In 1491, the thirteenth child was born in the Lopez family.
PHYSICS OF EVERYDAYImpetus comes into playAlexander ZaitsevWe see in the world around us only what corresponds to our ideas about it …
ABOUT FOOD AND ITS CONSEQUENCESIn the heading:Convenience foods and cancer.All yoghurts are healthy.Again about milk.And the tea got it.A cure for depression.Eat insects!
ANIMAL STORIESHow to solve the problem?Boris Starikov
WONDERS OF THE WORLDNeuschwanstein CastleMikhail Georgiadi
PEOPLE OF SCIENCE"There is nothing in the world stronger than free scientific thought …"William Smith
ALL WRONG!New chronology of FomenkoAlexander Grudinkin
QUOTES UNDER THE MICROSCOPEThey didn’t say itKonstantin Dushenko
MOSAICIn the heading:And again about vaping.When did cockroaches appear?Consciousness – in plants
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Tempted by knowledgeExtensive educational activities in the field of scientific knowledge for more than one century. But is it necessary now, in the age of narrow specialists, when a person needs many years to master a particular profession?
Diminishing the deity of scienceAndrey VaganovEveryone knows what popularization of science is; no one can give a clear definition of this genre that suits everyone, and, most importantly, “working”. In order for the popularization to be precisely scientific – and not meta-, pseudo-, false-, quasi-, one has to look for definitions of the object of research – what is this “popularization of science”.
Humanities popularizers – for the place of meaning under the sunAlexander Markov
"Enlightenment today and tomorrow"
A Troubled Age: Learning and the Digital WorldAnna Degtyareva
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HUMAN AND SPACE
How space shapes the culture of the EarthYuri BaturinAn outside perspective: how space affects humanity and its culture
Our world is a huge space aroundAlexander LazutkinConversation with pilot-cosmonaut A. I. Lazutkin about space flights, space technology and the place of man in the Universe.
COSMOS: CONTINUED TALKS30 years on the wayAlexey VyrskySpace Observatory "Hubble" – 30 years that changed the picture of the Universe
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75 YEARS OF VICTORY"My memory woke up on the night of the beginning of the war"Marietta Chudakova
BY THE SOLOVETSKY STONESoviet patriot Karpechenko and defector DobrzhanskyAlexander Volkov
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PORTRAIT OF A SCIENTISTMemory lanesGalina BelskayaAbout Nathan EidelmanMarietta Chudakova "For him, the interests of Russian culture were a reality comparable to the vital, purely personal concerns of the current day – they were part of his own life."
REFLECTIONS ON INFORMATIONMillion for old ageBoris Zhukov
RIDDLES OF HISTORYThe first "Columbus" of the PaleolithicAlexander VolkovWere Neanderthals the First Conquerors of America?
IN DEEP TIMEThree victorious steps to disasterAlexander GolyandinThe Punic Wars: The Rise and Fall of Carthage, the Great City-State
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"LOOK INTO THE ROOT""Russian field" of utopiasEvgeny KharitonovIn 1917, for the first time in world history, a global experiment was carried out in Russia to translate some of the utopian ideas into reality. How did science fiction writers respond to this?
REFLECTIONS AT THE BOOKSHELFFrom figures of thought to figures of intuitionDmitry Bavilsky
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THE WORLD IN THE EYES OF A TRAVELERGold letters on black silkElena Danchenko
AROUND FOODWhat does coffee smell like when money doesn’t smell?Tatiana Solovieva
ANIMAL STORIESMountain hyrax is a relative of elephantsVasily Klimov
COUNTRY FANTASYBoiling pointAndrey Vodyanik
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Evolution of life on Earth: perfection and beautyUnderstand the meaning of lifeMikhail FedonkinA conversation with Academician M.A.Fedonkin about how life was formed on Earth, why ancient organisms are not at all similar to modern ones, and why life is an inevitable phenomenon.The problem of form in biologySergey YastrebovRestarting the hypothesisBoris Zhukov
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LET’S TALK ABOUT SCIENCEPhysics and reality: what character do the laws of nature have?Alexander VinnichukThe laws of nature are a necessary, essential, stable, repetitive relationship between the phenomena of the physical world. How has the idea of them changed throughout the history of mankind?
PORTRAIT OF A SCIENTISTIgor TammAnna DegtyarevaJuly marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Igor Evgenievich Tamm, an outstanding theoretical physicist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate in physics, who has done a lot for national and world science.
REFLECTIONS ON INFORMATIONForetold ancestorBoris Zhukov
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75 YEARS OF VICTORYNovorossiysk landingVictor GlukharevA story about one combat day of the Great Patriotic War.
CIVIL WAR IN RUSSIATambov uprising of 1920-1921Oleg FilatchevThe history of the "Tambov uprising" became the most important and eloquent episode of the tragic denouement of the age-old systemic confrontation between the state and the peasantry, city and village.
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OUR INTERVIEWS"COVID-19 is a good lesson for each of us"Nikolay BrikoNikolai Ivanovich Briko, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief Epidemiologist of the Russian Ministry of Health, talks about viruses, a pandemic and its consequences for humanity.
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OUR ANNIVERSARIESThe fate of Yevgeny Boratynsky: unanswered questionsAnna KrechetovaHis poems were known and appreciated by A. S. Pushkin, P. A. Vyazemsky, I. V. Kireevsky, N. M. Yazykov and other experts in poetry.The star of the scattered galaxyIgor Pound
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC REPORTDomestic fiction and its evolutionYuri Revich
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?Poor Yorick: what Shakespeare the world knewTatiana SolovievaBy the middle of the 19th century, Shakespeare’s brilliant works met a strange fate: they were known not as they came from under his pen, but by distorted, often mediocre, and even simply vulgar alterations.
RIDDLES OF HISTORY"Fight for fire"Alexander Volkov
THE WORLD IN THE EYES OF A TRAVELERKamchatka – the beginning of RussiaAngela VorobyovaA fascinating journey to the land of volcanoes, geysers and pristine nature.
COUNTRY FANTASYFireballAlexander Filichkin
ANIMAL STORIESDick-dicksVasily Klimov
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MAIN TOPICInnovation is the gateway to the futureWhy is innovation a gateway to the future? Why should we pay the utmost attention to them at the state level? The answers to these and other questions are devoted to the materials of the Main Theme of this issue.Our business is compositesKirill BelovThe private sector of the domestic economy today is mastering not only traditional production spheres, but also many innovative ones, solutions for which help to find advanced scientific achievements, in particular, in the field of creating composite materials.Materials science is chemistry, physics and biologyAnatoly MorozovSave energyPolina MorozovaThere is a request for everything!Alexander Myaskov
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OUR INTERVIEWS"Psychiatry is the most fascinating science"Alexander TiganovThis interview helps to understand the motives of interest in scientific pursuits and acquaints us with a typical biography of a modern Russian scientist in such a fascinating discipline as psychiatry.
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REFLECTIONS ON INFORMATIONClimate protection: elephant moveBoris Zhukov
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70 YEARS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINAChinese literature over the past 40 yearsLiu WenfeiThe second part of a review article on contemporary Chinese literature.
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BY THE SOLOVETSKY STONELong way out of the mazeRoman RomanovThe State Museum of the History of the GULAG is one of the "museums of memory", "museums of conscience". It is dedicated to the history of the system of forced labor camps, which were the main instrument of state repression in the Land of the Soviets. The director talks about the most important areas of the museum’s work.New Victory of Soviet Power, or the End of HistoryAlexander Volkov
IN DEEP TIMEAnd he took his secret into eternity …Alexander Golyandin
ANTHROPOLOGY OF EVERYDAYHistorical and cultural basis of the folklore genre "football chant"Dmitry FateevToday’s football chant is a complex of several artistic components: words, music, rhythm, gesture, dance, facial expressions and other ritualized actions performed by fans in stadiums and beyond. The genre seems to be young. However, its historical and cultural basis is in the ancient past.
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WOMEN’S STORIES IN HISTORYElizaveta Yaroslavna, Queen of NorwayGalina Bednenko
PERSONALITY IN HISTORYSecrets of the Jesuit OrderGennady EvgrafovIn 1491, the thirteenth child was born in the Lopez family. He was named Ignatius. The baby’s parents did not believe in omens, they believed in God. Marina Sone, wishing to imitate the Mother of God, retired to get rid of the burden in the barn and put the newborn in a nursery. True, a star did not rise over Bethlehem that night, but the venerable Signor Lopez and Signorita Marina firmly believed that their child would be destined to play an outstanding role in the history of Christianity.
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THE WORLD IN THE EYES OF A TRAVELERMy French Promised LandElena DanchenkoA fascinating story of a traveler about the past and present of France, its history and culture, manners and customs of its inhabitants, presented with attention and love to this glorious Western European country.
ANIMAL LIFEThe tail is like a mirror of the soulIgor Reif
ANIMAL STORIESWeavers of South AmericaVasily Klimov
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OBSERVER’S NOTESColor cinema of lifeAlexander VolkovSooner or later, not a single second of any person’s personal life will hide from the attention of the ubiquitous cameras. And then what?
SCIENCE NEWSIn the heading:New theory of the evolution of the universeExplaining the fine tuning of the universeFifth fundamental interaction?The existence of a pentaquark is confirmedThe real reason for the death of dinosaurs?
IN THE FOCUS OF DISCOVERYDo you want to live – be able to twirlNikolay Kuzin
MAIN TOPIC1917: before and after
MAIN TOPICUnion of Czech-Slovak Societies in Russia during the First World WarElena SerapionovaOn the eve of the First World War, there were about 100 thousand Czechs and about 2 thousand Slovaks in Russia, who both accepted Russian citizenship and retained Austro-Hungarian citizenship. They organized various societies: charitable, cultural, educational, sports. It is interesting that in the USA, where large Czech and Slovak colonies existed, Czech and Slovak societies existed in parallel, while in Russia joint Czech-Slovak organizations often arose.
MAIN TOPIC"Brothers of Russia and stepchildren of the Slavs"Vladimir Pukish
MAIN TOPICThe birth of a national and state ideaDorota Mikhalyuk
MAIN TOPICWorld War I and the Polish questionMariusz Volos
WORLDWIDEIn the heading:Every third is an envious person.Cobweb lensClothes that give currentIn order not to die from drunkennessTomatoes fight specks"Traffic jams" are harmful to health"We took the log merrily …"No friends is like smoking
PEOPLE OF SCIENCEOn the socio-humanitarian mission of civil engineeringYuri Veshninsky
REFLECTIONS ON INFORMATIONOn the eve of the explosionBoris Zhukov
COSMOS: CONTINUED TALKSThe Great Journey to Alpha CentauriAlexander VolkovThe path to the dazzlingly bright neighboring star – to Alpha Centauri – lies through the cosmic desert. There is nowhere to stop along the way …
LITTLE TRAGEDIES OF THE GREAT SHOCK"September 11" by Adolf Hitler, or the Aryan HerostratusElena Syanova
SCIENCE AND SOCIETYNew in forensicsAl Buchbinder
MAN AND WOMANIn the heading:The role of breadwinner of the family threatens the male psycheMarriage is good for menWomen choose the beardedDo not offer intimacy!Women – about marriageThe consequences of premature birthWhat does a glass of wine lead to?Caesarean section is harmful.
FROM THE HISTORY OF SCIENCEHow the neutron moderation effect was discoveredBoris Bulyubash
PLANET STORM illegal immigration argumentative essayWhen does the "port wave" come?Alexander Zaitsev
HEROES OF OUR TIMEExhibits of the St. Petersburg Cabinet of Curiosities from the Dutch East IndiesAlexander Estrin
PEOPLES OF THE WORLD AND PEOPLE WORLDDance of Spirits religion: the decline of the era of the Indian warsAlina Amvrosova
BOOK NAVIGATORComputers, mathematics, ciphersLeonid Ashkinazi
INTERESTING LINGUISTICSWriter – I know you …Boris Starikov
METAPHYSICS OF PETERSBURGTopography of the surrealAnna Sever
HOW LITTLE WE KNOW ABOUT THEMIn the heading:The stingray is chewing …Dove readers. Life in a nuclear bunkerCarnivorous slugsHow to hide in the oceanHold the breath…Killer cows"Medicinal milk".
ANIMAL STORIESMotherhood, or Parents and ChildrenVasily KlimovFriendship, loyalty, love – all these feelings are inherent in animals. Numerous observations indisputably prove this to us.
MUSEUM – AS THE FACE OF THE EPOCHKhmelitaElena GenerozovaA museum is primarily a repository. Collection of things and objects. The manor is, in one way or another, a place to live. But the place, as a rule, is vast – with living and utility rooms, outbuildings, grottoes, barns, summer theaters, greenhouses, bird houses, churches and a park – certainly a park, romantic English or regular French, to the taste of the owners. Of course, not everyone lived so widely, nevertheless, if we are talking about the estate, we mean a place for an idle and exciting life – and that thin and short-term stratum of society that went down in history under the name of the Russian nobility. From the 17th to the 20th century, thousands of estates were built, but only a few have survived to us in their original form.
MUSEUM – AS THE FACE OF THE EPOCHTwelve monthsNikolay Volkov-MuromtsevAfter the Russian classics, it is almost impossible to say a new word about Russian nature. But how profoundly the author succeeded in this in a book of memoirs about his youth in Russia, written in exile …
THE WAYS OF DIONYSUSUnder the head, under the fly, under the shafAlexander Levintov
ON THE THRESHOLD OF ETERNITYLast words of scientists and philosophersKonstantin Dushenko
MOSAICIn the heading:Classified as tortureThe eye on the rump …About the dangers of home economicsNo beer spills!
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OBSERVER’S NOTESRobots, or the New Art of WorkingAlexander VolkovThe development of robotics presents us with a serious challenge. In the West, more and more people are talking about "Industry 4.0". Smart machines accelerate manufacturing processes from new product design to distribution. There is no need for many operations that were previously done by a person.
SCIENCE NEWSIn the heading:Why is there no antimatter in the Universe?Is the holographic universe theory correct?"Second Earth" is unsuitable for life!A giant "water factory" discovered in the bowels of the Earth
IN THE FOCUS OF DISCOVERYDinosaur LessonAndrey Zheleznykh
MAIN TOPIC1917: before and after. How it was…
MAIN TOPICLooking aheadMikhail DavydovInterview with the author of the book "20 years before the Great War" Mikhail Davydov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Political History of the Higher School of Economics.
MAIN TOPICSocialism in RussianMikhail Davydov
MAIN TOPICHunger and HUNGER. Semantic inflationMikhail Davydov
WORLDWIDEIn the heading:Pillows are the bomb!To earn a lot …Character is not eternalSleep for the development of speech.
Inhabited space"Baikal is a powerful moral and intellectual challenge"Vladimir Kagansky
REFLECTIONS ON INFORMATIONEvolution versus educationBoris Zhukov
SUM OF TECHNOLOGIESThe laser that went the other wayVictor Apollonov
LITTLE TRAGEDIES OF THE GREAT SHOCKFrom opposition to resistanceElena SyanovaIn October 1937, the Duke of Windsor, formerly England’s passing King Edward VIII, visited Nazi Germany.