Protests in Minsk on August 16, 2020. "Wikipedia" The presidential election on August 9, 2020 in Belarus became sixth for Alexander Lukashenko. He received the right to run for this post by an unlimited number of times following the results of the 2005 referendum, at the outcome of his second presidential term. The results of Lukashenko in all his campaigns can only be envied: 1994 - 80.6%(second round), 2001 - 75.65%, 2006 - 82.97%, 2010 - 79.65%, 2015 - 83.45%.

In a series of difficult recent years, the current 2020 is perceived as completely exceptional: in addition to local revolutions, riots and coupling, an unprecedented pandemic seized the entire globe. Of course, such a year could not do without the "caustic messenger of misfortunes": Comet C/2020 F3 (Neowise) - the brightest comet of the Northern Hemisphere since the commemorative comet Hale - Boppa 1997 (C/1995 O1).

Vasily Ptushenko Recently, rumors have been actively discussed about the possible termination of funding of fundamental studies of initiative projects by the Russian Fund, as a result of which only similar RNF grants, noticeably larger, but also issued significantly smaller the number of scientific groups, will remain from non -specialized grants.

We continue the publication of the essays of Sergey Lyozov , professor of the Institute of the Classical East and the antiquity of the Higher School of Economics devoted to the study and documentation of Aramaic languages. See the previous notes of the cycle: [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]. We retain the author’s punctuation. My next season of field work with the language of Turuo in Turabdin - fifty days - goes to an end.

Craudfunding campaign continues to raise funds for printing the paper circulation of Boris Stern's book “Phoenix Sapiens” on the “planet” [ 1 ]. More than half of the required amount was collected, and the editors of the TRV-hoping hopes that the project will reach its goal. In electronic form, the book has already been published and is in the public domain [ 2 ] - you can download it for free.

The entire issue of the newspaper Trinity Option - Science No. 311 of August 25, 2020 in PDF (3197 downloads) The entire number of the newspaper Trinity version is science No. 311 dated August 25, 2020 in PDF (direct link to the file, if the previous one does not work) Number Materials in HTML The announcement of the room Mathematics of the elections Alexey Zakharov analyzed the data of the presidential election in Belarus - p.

Irina Levontina Belarusian events again fueled interest in the word punisher . Journalist Anna Narinskaya wrote on her Facebook page: 17 August at 12:15 pm “I am completely sure that the widespread renaming of the“ security forces ” -riot police, National Guard, and police officers into the“ punishers ”(this, in my opinion, launched the Nexta channel, but in any case it took root). < ... > They are punishers. This is their name. The language clarifies and defines a lot.

Soviet children were not lucky with dinosaurs. There were almost no popular books about extinct animals. Attempts by scientists to correct the situation were rare and unsuccessful. For example, the book of the director of the Paleontological Institute, academician Yu. A. Orlov “In the world of ancient animals”.

Recently, rumors have been actively discussed about the possible cessation of RFBR funding for initiative projects, as a result of which only similar RSF grants will remain among non-specialized grants. In turn, some time ago the leadership of the Russian Science Foundation expressed the idea whether it would be more effective for the development of science to refuse to finance these “small” grants and focus on mega-grants.

Appeal from employees, students, and graduates of Moscow University to the Academic Council and Rector of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov. Published on the website of the student magazine DOXA [ 1 ]. Dear Colleagues! In recent days, public attention has been focused on the events taking place in the Republic of Belarus.

Dear editors! We all know well that Caesar's wife should be out of suspicion. If we talk about his wife in the literal sense, then our Caesar resolved this issue in the best way - getting rid of marriage knots: there is no wife - no problem and suspicion. But, interpreting the concept of a wife, a more widely - close associate, associate - we have the right to extend the winged phrase to a wider circle of people close to the supreme ruler.

Morning in Sandarmokh met us with absolute silence. It was unusual to be in this memorial place alone. "How many people have you brought here per season?" “No, you are the first,” Medvezhygorsky taxi driver answered my question.

I tried to analyze data from the presidential elections in Belarus, collected with the help of participants in the Honest People movement. Volunteers digitized protocols of election commissions from more than 1,300 polling stations [1]. Graph 1 shows the voting results in three Belarusian cities. Each dot corresponds to one polling station; The horizontal axis shows turnout, and the vertical axis shows the share of votes for Alexander Lukashenko. This is data from official protocols.

Alfiya Maksutova Civil science (Citizen Science, scientific volunteering) is a powerful movement, millions of people around the planet take part in scientific research, and it does not matter whether they relate to the academic world or not. Russia is still behind: not all scientists know that this program exists.

About Russian vaccination from coronavirus Alexander Panchin One of the most discussed topics of the last days is the domestic vaccination against coronavirus SARS-COV-2, which causes the COVID-19. I’ll start with the good: the creator of the vaccine, called Sputnik V, Denis Logunov gave a detailed interview with Medusa [ 1 ], and the specialist's answers make a good impression. But to consider the vaccine effective and safe, one interview is not enough.