number and the theme of the previous one, dedicated to public procurement and education, continues the famous Russian physicist and popularizer of science, Dr. Fiz-Mat. Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head.

From philosophical notes of the night watchman A brick falling from the roof to the head is one of the fundamental problems of philosophy. Vic. Erofeev, for example, claims that Lev Shestov as a philosopher formed precisely in the light of this brick, and only then grew up in a rather significant thinker who significantly influenced European existentialism. Here, as you know, everything is by no means easy.

Articles in HTML: 01/17/2012 PDF: TrV No. 1 (95N) for 2012: “Phobos-Grunt” - the death of a dream Announcement of the “Phobos-Grunt” issue - the death of a dream (pp. 1, 4-5) Alexander Ilyin The largest material in the issue and the editorial are dedicated to the “Phobos-Grunt” project. Unfortunately, as you know, the device was unable to start working. As a result, on January 15...

Articles in HTML: 04/12/2011 PDF: TrV No. 7 (76N) for 2011: Space and man Announcement of the issue Space and Man (page 1) Olga Zakutnyaya The main theme of the issue is the 50th anniversary of man's flight into space. What the world's cosmonautics looks like half a century after Gagarin's flight is the topic of the editorial. "How to protect yourself...

Announcement of the issue Space and man (page 1) Olga Zakutnyaya The main theme of the issue is the 50th anniversary of human space flight. What the world's cosmonautics looks like half a century after Gagarin's flight is the topic of the editorial. “How to protect yourself from an earthquake? Be ready for it!” (page 2-3) The strongest earthquake in Japan not only caused a devastating tsunami that claimed thousands of lives, but also led to a serious man-made disaster.

TrV-N continues to publish translations of Wikileaks documents related to Russian science. The originals were kindly provided by the Russian Reporter magazine. We remind you that the documents date back to 2007, and also that these are retellings and interpretations of conversations, hearsay information, rumors, etc. We are ready to provide the opportunity to publish refutations, clarifications and clarifications to all mentioned or otherwise interested persons. Part 3. Nanoinnovators.

On April 7, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the prospects for the development of Russian cosmonautics. The Prime Minister, in particular, announced that the government had decided to establish 10 awards named after Yu.A. Gagarin (1 million rubles each), which from this year will be awarded to specialists who have made a special contribution to the development of Russian cosmonautics.

A year ago, No. 50 TrV-N published an article “Modernization and Science” [1], which analyzed the dynamics of publication activity in various countries in recent decades. The main conclusion of the article was this.

The biologist Elena Naimark told the chalk about how she and her son and husband, also a biologist and popularizer of science Alexander Markov, visited the exhibition “Life. The version of science ”organized by the Dynasty Foundation. Elena, like Alexander, is a doct. Biol. sciences, senior researcher at the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Near the Voykovskaya metro station, an aunt is handing out advertising leaflets, calling out by rote: “Ossetian pies! Delicious! Lush! It's funny, of course. Anyone who has never even tried it, but has simply seen Ossetian pies, knows that they are anything but fluffy. Yes, my auntie probably didn’t really eat them: they are still quite expensive. As for the splendor, this is true for general reasons. The tongue itself tells her what to say.

Sergey Beletsky, Dr. history Sciences, leading researcher at the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor at the Department of Museum Studies at the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts (SPbGUKI), told TrV-No on the memorable day of April 12, 1961. I remember Gagarin’s flight very well. I was in 1st grade then.

Although I was 6 years old at the time, I still have some memories about the day of Gagarin’s flight. That day I was in Moscow, my parents were not at home, we were alone with my grandmother.