Irina Yakutenko Under the curtain of the meeting, Stalin, talking with Truman, in his laconic manner, suggested discussing all the problems associated with the moon section between the victorious powers ... American historian and political scientist Robert Milin, who was at that time as a translator Truman, ... so described ... This is a highly strange conversation. At first, Truman seemed to rustled or the words “Uncle Joe” were incorrectly translated to him. "Sorry, Mr.

Lev Klein The Victorian era is named after the Queen of Victoria, who ruled the British empire for more than half a century - from 1837 to 1901. It was the highest rise in the power of the British Empire. With her, India became part of the empire. The eastern parallel to the Queen of Victoria is much less known: in China from 1861 to 1908, the rules of the Dowager Great Empress Tsysi from the Qin (Manchu) dynasty. It was the sunset of the empire in the east.

Photo by V.V. Assonov, 1920 While this number turned out, the 155th anniversary of his birth and 77 years since the death of a very outstanding and very controversial person in the history of Russian thought, science and technology - Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky. About how ambiguous this figure was, even the simple fact that our editorial office had happened - whether the Tsiolkovsky was considered to be a scientist?

Mikhail Gelfand After the note about the molecular manifestations of the laws of Baer [1] was written and sent to the editorial office, an article was published about the same model of molecular sand clocks - but already in higher plants [2].

Unlike spiders, for which partial castration gives strength [1], sexual self-mutilation in crickets takes away strength from males. In the sagebrush cricket Cyphoderris strepitans, during mating, females gnaw off the tips of the males' wings and absorb part of their hemolymph [2]. One explanation for this behavior is that damage to the wings provokes an immune response that weakens the male and prevents him from courting other females.

Fred Hoyle In science, not only the correct theories and concepts left a fairly bright mark, but also some beautiful errors. The author of one of these is the English astrophysicist Fred Hoyle. This essay was lined up during the excavations of the background of the theory of cosmological inflation - a theory that in the most natural and consistent way explains the appearance of our universe, along with many other similar and completely ineffect.

Do you know that there are lizards with green blood? Just a month ago, a report by Christopher Austin (Cristopher Austin) “Green Blood in Lizards: Hypotheses explaining the mysterious physiology” sounded at the International herpetological Congress. It turns out that as many species of scrots inhabiting the new Guinea can boast of bright green or blue-green blood, tongue, muscles and bones.

We invite all fans of science to take part in the popular science lectures “Polit.ru”. On October 4, 2012 (Thursday), on the day of the 55th anniversary of the launch of the first artificial land satellite, DOK. Fiz.-Mat. Nauak, head of the space laboratory Igor Mitrofanov Gamma spectroscopy of the Institute of Cosmic Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences Igor Mitrofanov will make a lecture “Why Earthlings of Mars?”. The lecture will give basic information about the planet Mars.

Andrey Vorokh The Russian state is like an element, it is suddenly and crushing even in its good deeds. The allocation of additional funds for housing certificates for young scientists in the framework of the FCP "Housing" 2011-2015 (order of May 5, 2012) fell upon institutes, as if a budget dam collapsed. Instead of the expected 292 thousand rubles expected to all departments and ramps.

Last week, a draft law on the federal budget for 2013 and the planning period of 2014 and 2015 was published on the Ministry of Finance website. A quick glance at it shows that the government is not planning a significant increase in funding for basic science next year, and the prospects for citizen science in general cannot be called particularly joyful.

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Dear editors ! Our country is so huge and diverse that its top leadership has to not only take responsibility for everything in general, but also do literally everything themselves, including raising amphorae from the sea and teaching stupid cranes to be smart.

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I am not on purpose Author Miily Date: 09/25/2012 @ 15:22 in the copyright columns | No comments [1] Irina Yakutenko Under the curtain of the meeting, Stalin, talking with Truman, in his laconic manner, suggested discussing all the problems associated with the moon section between the victorious powers ... American historian and political scientist Robert Milin, who was at that time as a translator Truman, ... so described ... This is a highly strange conversation.

What does St. Petersburg sociology live? One of her masters Boris Firsov , an honorary rector of the European University in St. Petersburg, noted that Boris Firsov “Non -state, university and academic sociology of St. Petersburg live each by its own rules. There are no clutch forces between these segments.