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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 2-3

  … lobbies and courtyards’ tour through the historic center of the Northern Venice will take you back in time to the pre-revolutionary Russia and give you the insight into the history of this magnificent city and the lifestyle of its inhabitants. The tour starts near the Vladimirskaya metro station at 11am and 2.30pm on March 2-3 and March 7-9. Tickets cost 780 rubles …

  27.02.2019

• Science-Pop for All Ages: ITMO Scientists’ How-To

  …gy at school, as they’ll already know the fundamentals and the logic behind them. What is also interesting is that our book is not only for kids but for adults as well. It’s a story that you can read and discuss with your kids. Isn’t it amazing? Are you going to write a sequel? Dmitriy: Yes, we plan to make it a series, and we already have two ideas. Now we…

  25.02.2019

• Snack Like a Russian

  …blicks. I still keep a bag in my pantry for munchies. Also in this category you’d find pryaniki: gingerbreads, plain or with different fillings. The folks I polled for this story all pointed out various kinds of dried fish and calamari. You can buy an actual dried, salted fish and you’d spend twenty minutes cleaning and peeling pieces off, which is all part of the…

  25.02.2019

• Yandex Director of Marketing Andrey Sebrant: We’re Living in the Age of Implementation

  … to experiment, I tend to trust experimental proof, not press releases. And testing the collectors’ wallets has shown that they’re ready to pay for this kind of product. Art history shows that once something starts to be sold at auctions and shown at galleries, it’s labeled as art. It would seem that AI has passed the first part of that test. Does education still …

  22.02.2019

• Forbes Science and Technology Editor on Communicating Research

  … but at the same time, it can help change the course of a case. For that reason, it's always important to speak out. Also, there's no harm in having some useful contacts and a story that you'll be known for, so that you won't be judged by your recent actions only. So why do media need a Technology section? Even though most people are interested in dollar rates or …

  22.02.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: February 23-24

  … monarchs apart? Don’t know a thing about Nicholas I and Alexander II’s regimes? Worry not. There’s no better place to help you fill in the gaps in your knowledge of Russian history than St. Petersburg, the former capital of the Russian Empire. This Sunday, February 24, the mysterious St. Michael’s Castle (the one where the Russian Emperor Paul I was murdered and whe…

  20.02.2019

• Ex-Executive Director of Nobel Foundation Michael Sohlman: How to Win the Nobel Prize

  …focused strictly on their subject area, some are unsociable, some are talkative, egocentric, generous; there are all kinds of people. Many people today note that, throughout history, there have been very few women among the laureates. This is a reflection of women’s social conditions in those times, and these days more and more women are recognized by the academic co…

  18.02.2019

• Movie Fridays: Disconnect… The Person You’re Trying to Reach is Currently Unavailable

  …evealing her source and thus betraying Kyle or losing her job and maybe even ending up in jail. What will she choose? And finally, the most intense and probably the saddest story of the three revolves around a prominent lawyer Rich (Jason Bateman), glued to his smartphone even at family dinner, and his wife Lydia (Hope Davis), whose 15-year-old introverted son Ben…

  15.02.2019

• Dmitri Mendeleev: Everything You Need to Know About the Inventor of Periodic Table

  …bade him from remarrying ever again. But the resourceful scientist found a way out, bribing a priest and tying the knot with Ms. Popova. Soon a daughter Lyubov was born. The history remembered her for being the wife of Alexander Blok, the famous Russian fin-de-siecle poet. Successful though his venture was, it all took a toll of Mendeleev, besieged by one misfortu…

  14.02.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: February 16-17

  …of the sea breeze, the heat, and the old-world charm. Marvel at opulent palaces, imperial mosques, colorful bazaars, and marine landscapes, and familiarize yourself with the history of one of the most beautiful cities in the world! The exhibition is open until March 31 from 11am to 7pm, and from midday to 9pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Entrance fee is 150 ruble…

  13.02.2019