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• The Best and Worst Gifts We Have Ever Received

  …dn’t want to splurge. The fact that my dear friends remembered me mentioning these little things and cared enough to give them to me never fails to bring tears to my eyes. Human connection is an incredible gift in itself, after all.  Misha What makes a gift bad? It’s hard for me to call something given in good faith outright bad – after all, it’s the though…

  06.01.2023

• ‘Tis The Season To Be Jolly: International Student Edition

  …d decorations. You can find huge Christmas trees every 100 meters, standing erect in their grandeur as if ready to enchant you with their magic. Besides decorations, other major attractions for international students include ballet, opera shows, Christmas markets, and ice skating. After all, the Russian New Year is incomplete without Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker at the M…

  05.01.2023

• 7 Video Games You Can Complete in a Day

  …, an ordinary office clerk named Stanley finds out that all of his colleagues have gone missing. He then decides to conduct his own investigation into the matter. Depending on their actions while controlling Stanley, the player can lead the investigation to drastically different conclusions. For example, one ending claims that Stanley’s company controls the minds of …

  05.01.2023

• Magic of Science: 5 St. Petersburg Museums to Attend on Winter Holidays

  …s and mysteries of the universe, but you’re yet to visit St. Petersburg Planetarium, then this is your sign to do it. It has seven halls, and the Star Hall features a Carl Zeiss projection device that displays 3.500 stars for every celestial hemisphere. In other halls, you can experience a space trip, see curious lab experiments and astronomical phenomena, as well as…

  04.01.2023

• Start Your Year With Decluttering

  …What’s there to gain? No more (or fewer) distractions. In his seminal work Getting Things Done, David Allen suggests treating various misplaced items you’ve left around the house like righteous additions to your to-do list. Imagine what it would feel like to not have all of those lying around?  A space that is filled with things that “spark joy” (if you’re a …

  04.01.2023

• How Indigenous Peoples of Russia Celebrate New Year

  …ays Syunduma. It lasts from Christmas to Epiphany. It’s believed that whatever happens during this time will set the tone for the following year, so there are certain rules and restrictions. For example, you aren’t supposed to let go of things in your house, as it could lead to material losses in the future. The roots of the New Year go back to winter solstice…

  03.01.2023

• Things To Do When It’s Too Cold Outside

  …m around the world. If you’re ready to dive into Russian staples, a safe place to start could be a pack of frozen pelmeni from the neighborhood grocery store, boiled to steaming perfection and topped with butter. Feel like making a little magic in the kitchen? How about spending an afternoon making the traditional borscht (which will last you all week) or trying your…

  02.01.2023

• ITMO Fellow Ahmed Eldeeb on Working in Russia and Becoming a PI at 28

  …eutic Agents Based on Nucleic Acids Lab (part of ITMO’s ChemBio Cluster).  Team: 23 people. Projects: development of anti-cancer DNA robots; quantum dot-based DNA chips for detection of multiple diseases.  Following the dream I had lots of crazy ideas for my future career when I was in high school. I have always had an interest in biology. It came easy fo…

  29.12.2022

• How To Spend the Holidays in St. Petersburg

• From IT to Medical History and Fast Fashion: 7 Popular Science Films and Series Worth Seeing

  …or the world’s healthcare system – how did it depict the work of scientists and medics who are faced with an unknown enemy? “This film is a great illustration of the work of infectious disease specialists. It perfectly shows how they risk their lives by selflessly fighting against an unknown virus. Of course, in reality, public health workers usually operate beh…

  28.12.2022