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• Assassin’s Creed Won’t Help: An Expert’s Opinion on Restoration of Notre Dame

  … own ideas about how to restore the building. Some even suggested using the 2014 video game Assassin’s Creed Unity. Set in Paris during the French Revolution and following the story of the Order of Assassins, the game was praised by critics for its astonishing visuals and historical accuracy; Caroline Miousse, a level artist on Assassin’s Creed Unity, spent about two…

  18.04.2019

• Hot, Greasy, Delicious: Russian Fast Food to Make You Happy

  …eezer. Still, stuffing yourself with cold leftover pelmeni while cramming for tomorrow’s test is one thing; having the very same dish at a pelmennaya is a completely different story. On the whole, there are two kinds of pelmennayas in St. Petersburg. The new fancier places offer a wide choice of fillings, sauces and even ways of serving this delicious dish; a good…

  16.04.2019

• 8th Congress of Young Scientists: Genetic Algorithms, Robotic Intelligence and Struggle Against Infections

  … develop such models, and proposed a genetic algorithm that allows to reconstruct evolution automatically. "We developed an algorithm for reconstructing the demographic history of the human population. The difference between the models that human researchers and the algorithm offer is barely noticeable, which means that we’ve succeeded in getting the same or eve…

  16.04.2019

• What to Do in St. Petersburg on Cosmonautics Day

  …n the heart of the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Valentin Glushko Museum of Cosmonautics and Rocket Technology has been open to visitors since 1973. Its exposition traces the history of modern aero- and astronautics from pre-WWII military rocket tech and the 60’s golden era of spaceflight to the newest developments. Among its highlights are several authentic Soviet sa…

  12.04.2019

• Space Tourism: How to Book a Flight to the Orbit

  …ace tourist onboard the ISS. His week-long trip in 2001 cost him 20 million US dollars. Mark Shuttleworth, a South African millionaire, became the second space tourist in history on April 25, 2002. In addition to recording his trip, he conducted research on the development of embryo and stem cells in zero gravity. Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American engineer, …

  12.04.2019

• German Week in St. Petersburg: Experts Discuss Science Communication and the Social Mission of Modern Science

  …tion of new knowledge, and, finally, contribution to their own environment, which involves the tackling of social issues and analysis of society’s needs. Looking back on the history of Russian universities, it’s quite clear that the second and third missions are a novelty to us. Many of our parents studied in universities that did no research and simply trained speci…

  11.04.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 13-14

  …nd musical inventiveness, in his fifty years in music the US jazz great Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington gave over 20,000 concerts, with his eponymous orchestra going down in history as one of the most successful and prolific jazz collectives. In celebration of the musician’s 120th birthday anniversary, his iconic legacy, a sea of jazz compositions punctuated by churc…

  10.04.2019

• Pop Goes the Bubble: A Quick Guide to Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and ICOs

  …itcoin’s biggest innovation is that it solved that problem by using blockchain technology to prevent double-spending. How does blockchain work? Blockchain contains the history of all transactions ever made in the Bitcoin network. As its name suggests, the blockchain is just that: a chain of blocks. All transactions are separated into blocks and sorted chronolog…

  10.04.2019

• Travel Tips: Pskov

  … of the dome. My personal favorite monument in Pskov is to Princess Olga, the local lady who married Igor of Kiev and became one of the most influential women in Russian history. I think it’s fun when a woman can put a city on the map. During summer months you might even catch a battle in action. Ever felt like swinging a sword? Izborsk Situated about 30…

  09.04.2019

• Water-Spraying Parasols and Smart Traveling Apparel: Projects by Teens in Tech

  …Tatiana Tokareva, the vice dean of ITMO University’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations. The spring 2019 session was the fifth in the school’s two-year history. Initiated by two ITMO University staff Tatiana Gaponenko and Arseny Tretyakov, the first Teens in Tech took place in 2017. Some of the Teens in Tech alumni have already gained support of…

  09.04.2019