As already reported in TrV-Nauka No. 5 (99) this year. [1], On February 24, the founding meeting of the interregional Society of Scientific Workers took place in Moscow. The founding process was continued in St. Petersburg, where on April 7 a regional branch of the Society (SPbO ONR) was created, and A.K. was elected to the Council. Belyaev, D.I. Dyakonov, A.A. Oskolsky and A.L. Fradkov.

We have no luck with spring. This year, in our area, the saying is more relevant than ever: “We have had an absolutely wonderful spring today. Only that day I was sick.”

As already reported in TrV-Nauka No. 5 (99) this year. [1], On February 24, the founding meeting of the interregional Society of Scientific Workers took place in Moscow. The founding process was continued in St. Petersburg, where on April 7 a regional branch of the Society (SPbO ONR) was created, and A.K. was elected to the Council. Belyaev, D.I. Dyakonov, A.A. Oskolsky and A.L. Fradkov.

Colonies of bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei in a cup of blood agar. Photo: Larry Stauffer, Sanitary and Hygienic Laboratory of Oregon (USA) Common meaning tells us that the stability of insects to chemical means of combating them should develop over not one, but at least a few generations. In this case, the selection and inheritance of stability genes in the offspring occurs.

Dear editors! Watching the rotation of the tablets of history, you constantly come across funny, amusing and tragic repetitions of the same events. The classic taught that history repeats itself twice: the first time as a tragedy, and the second time as a farce. And, indeed, in history you can find a lot of examples of this, after all, the classic was not a fool, not a fool at all! However, there are exceptions to the rules, even when the external similarity of events is striking.

Articles in HTML: 06.11.2012 PDF: TrV No. 22 (116N) for 2012: In captivity of the absurd Announcement of the issue Captivated by the absurd (page 1) The editorial of the issue is devoted to the catastrophic situation that has arisen with the receipt of funds for a number of grant programs. At the same time, everything, as usual, must be spent before the end of the year...

I finally understood what we are like from the point of view of the system - this entire party in power, all these officials, all this riot police. We are like malaria. (I would like to point out that, like most biologists, I am a big fan of protozoa, so I find this comparison flattering.) Malaria is a disease that the immune system copes with very poorly. For two main reasons.

Notes from F.A. Stepun’s “From the Letters of an Ensign-Artilleryman” (1916) I have not come across in book form for a long time. But you still want to have your favorite authors, especially those you re-read, on paper. So to receive this small volume as a gift (Aquarius, 2000) is a special joy.

At the end of April, the German Cultural Center named after Goethe in Moscow and the Polytechnic Museum held a forum under the name "Funds and museums as popularizers of scientific knowledge." This is the next event of the Popular Science/Wissenschaft FQR Alle project (see, for example, [1]), which takes place as part of the Russian-Germanic year of education, science and innovation.

In May, the European Space Agency decided that the next flagship mission will be the Juice project, the task of which is the study of the satellites of Jupiter and the most giant planet. Many experts do not agree with such a choice. The rejected competitors are the ATHENA X -ray telescope and the unique project of the NGO gravitational -wave antenna - according to a number of scientists, would give as a result more interesting scientific results.

In one of the issues of TrV-Nauka there was a small discussion about whether press services are needed in scientific institutes. The conversation was mainly about what good press services can do for journalists. However, few people remembered why scientists need press services. The conflict with the film on the Kultura TV channel, which is being actively discussed today, is in its own way a “negative” example of what a good press service could theoretically do for Maria Mednikova.

Rice. V. Bogorada The law on public procurement (94-ФЗ) is one of the most “unfriendly” laws for science. The amendments to 94-ФЗ adopted in December 2011 significantly improved the situation with the spending of grants and state contracts for the right to carry out research work. However, these amendments were adopted when the 94-FZ already, in fact, lived the last days.

About the reprint of the book D.D. Morduhai-Boltovsky "Radiolaria Geometry" The URSSS Publishing House (URSS.ru) was published by the reprint edition of the book of outstanding domestic mathematician D. D. Morduhai-Boltovsky- “Geometry Radiolaries” ( http://urs.ru/cgi-bin/db.pl?lang=ru&blang=Book&id=162059 ).

Yogurts are tasty. I prefer flavored, low -fat and with artificial sweeteners, but now they can no longer find such. Today - mostly natural ones, with pieces of fruit and necessarily with living bacteria, the benefits of which were not heard only by deaf. But I usually do not consider these bacteria, I eat yogurt due to taste. It so happened that I made a lot of tasty, identical to natural fragrances for yogurt.

Someone kindly sent me a link from Dmitry Butrin (a commercial journalist and famous blogger): “May 3. Yes, by the way, I completely forgot. Friends and colleagues in the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, who sent me an official invitation to the inauguration of V.V. Putin in the Kremlin in St. George's Hall on May 7, 2012! Despite all our differences, I am glad that we treat each other correctly and respectfully. Thankful for the invitation.