Alexey Khokhlov On the last day of April, a note appeared on the spacedaily.com portal with an intriguing title: “Why haven’t more civilizations arisen in the Universe? Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that the Earth is incredibly lucky." 1 This is the second in a series of articles on this topic. In the first, the author argues that there is a non-zero probability that we will discover extraterrestrial life in the next fifty years 2 : The first article seemed quite trivial to me.

The entire issue of the newspaper “Trinity Option - Science” No. 453 dated May 5, 2026 in PDF Issue materials in HTML Announcement of the issue "Union", aka "Sunkar" Alexander Khokhlov - about the long-awaited debut of the Russian-Kazakh rocket - pp. 1–2 Vladimir Nikolaevich Gavrin is 85! Anniversary of the creator of the Gallium-Germanium Neutrino Telescope - pp. 3–5 The Sombrero Galaxy, “red dots” in X-rays, data centers in orbit... ...and other astronomy news from Alexey Kudrya - pp.

Oksana Stein Alexander Markov Goodbye Melancholy: Demystifying the Artist's Soul Anyone who today undertakes to write seriously about art sooner or later faces the temptation of a mournful tone. But if we ignore rumors and rumors and take a closer look at what has been happening in the theory of art over the past half century, we will discover a strange and encouraging phenomenon.

It's better to be a dog in an era of calm, than a man in an era of chaos. Chinese proverb Judging by our institute 1 , the first half of the 1980s was a golden period for academic science. We worked quietly. The Institute collaborated with a whole network of application organizations that tested our products. Some things were successfully implemented.

Evgeniy Berkovich Part two. "The ability to perceive the incomprehensible" We continue the series of articles by the historian of science, editor of the magazine “Seven Arts” Evgeniy Berkovich , dedicated to Albert Einstein and his relationship with religion. These texts are included in Evgeniy Berkovich’s new book “Notes on Albert Einstein. Time, science, life”, published by the KMK Scientific Publishing House in 2025.

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Alexander Poddyakov The authors of the issue “Barriers in the preparation of dissertations in Russian graduate school” [1] (series “Modern Education Analytics”), published last year, write that “ the share of graduates of graduate school who completed their studies with a dissertation defense decreased by more than half: from 25.9 to 11.2% for 2013–2023 .” The main barriers are “financial, academic, organizational difficulties, difficulties in interaction with the supervisor and personal

Qwen AI Pavel Amnuel The day was cool and windy. A large pleasure boat with a quiet rustle, barely audible due to the rumbling of the engine and the sharp cries of seagulls, cut through the waters of Lake Constance. The tourists descended from the upper deck into the salon, and he was left almost alone. He threw a light jacket over his shoulders and, closing his eyes, listened, highlighting from all the sounds only the whisper of the waves and the rumble of the engine.

April 27: Mind Transfer and Immortality 150 years ago, Frédéric Charles Pierre Édouard Bargone (Claude Farrère, 1876–1957), French writer, author of the novels “The House of the Living,” “Condemned to Death,” and the collection “The Other Shore,” was born. A professional naval officer, Claude Farrer traveled a lot, which was later reflected in his numerous books. But he did not shy away from science fiction.

Natalia Toropova How the plants scream Employees of Tel Aviv University decided to find out whether representatives of the flora can make sounds [ 1 , 2 ]. For this purpose, the plants were placed in special soundproof boxes with built-in microphones. And it turned out that plants communicate not only with each other, but also with the environment. In the laboratory, we were able to hear and record tomatoes, tobacco, wheat, corn and cactus talking. Plants are extremely chatty!

General education mathematics courses are often structured in such a way that they evoke a wide range of negative emotions in students: from boredom and despondency to panic and hatred. Of course, a lot depends on the teacher, but what to do if there is no good teacher or tutor on the horizon? Then educational videos or online educational games can help, but even in the era of modern technology, we should not forget about popular science books.

Vladimir Gavrin On April 15, the outstanding experimental scientist in the field of neutrino physics, creator of the Gallium-Germanium Neutrino Telescope of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory of the Institute of Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Vladimir Nikolaevich Gavrin, celebrated his 85th birthday. A day later, a seminar dedicated to this anniversary was held at the Moscow branch of the institute.

Alexey Kudrya Sombrero Galaxy in DECam image Messier 104, known as the Sombrero Galaxy, is one of the most recognizable galaxies in the night sky [ 1 ]. A new image obtained with the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) installed on the four-meter Victor M. Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (Chile) reveals previously inaccessible details of its structure [ 2 ].

Qwen AI Sergey Popov “Where is everyone?” - this is how the paradox formulated by the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1950 sounds in one short phrase. And only nine years later a historical publication by Morrison and Cocconi 1 appeared, proposing a search for extraterrestrial civilizations through radio observations. Thus, even before the start of the space age, it was obvious that space did not demonstrate the presence of many highly advanced technical civilizations.

Photo: Ivan Timoshenko / Roscosmos Media Alexander Khokhlov On April 30 at 21:00 Moscow time, the Soyuz-5 / Sunkar 1 medium-class launch vehicle took off for the first time from launcher No. 1 of site No. 45 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Goal: to begin flight development tests of the joint Russian-Kazakh space rocket complex “Baiterek”. The rocket made its first flight along a suborbital trajectory (similar to all of SpaceX’s Starship launches that have already taken place).