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Rebekah Frumkin The publishing house “New Literary Review” recently published a two -volume P. A. Druzhinin “Ideology and Philology. Leningrad. 1940s. Documentary research. " Philology In this case, he refers us to the fate of the Leningrad school of philology - first of all, to the fate of those who made up its glory and pride - this is B. M. Eichenbaum, M. K. Azadovsky, G. A. Gukovsky, V. M. Zhirmunsky, V. Ya. Propp.

Irina Levontina Many years ago, in some novel, I was struck by one scene. There the hero comes to visit the sick heroine and talks to her, trying not to breathe, because he is unpleasant for the sour smell that he connects with the painful state of the girl; However, then he understands that it smells like a saucer with lemon slices, standing on a bedside table by the patient’s bed - and this very smell inhales with pleasure.

The fly agaric is red - a typical representative of the class of agaricomicetes. Photo: "Wikipedia" Geology (more precisely, paleontology) has always been widely used in studies on molecular evolution for calibrating evolutionary trees. The fact is that modern methods of reconstruction of the history of species in most cases can quite reliably restore the topology of the evolutionary tree and even the length of its branches, there would be enough data.

Sergey Belkov I often hear that the quality of the products is now disgusting, not what it was before. I do not agree with this and do not understand those who think so. Perhaps the matter is not in quality, but in quantity? It turns out that in a very high-standing store of one famous economy network, which is closest to my house, rice of six varieties is sold. Has anyone could imagine what is possible 20 years ago? Not sausage, not bread, but rice? This is a high store near the house.

The results of monitoring of universities conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation are commented by Andrei Rostovtsev , Dokt. physical. sciences, head of the laboratory of physics of elementary particles of ITEF. Andrey Rostovtsev The Ministry of Education and Science on its official website published the results of "Monitoring the activities of federal educational institutions of higher professional education." This is a very timely, progressive undertaking.

I often hear that the quality of products now is disgusting, not what it was before. I don’t agree with this and I don’t understand those who think so. Perhaps it's not a matter of quality, but quantity?

Rice. I. Kiiko IN Last time appeared enough many work devoted ​ problem traffic jams V Moscow . Mayor of Moscow announced struggle With traffic jams one from the main ones priorities , leader Department of Transport , according to "Vedomosti" , around the clock Watching for roads V tablet , a V General Plan do Detailed model transport systems Moscow .

Photo from the excavations of 2011 Tatyana Guseva 70 cubic meters ancients human The remains extracted from Earth V the course of archaeological Expelities , stored V basement Lower Novgorod And Almost 10 years Waiting for when O them will take care Church And secular power . IN One of the city basements near the walls of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin is stored by a pile of human bones.

We publish fragments of one of the last articles of academician Eduard Pavlovich Kruglyakov (October 22, 1934 - November 6, 2012), printed in the ballot "in defense of science" in December 2011. The excretions with bold font are made by Valery Kuvakin . The full version is also published on our website.

The first Russian team will go to the Martian desert research station next April. For two weeks, an out of six people will live in conditions close to Martian, in the desert in the state of Utah (USA). These expeditions are organized by the American Martian Society, about which the participant of the future expedition, our permanent author Alexander will tell Khokhlov [1].

Dear editors ! In recent years, in Russia, the process of rating and evaluation of everything and everything in both science and in education has been more confident in Russia. In general, this process goes throughout the world, and Russia simply, like in other areas, seeks to achieve a world level and surpass it.

On February 3, 2012, the Supervisory Board of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives for the Promotion of New Projects, chaired by V. V. Putin, approved the initiative "Creation of New-Type Technoparks Based on Inefficiently Used State Resources" and instructed the Ministry of Communications of Russia, the Ministry of Education and Science, and the Government of Moscow to assist in the implementation of a pilot project to build a new-type technopark in the city of Troitsk.

Academician Eduard Kruglyakov. Photo by Maria Rogova This issue of TrV-Nauka is dedicated to the memory of Academician Eduard Kruglyakov (October 22, 1934 - November 6, 2012), a consistent fighter against pseudoscience and bureaucratic arbitrariness when making decisions on projects based on the achievements of fundamental and applied science, Chairman of the Commission for Combating Pseudoscience and Falsification of Scientific Research research of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Leonid Levin. Photo: "Wikipedia" Prize Donald Knuta For 2012 , awarded Leonid Anatolyevich Levin , a native of Dnepropetrovsk , a graduate Moscow State University , a now Professor of Boston University ( state Massachusetts , USA ).