The interaction of the solar wind and the interplanetary field with the ionosphere of Venus leads to the formation of an induced magnetosphere (© ESA) Scientists from the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences based on the data of interplanetary probes determined the length of the magnetic tail of Venus.

Boris Stern We continue the publication of the heads of the dedicated cosmology of the book “Breakthrough over the World” beyond the authorship of Boris Stern . Two numbers ago, an interview with Andrei Linda from the same book was published, last year - the head of Fred Hoyle. The first two chapters were published in the Russian Reporter.

Irina Levontina There is a famous story about the football goalkeeper Alexei Khomich, who, at a reception in England in 1945, began his speech as follows: “Lady and Hamiltons!” This is not surprising: the 1942 film “Lady Hamilton” with a magic Vivien Lee was then on everyone's lips. The language often throws us the usual combinations, ready replicas and various kinds of cliches. Sometimes at the same time forcing us to involuntarily tell something important about ourselves and our time.

Euhadra Peliomphala Ground belly snails for themselves Cupids. Many of them have “love arrows” with which they pierce the attracted partner. The goal of this shooting, as it turned out, is very prosaic: snails seek to leave as much offspring as possible. Brush -legged lung snails - hermaphrodites. Representatives of some species, mating, chop each other with hard sharp needles, consisting of aragonite - a crystalline form of calcium carbonate. These needles are called love arrows.

Rice. I. Kiiko In connection with the statement of the Deputy Chairman of the Government of Dmitry Rogozin on the ban on GPS in Russia [1], the editorial board of the TRV-hunger appealed to the head. Laboratory of modern geodynamics of the Institute of Earth's Czech RAS (Irkutsk), Ph.D. Geol.-Min. Sciences Vladimir Sankov and S.N.S. Institute of Sunny Earth Physics SB RAS (Irkutsk), Ph.D. physical mat. Sciences Yuri Yasyukevich .

Alexander Savostyanov. Photo by S. Kovalev Alexandra Savostyanova, perhaps, is easy to imagine a positive scientist in the Soviet film: he does not drink, does not smoke, obsessed with science, sutu, dressed discreetly. Such as him should be shown to officials, so that they do not worry, what these scientists are doing there. At 31 years old (which, by Russian standards, was not just early, but very early) defended his doctoral dissertation on philosophy at St. Petersburg State University.

How did the oceans appear on Earth? What was the Tunguska meteorite? How do scientists open comets and how - amateurs? We talked about all this with the Ukrainian astronomer Klim Ivanovich Churyumov , professor of Kiev National University named after Taras Shevchenko, member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the pioneer of Cometes Churumov - Gerasimenko (1969) and Churyumov - Solodovnikov (1986), director of the Kiev Planetarium.

We publish another critical review of "Materials and proposals for the project of the foundations of state cultural policy." Author, doct. philosopher. sciences Nikolai Koposov, currently teaches in the USA Rice. I.

One of the most numerous social groups noticed by the disserter in defense of dissertations with mass borrowings is teachers. It is quite standard for a number of Russian universities the situation, when graduate students inherited other people's texts, defend a pseudo -scientific dissertation based on them and remain at the department. The same dissertations are transmitted to the next generation. The case, the results of the analysis of which we want to imagine is unique in our own way.

When we arrive in Smolensk and leave the station building, we immediately see two buildings on the right, standing right next to each other. White plastered with a bell tower and red brick with a dome.

Andrey Ivashchenko Discussions about the future of science in Russia are carried out very actively, although they mainly talk about the future of education or academic institutions. However, the unity and interaction of the three components - education, academic science and business seems important. Some of our universities have attempts to such interaction. Among them are the Moscow Physics and Technical Institute.

Sergey Belkov Did you know that three -legged stools, as it turns out, are an excellent conductor of cosmic energies and are able to increase the physical strength and endurance of a person sitting on it? Didn't you hear? Well, you give! I assure me that it is enough to sit on such a stool from time to time, quite short and infrequently, and physical abilities increase many times. It is very simple to prove it. Come to the gym.

Mikhail Kaptyug The Smart Moscow project (SmartMsk.com) has already aroused the interest of adults and small Muscovites and guests of the capital. On April 19-20, the Russian State Children's Library was held “Geography and Travel Day”, and from May 24 to June 1, a new scientific show “One Day from the Life of the Hospital” will be held in the Russian State Library for Youth.

Dear editors! It is amazing how our other citizens, sometimes quite in solid positions, are prone to scandals and shocking. Of course, I do not mean national traitors from the fifth column, for whom scandals are the path of working of thirty silver. No, I mean quite respectable citizens, sometimes even members of our leading and guiding party. Another example of such worthless scandalism was revealed to us last week.

The guests still did not suspect that they would reincarnate into photons, carbon atoms and retinal cells In the capital, the tradition of scientific battles is gradually taking root. They pass more than peacefully. A physicist with a laser gun does not aim at a chemist with a test tube full of malicious acid.