Natalia Reznik When the vertebrates began to be selected on land, their fins turned into paws, and the rays of fins into the fingers. The first notebooks (terrestrial vertebrates with four limbs) had a lot of fingers, but then there were five of them, and since then, five -pound is characteristic of all terrestrial vertebrates.

Alexander Denisenko Readers of the TRV-hunger do not need to represent Stanislav Smirnov-a professor of St. Petersburg State University and the University of Geneva, the head of the newly created educational program at St. Petersburg State University "Mathematics". But few people know that among the winners of the last two (2015 and 2016) All -Russian Olympiads of schoolchildren in mathematics, the greatest catch of applicants went to St.

The Academy of Sciences opposed the "Amendments on Three Candidates" Natalia Demina On June 13, 2017, the Department of Physical Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences made a statement in which a position was expressed regarding the draft law introducing an amendment to the Law on RAS No. 253 of September 27, 2013.

It so happened that I learned about Emmanuel Macron’s attitude to issues of science and higher education long before he was elected president of France, and even before he announced his candidacy. The fact is that two years ago, while still Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Technologies under President Francois Hollande, he came to our institute and gave a big speech at the opening of the second stage of the national program “New Industrial France”.

In connection with the need to implement the decrees of May 7, 2012 on raising the salaries of scientific employees to a decent level (Decree No. 597, paragraph 5) and replenishing scientific funds (Decree No.

Julia is black At the end of May 2017, a festival of short science science films Science Short was held in Novosibirsk for the third time, which is held by the Sinema Atomic Energy and Cinema Information Center, with the support of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Novosibirsk City Hall. In fact, the participants were given only 4.5 days to create a five -minute film! What came of it - we tried to figure it out. Scientific and popular movie.

Party of the recently elected President of France Emmanuel Macron "Forward, Republic!" (Fr. La République en marche!) According to the results of the second round of parliamentary elections, a convincing majority in the National Assembly of France: 311 seats out of 567.

On June 10–11, 2017, the next forum “Scientists against Myths - 4” was held in Moscow, bringing together more than 1000 people from different cities and countries. “I love listening to him,” the girl said to her neighbor during a speech by cosmonautics popularizer Vitaly Egorov. “Oh God, how cool he is,” another listener rejoiced at the doctor Yaroslav Ashikhmin who appeared on stage.

On June 7, 2017, in the Lyndon Johnson space center in Houston, US Vice-President Mike Pens and Robert Lightfut, acting head of the NASA, presented the public to the public about the 22nd set for the detachment [1]. Of the more than 18 thousand applicants, which became a record in the history of NASA, 12 people were selected: five women and seven men from 29 to 42 years old.

The artist’s drawing depicting the source of the swan X-1. The illustration is applicable (more precisely notable, since it is impossible to correctly observe the scale and color) and other double systems with accretion to a compact object. (Drawing from Spacetelescope.org ) Boris Stern The 2016 State Prize in the field of science and technology was awarded to astrophysicists Nikolai Shakura and Rashid Sunyaev for work published in 1973.

On May 29, 2017, Spain released the silver coin "History of the dollar" weighing 1 kg and a diameter of 100 mm (ill. 1). Its face value is 300 euros, but on numismatic sites it can be bought for about 1750 euros - in a wooden box, with a booklet and a certificate. The circulation is one thousand, all the coins have an individual number on the gurt. If someone has a completely extra one and a half thousand euros, you can try to pay such a coin in the store.

On June 15, 2017, the Long list of the 2017 Enlightener Prize was published-a traditional list of 25 books. Over the summer of the jury, the prize will have to get acquainted with all books and by the beginning of October to vote for a short list - it will be announced on October 4, 2017. The awarding ceremony of the laureates will be held on November 16 in Moscow. Baldin Andrey. "The new letter -oscope, or the prohibitive journey of Nikolai Karamzin." M.: Boslen, 2016.

Dear editors ! I recently saw such an advertisement at a roadside stand: "Trust leads to an agreement." It depicts two pretty individuals who squeeze each other's hands. The first is curly, the second is lifted, with glasses and daddy. The people and the authorities, so to speak. A very correct thought! Indeed, when people trust each other, it is much easier for them to agree on something, to overcome disagreements, to come to a mutually beneficial decision.

Rebekah Frumkin In August 2017, it will be three years since Boris Vladimirovich Dubin left us in the best world. I have known B.V. since the mid-1990s, and I read it as if always- I read it now ... Dubin managed to do a lot. Moreover, in different areas: a wonderful volume “Essays on the sociology of culture. Favorites ”(M.: UFO, 2017), compiled by his friend and colleague Abram Ilyich Reitblat, allows us to represent the scale of the talent of B. V.

On June 13, 2017, at a joint meeting of the Scientific Coordination Council of the FANO of Russia and the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexey Khokhlov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, addressing the head of the FANO, Mikhail Kotyukov, said: — Currently, in several large academic Moscow institutes there is a process of transferring all employees to a share of the staff.