The artist of the biologist Peter Vlasov below and the responses to it appeared as a result of an acute discussion that unfolded on Facebook regarding the program for the return of 15 thousand scientists to Russia. I will make him an offer which he cannot refuse. "Cross Father" (1972) As they say, "suddenly." Russia was notified of the prospects of the mass return of scientists-15 thousand, after all.

L. B. Margolis. Photo from the site http://irp.nih.gov/pi/leonid-margolis We talked with Leonid Margolis - Dokt about the difference between the immunodeficiency and AIDS, about the difference between American and Russian science and the legendary Gelfandovsky biological seminar . Biol. sciences, head.

The historian of the book culture of Europe Robert Darnton. Photo by Martin Grandjean The American historian, a specialist in the history of the press and book culture of Europe, Robert Darnton, graduated from Harvard in 1960, was a Rhodes scholarshipist, taught in Princeton from 1968 to 2007; He is the cavalier of the Order of the Legion of Honor and the owner of many scientific awards, at present - an honorary professor in Harvard, in addition, heads the university library.

Anna Muradova, Ph.D. Filol. sciences, Art. scientific. sore. Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences How do modern teachers of a higher educational institution manage to combine an increased load with research work? What time can you spend on writing quality scientific articles without prejudice to the educational process? Olga Raven , Candy, answers these and other questions . Filol. sciences, associate professor, head.

American universities are attracting more and more subsidies from private sponsors. It is estimated that 2015 was a record year, with such donations totaling more than $40 billion across the country. Moreover, twenty universities received 28.7% of all subsidies, or $11.6 billion. Stanford University alone received $1.6 billion, Harvard University - $1.1 billion.

Rebekah Frumkin The life of architect Ivan Leonidov (1902–1959) has developed so peculiarly that it is possible to adequately tell about this unique person and unique talent, apparently, within the framework of the book, but not in a brief text - whether it is a biographical certificate or essay. The narrative of the architect Leonidov usually begins with the fact that all his masterpieces did not have - and did not have!

Pavel Amnuel Science fiction writers depict most extraterrestrial civilizations with anthropomorphic up to complete indistinguishability from humans. There are works with non -humanoid characters, but these characters also differ from a person most often in shape, and not content (Hill Clement, Vernor Winj, Orson Scott Card, etc.).

Dear editors ! A bright holiday - the Day of Russia - inspires me with pride in our country, for its people who are awarded to state prizes on this day, including in the field of science and technology. I am happy to look at the bright faces of academicians and directors who receive these awards. With no less joy, I look on the day of Russian science for the presentation of prizes to young scientists, future academicians and directors. How wonderful and wonderful!

Abrahams M. This is incredible! Discoveries worthy of the Ignobel Prize (Marc Abrahahams. This is Improbabab. Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens, and Other WTF Research. 2012). Translation from English by Borislav Kozlovsky and Alexei Kapanadze - M .: Bin. Laboratory of Knowledge, 2015. Series Universum. Leading editor of the series Irina Opimm The book of the founder of the Ignobel (Shnobel) Prize is a collection of an essay on a wide variety of studies of quite respectable scientists.

The State Prize in the field of science and technology was awarded to Eric Galimov - for the development of the scientific direction “Geochemistry of carbon isotopes”, the theory of diamond formation, for research in the field of oil and gas geology and biogeochemical processes; Sergey Lukyanov and Evgeny Sverdlov - for the development and implementation of a set of technologies for analyzing the structure and functions of complex genomes; Sergey Nedospasov - for a series of fundamental and

BTA telescope. Photo: "Wikipedia" On June 3, 2016, in the village of Nizhny Arkhyz, on the banks of the Bolshaya Zelenchuk River, the 50th anniversary of the founding of the special astrophysical observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences took place. On this occasion, a large and cheerful holiday was arranged for employees of the observatory, residents of the village and guests. Director of CAO V.V.

Announcement of the issue Carbuncles for the Dissernet dictatorship Conversation between Andrey Rostovtsev and Olga Orlova about plagiarism in European and Russian - pp. 4–5 The Benefits of Thinking Slowly Leonid Margolis tells Alexey Ognev about his teachers - p .

May 30, on Monday, in the St. Petersburg hotel, I was preparing for a lecture and a seminar. The background was a TV - the Channel "Culture". The Observer program began. The host - Andrei Maksimov - said that the program is dedicated to the centenary of the general theory of relativity. Interesting. I even distracted from the laptop. Guests were presented. The first is Emil Akhmedov, a well -known physicist, an expert on OT and at the same time a wonderful popularizer.

A mutation was found that gave rise to a dark variety of birch pills The insightful Karl Linney, who first described this butterfly, christened her Biston Betularia (Latin Betula - Birch). The generic name comes from the name of Biston - the mythical ancestor of the Thracian, known for its militancy and love for tattoos. Biston was the son of Ares, the god of war, and a modest night butterfly named in his honor, for more than a century, causes boiling disputes.

Vladimir Surdin represents a shelter of the famous book of Karl Sagan “Blue Point. Cosmic future of mankind ”(M.: Alpina Non-Fix, 2016). For almost twenty years, Karl Sagan (1934–1996) has not been with us - an outstanding popularizer of science, an excellent storyteller and passionate propagandist of space research, who managed to make a lot of useful things for the planet for his life.