Dear editors! Scientists are often reproached for being out of touch with the practical needs of the national economy and the aspirations of the people. And, let’s admit, there is a lot of truth in such reproaches: we love, locked in our rather dilapidated ivory towers, to study our integrals and Hamiltonians, to examine various invertebrates through microscopes and to look through telescopes at distant celestial bodies.

Dinosaurs died out a long time ago, and this is wonderful. And Mamontov is still a pity. In addition, people are tormented by guilt for the fact that they killed all the furry elephants. In fact, this is not so. As the studies of Russian and American scientists have shown, the extinction of mammoths led to the interaction of several factors, of which hunting is not the main one. There was no soon extermination, the disappearance of the species stretched for 20 thousand years.

The semi-closed Soviet society created a shortage of those who would not only explain themselves, but would introduce into little-known areas here those who are not inclined to make too serious efforts to search for information, and do not yet know what exactly to look for.

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...

Collage M. Borisov Due to the sharp polarization of public moods, few people now believe in a calm dialogue between society and the authorities. Increasingly, the authorities demonstrate to us that it is simply not interested in such a dialogue, and it is not clear who and how to represent society and speak on its behalf. Indeed, now it is difficult to organize normal negotiations between, relatively speaking, Bolotnaya Square and Putin-co-codes.

- Wait, let me say. This is not for the sake of money, no. And not in order to stare at different differences. So many say, but these are all lies, inventions. They say that we fly to get rich in order to become famous. They say - for entertainment, it is boring, they say, sit in one place. But in fact, know something ticks inside, all the same, like a salmon or a whale and in the most negligible invisible microbe.

In order to eliminate such wrinkles in the eye area, which are hated by all women, you can use hardware cosmetology products. For example, restylane or botox. But, as you know, there is no limit to perfection. Today there are techniques that will help smooth out the skin, eliminating the appearance of unwanted stretch marks or scars. One of the many types of plastic surgery is eyelid surgery, the so-called blepharoplasty.

Understanding the mechanism of genetic regulation of transition to flowering in Arabidopsis will help to explain how the same genes act in rice plants (T. Imazumi, University of Washington) How do plants determine the period when they have to bloom? Scientists for a long time fought over the decision of this riddle. The identification of flowering mechanisms is important primarily for studying plant reproduction processes.

In our current life, the principles of postmodernism - blurring the boundaries of science and bringing democracy and political correctness to the point of absurdity - appear every now and then.

On June 13, the new astrophysical satellite of NASA - Nustar was successfully brought into orbit. “Nu” in the name is not from “nude”, but from “nuclear”, since the main task is X -ray spectroscopy. This is important, for example, in order to explore the remains of supernovae, fixing the radiation of various elements synthesized during the explosion and during the evolution of the exploded star.

If we talk about jewelry, then, of course, the first place should be given to the golden rings. Golden rings , which are at a fairly high level, can be considered the best gift for any woman. Moreover, if we take into account the most diverse design of these jewelry, then choosing a beloved girl, sister or girlfriend of gold ring and will not be difficult at all. Of course, for those who have a richer and more excellent solution, a golden ring with diamonds can be a great solution.

If we talk about jewelry, then, undoubtedly, the first place should rightfully be given to gold rings. Gold rings , the price of which is at a fairly high level, can be considered the best gift for any woman. Moreover, if we also take into account the very different designs of these jewelry, then choosing a gold ring for your beloved girl, sister or friend will not be at all difficult.

Conversations about words have become very active lately. I don’t know whether this is explained by the general revival of the surrounding reality, or by some deep, cultural processes, or by the movement of luminaries, or by the activity of the linguistic fraternity, only people are constantly discussing who likes or doesn’t like what word, how what word should be understood.

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...

US Air Force, File On June 16, 2012, the X-37B secret aerospiller landed at the US Air Force Vanderberg air base in California. The device spent 15 months in orbit, starting in March 2011 from the Cosmodrome at Cape Canaveral using the ATLAS v. This is the second flight under the X-37B program: in 2010, the second series of the series made a seven-month space flight and returned to the same air base. This year he must fly again, but the details have not yet been reported.