Like many of you, I constantly receive and read various materials devoted to the deplorable state of academic institutions and Russian science in general. I received one of the latest materials on this topic by email on December 2, 2015: five academicians at the “council of wise men” on November 30, 2015, discussing the problems of Russian science...

Rebekah Frumkin The Soviet architect Ilya Aleksandrovich Golosov left us, Muscovites, several remarkable buildings mentioned in all guides and works on the history of Soviet architecture. The most famous are two of them: this is the so -called house with figures (the corner of the Podkolokolny Lane and Yauz Boulevard) and the club named after Zueva (Lesnaya Street, 18). Ilya Alexandrovich Golosov was born on July 31, 1883 in Moscow in the priest's family.

Vasily Beskin Leading researcher at the theoretical physics department of Fian, professor of MIF, doct. physical. Sciences Vasily Beskin commented on the award of the Krauford Academy of Sciences of Sweden in astronomy for the TRV-HOW. The award was awarded professor at the University of Kenterbury (New Zealand) Roy Kerr and Professor of Stanford University (USA) Roger Blandford for their “fundamental work on rotating black holes and their astrophysical applications”.

Natalia Reznik What do you think about these strange experiments of the artificial work of Belkovina? <...> In my opinion, this is a great discovery, if justified. Did you repeat the experiments? “No, but it is necessary.” So the heroes of the novel by Chernyshevsky’s novel “What to do?” Talking Dmitry Lopukhov and Alexander Kirsanov. Indeed, the experiments must be repeated. The result can be considered quite reliable only when it is reproduced. But who will do such a check?

Anna Abalkina, Cand. Econ. sciences, member of the Council of OHR Since 2007, the publication of the results of the study of applicants for a scientific degree of both a doctor and a candidate of sciences in magazines from the VAK list, therefore, it is not surprising that scientific journals are another link in the factories of linden dissertations along with the dissertation councils, opponents and experts of the Higher Attestation Commission.

Mikhail Entov Mikhail Entov , a professor at the Faculty of Mathematics of the Technion (Israel), commented on the award of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Sweden Krowford Academy of Sciences for 2016 in mathematics.

Mikhail Katsnelson The doct answered the post-day questions of the TRV-hobby. physical. Sciences, professor of the theory of the condensed state of the University of Radbaud (Netherlands), a member of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences and the European Academy Mikhail Katsnelson . -What to do to a scientist in the socio-political situation in the country? Can a scientist develop science in modern Russia and what is needed for this?

Rice. O. Dobrovolsky At a meeting of the Council on Science and Education under the President of the Russian Federation on January 21, Mikhail Kovalchuk quoted Pasternak's words about Lenin: " He ruled the Teach of Thoughts / and only because the country ." And he explained his appeal to these lines as follows: “ We must find organizations that must control the course of thought in specific directions .” It would seem that more absurdity is difficult to imagine.

More than 90% of all electronic data in the world was generated in just the last two years. Internet companies such as Facebook and Google are rapidly amassing vast amounts of information (often summarized under the term Big Data) that can be grouped, analyzed and used in different ways. Facebook's research department recently analyzed how people in different countries post their messages and what information about their lives they choose to share.

celebrated her first anniversary as Sweden's Minister of Education Recently, 28-year-old Aida Hadzialik . A year ago, she became the youngest minister in the country's history and the first Muslim immigrant in the Swedish government. Aida moved to this country with her parents from Bosnia when she was only five years old. She received a law degree from Lund University and took her first post - deputy mayor of the Swedish city of Halmstad - at the age of 23.

The “Corps of Experts” project [1] is apparently best known to the scientific community for its lists of “Indices of Citation of Works of Russian Scientists” (“Stern Lists”) [2]. Maintaining and updating these lists, despite the use of numerous automatic tools for marking up downloaded articles from the Web of Science (WoS) and various mechanisms for feedback to authors, is still the most time-consuming part of the project.

Evgeny Zilov Baikal researchers are concerned about the plans to reduce the budget by 10%, voiced by representatives of the Government of the Russian Federation. Reducing financing will make it impossible to conduct long -term environmental monitoring of Lake Baikal, which has been performed for more than half a century by the forces of the Irkutsk State University. About this, a three-hobby was told by the doct. Biol. Sciences, Vedas. scientific. sore.

Dear colleagues ! Felix Chernowko Like many of you, I constantly receive and read various materials dedicated to the deplorable state of academic institutions and in general Russian science. I received one of the latest materials on this topic by e -mail on December 2, 2015: five academicians (Alexander Aseev, Alexander Nekipelov, Robert Nigmatulin, Sergey Rogov, Alexander Spirin) on the “Council of sages” on November 30, 2015 discuss the problems of Russian science.

The Kazan specialized Olympiad and scientific center (Sun) for intellectually passionate children has been subjected to periodic attacks by public services from the moment of opening in 2013. A three-hobby finds out what is the uniqueness and problems of the school Sun.

The cultural and educational center "Arhe" ( Moscow) invites lovers science to take part in the following courses: 1. Course “History of life on Earth . From the first organic molecules to man» . From February 3, on Mondays at 19:30. Lecturer - Alexander Markov , Doctor of Science. biol. Sciences, paleontologist, head. Department of Biological Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, popularizer of science. Winner of the 2011 Enlightenment Prize.