In the House of Scientists Troitsk. Photo by M. Fedin Boris Stern , a doct, answered the post-day questions of the TRV-hunger. physical. Sciences, Vedas. scientific. sore. Institute of Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, chief editorial of the TRV-HOW. -In the last two years, you have been traveling a lot around Russia, and you have been giving popular science lectures. Has your understanding of what Russia lives has changed? There are more grounds for optimism or despondency?

Can you imagine that in the difficult post-war years, the USSR ordered as many as 300 copies of the very special Arts & Architecture magazine from the USA (for foreign currency, of course)? This figure was cited by one of the magazine’s publishers and its editor-in-chief, David Travers, in his farewell address to readers.

Evgeny Onishchenko On December 15, 2015, President Putin signed the law on the federal budget for 2016. It does not bode well to science: with an increase in the total expenditures of the federal budget compared to 2015, 4.4% (680 billion rubles) expenses for civil research and development will amount to 306.3 billion rubles, which is 48.9 billion rubles. Less than last year. In percentage terms, the reduction in expenses is 13.8%.

We publish a full version of the commentary of Alexei Kupriyanov , associate professor of the Department of Sociology of the St. Petersburg branch of the Higher School of Economics, dedicated to the context and analysis of the VTsIOM survey (12/31/15/01.16). In the paper and PDF version of the newspaper, an abbreviated version of this article is published. Alexey Kupriyanov.

On November 29, 2015, at the International Book Fair Non/fiction, a presentation of Irina Levontina’s new book “What I’m Talking About” took place. took part in the discussion of the book Philologists Elena and Alexey Shmelev , writers Lyudmila Ulitskaya and Lev Rubinstein , and the author of the book . We are publishing a transcript of the event. Elena Shmeleva: Hello, we are pleased to welcome you to the presentation of Irina Levontina’s book.

, Doctor of Science, answers TRV-Nauka’s post-New Year questions Sergey Nechaev . physics and mathematics Sciences, Ved. scientific co-workers FIAN, head Poncelet Laboratories (CNRS, Independent Moscow University). — What should a scientist do in the current socio-political situation? Can a scientist develop science in modern Russia and what is needed for this?

Dear editors ! Dear colleagues and friends ! Congratulations to all of you on the finally coming New Year! The most blessed time of the year ends, when the reports were handed over, and it makes no sense to go to the cottage, so there is time to communicate with friends, observing the friendship of the Tiger Amur and the goat of Timur, as well as thoughts about what is happening around.

Pavel Chebotarev Pavel Chebotarev , a doct, answered the post-annual questions of the TRV-hunger . physical. sciences, head. lab. Institute of Problems of Management of the Russian Academy of Sciences. -What to do to the scientist in the current socio-political situation? Can a scientist develop science in modern Russia and what is needed for this? - My answer to the first question was a note of 2014 [1]. On the second: yes, a scientist can, if he does not need an acute inaccessible equipment.

Natalia Reznik The pre -science and New Year's excitement, related to the purchases of gifts for relatives and friends, barely ended. And for sure, when you scoured shopping in search of the right product, music sounded there. As you know, the melody sounding in stores and restaurants affects not only the time spent by the client in the institution, and the assessment of the service level, but also affects the quantity and cost of purchases made.

Rice. A. Gursky December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2016 by VTsIOM, by order of the President of the Russian Federation, conducted a survey in Crimea, which included two questions. 1. Whether you support or not the conclusion of a commercial contract with Ukraine for the supply of electricity to Crimea and Sevastopol, if it states that Crimea and Sevastopol are part of Ukraine? 2.

Dmitry Vibe, Astrochemist, head. Department of Physics and Evolution of Stars of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences To make the lens of the traditional telescope, a glass lens or concave mirror can be necessary that can reject and focus the light. But is it necessary to make a telescope from some material? No, if you use the refractive properties of gravity.

At the beginning of 2016 , whether humanity is needed by a manned cosmonautics , a scientific journalist , Moderator KNG Alexander Sergeyev and astronomer, Art. scientific. sore. GAISH MSU Vladimir Surdin . Twisted to tablets Space maps , And the navigator clarifies The last time the route ...

Rebekah Frumkin Can you imagine that in the difficult post -war years the USSR wrote out of the United States (of course, for currency) as many as 300 copies of the very special journal Arts & Architecture ( www.artsandarchitecture.com )? This figure was brought by one of the publishers of the magazine and its editor -in -chief David Travers in a farewell appeal to readers.

The announcement of the room May there be light? Kirill Kalinin , Vladimir Paniotto , Denis Volkov , Roman Mogilevsky and Alexei Kupriyanov about the context and results of the VTsIOM survey - p. 1-3 Islands of Living Science Pavel Chebotarev , Sergey Nechaev and Boris Stern about the secrets of his optimism - p.

Since the 1970s, an absentee school has been working in Moscow, in which high school students from different regions of the country have been studying mathematics, biology and some other correspondence subjects. They are sent by brief manuals and interesting tasks that they perform and send to Moscow, where they are checked by students of Moscow State University and other part -time employees. In the first four issues, the school graduated from 12 thousand students.