The idea of ​​uniting astronautics enthusiasts arose a long time ago. In the absence of mechanisms for this, in 2015 the concept of an open space school was born from below, similar to those that have long been held for young journalists or scientists. This will make it possible to introduce current trends and trends in the space industry to people interested in astronautics, but living in different cities of Russia and even in other countries.

Scientists from the medical and industrial ultrasound laboratory (LIMU) of Moscow State University are conducted by research in the field of destruction of soft tissue tumors using ultrasound waves, without surgical intervention. Researchers received a patent for the invention "Method and device for non -invasive local destruction of biological tissue." The development became the “patent of the week” according to Rospatent [1].

Participants of the Summer Space School in Korolev at the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia named after S.P. Korolev Alexander Khokhlov, engineer-designer of space instrumentation of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the RTK The idea to combine cosmonautics enthusiasts has arisen for a long time. In the absence of mechanisms for this, in 2015 “from below” the concept of an open space school was born, similar to those that have long been held for young journalists or scientists.

Film director Dmitry Kovalgelsky , author of many documentary films, including physicists-“Waiting for waves and particles” (the film received a media prize at the international festival of popular science films “360 °” in Moscow), shoots a new movie. Unfortunately, in Russia you can do this only with the help of folk financing - crowdfunding.

Alexander Markov, deputy. Dean of the Faculty of History of Art of the RSU, Vedas. scientific. sore. Moscow State University In the classical thought, which is inherited by the imagination of new literature (literature of the era of the novel), it was never possible to completely free the thought from imagination, to make the thought of the instrumental, since the act of thought was understood as a diving for things, arranging them within some description.

Fire of the Library of INION RAS January 30, 2015. Photo by S. Leshchina Open letter Deputy Prime Minister of Russia A.V. Dvorkovich, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.E. Fortov, Head of Fano Russia M. M. Kotyukov The fire in the INION library, which happened on January 30, 2015, which is evaluated by many experts as the world's largest library fire over many decades, has become a real disaster for all domestic humanities and social sciences.

Alexander Sokolov. Myths about human evolution A book about human evolution, where the outline is a refutation of typical prejudices about our origins. Finalist of the “Enlightener-2015” award. "Alpina non-fiction", 2015. Price with postal delivery 563 RUR. Pickup (Troitsk) - 413 rubles. Carl Sagan. Blue dot Space, its exploration, man’s place in the Universe. "Alpina non-fiction", 2016. Price with postal delivery 618 rub. Pickup (Troitsk) - 468 rubles. Sergey Popov.

Announcement of the issue Where did life originate 3 billion years ago? Biologist Mikhail Nikitin tells - pp. 2–3 Is Yiddish a Slavic language? Pavel Flegontov and Alexey Kasyan sorted it out - pp. 6–7 Lenin-Ware tractor experiment Incredible adventures of American farmers and mechanics in the outback of the Perm Non-Black Earth Region - pp.

Albert Efimov, Head of the Robotics Center of the Skolkovo Foundation This question is far from idle - a public discussion about Skolkovo's goals began from the moment of its creation. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the initiator of the Skolkovo project, having recently been to Skolkovo, noticed that "now it is clear why all this was up to it." However, a public discussion on the topic “for what Skolkovo needs” does not subside.

Catch up and overtake Alexander Nikulin, Cand. Econ. Sciences, Director of the Agrarian Research Center of the RANEPA In the context of increasing the confrontation of Russia with the outside world, as a rule, issues of Russian backwardness in the world -wide competitive modernization race were always raised. So, already at the birth of the Soviet system and almost until its end it was extremely popular, the radical slogan “Catch up and overtake!”.

From the editorial office : June 28, 2016, a round table was held in the Council of the Federal Assembly of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation: "The role of scientific journalism in the acceleration of the country's scientific and technical development." Its organizers were the magazine “Ideas and Innovation” and the agency “Media and Business” with the support of a member of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture G. A. Savinov.

Boris Valentinovich Comberg at the expanded seminar of the Vodemoskovsky seminar of astrophysicists in the GAISH February 19, 2016, which was dedicated to the opening of gravitational waves. Photo by O. Bartunova Astrophysicist Boris Valentinovich Comberg passed away. He was not a bright star in science and worked in the shadow of people like Zeldovich, Shklovsky, Novikov, Kardashev. Published a lot of good, but not outstanding works.

A protest against the attempt of a coup in Bagdzhylar, one of the areas of Istanbul, on the night of July 15 to 16. Photo Maurice Flesier Anna Muradova, Ph.D. Filol. sciences, Art. scientific. sore. Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences A failed coup attempt in Turkey, which occurred on the night of July 15 to 16, caused a slight shock and bewilderment among the residents and the world community: what was it?

Vasilisa Babitskaya, Brand manager of the TV channel "Science" In the Federation Council, in a small hall for meetings, a person at 30, a round table was supposed to take place about the role of scientific journalism in the acceleration of technological progress. “Come, the last time in the State Duma it was interesting,” Grigory Tarasevich called me the editor -in -chief of the Schrödinger Cat magazine. “They came, they said, it will be interesting, they said” ...

The record for life expectancy belongs to the deep-sea sponge of the species Monorhaphis with huni - it has existed in the world for more than 11 thousand years. American scientists came to this conclusion in an article published in the journal Aging Research Reviews [1]. Sponges are aquatic multicellular animals. They lack muscular, nervous and digestive systems. They are probably the oldest animals on Earth.