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• Make Borscht Like a Russian

• Merry Orthodox Christmas 2022

  …For starters, let’s revise some of our previous Christmas stories. Why is Orthodox Christmas on January 7 and not on December 25? It’s because the Russian Orthodox Church still lives by the Julian calendar as the Russian Empire did before the 1917 revolution. Our rather thorough Winter Holidays: Russian Orthodox Christ

  07.01.2022

• Student Spotlight: Fernanda Olivares, Mexico

  …What are you studying at ITMO? I am a first-year Master’s student at ITMO’s Art & Science program. This is a very unique field that brings science and art together. It is a myth that science and art are antagonistic to each other. Instead, they are incomplete without one another. I am extremely glad that ITMO is a leader in this subject. How did you find out ab…

  06.01.2022

• From Subway Tokens to Quick-Charge Modules: How ITMO Specialists Change Transport Infrastructure

  …’t be falsified: even the manufacturers of driverless cars may be incentivised to alter statistical data in order to substantiate the safety of their technologies and speed up mass production. Needless to say, drivers might also want to cover up traffic accidents. Are we ready for the transition to electric cars? Electric cars are becoming all the more popular.…

  06.01.2022

• From Snow to Treasures: Holiday Checklist

  …ds are not accepted. Go treasure hunting. Rare art albums, vintage clothing and retired sweaters in excellent condition, dishes with a character, gifts for friends who hate mass-market stuff, as well as things only you can identify as your future family heirlooms – thrift stores in St. Petersburg are a bonanza of delightful finds. Oftentimes they have a unique atm…

  05.01.2022

• What to Read, Watch and Listen to on the Winter Holidays

  … by Nastya Travkina, a former science editor of the Nozh (Knife – Rus.) magazine, is an anthem to neuroplasticity and a personal tale of how one can deal with their fears, traumas, bad habits, procrastination, and anxiety with the help of the latest discoveries in brain science. In 2021, the book was shortlisted for the Enlightener Prize. The author uses her perso…

  04.01.2022

• Cultural Holidays: Starting 2022 by Expanding Our Horizons

  … The Nutcracker, a classic holiday ballet, at a movie theater near me. Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater, one of the world’s top stages, makes their performances available in HD to cinemas around the world. This season, they’re doing Jewels by George Balanchine, a must-see Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, and The Pharaoh's Daughter by Marius Petipa. Granted, nothing compares to seei…

  04.01.2022

• Best Movies and TV to Binge This Holiday Season

  …Hawkeye Release date and platform: Disney+, November 24 Marvel Studios takes a page out of the Die Hard book to give the oft-overlooked Avenger a grand Christmas adventure on a smaller scale. Inspired by the hit 2012 comic series, the show delivers some great action pieces and banter between the main character and his spunky new sidekick, gives closure to plotl…

  03.01.2022

• Holidays in Russia: International Students’ Insights

  …s in Russia start a little bit later than in Europe, me and the other exchange students from Italy, France, and Germany decided to rent a house to celebrate the Catholic Christmas on December 25 together. We lived on a dacha one hour away from St. Petersburg, where we could take a break from the frenetic city life and from the university, although some of us had to a…

  30.12.2021

• Library-on-a-Chip: Scientists Record Data on Nanoscale Layers of Metal-Organic Frameworks for First Time

  …ting and reading capacities even at room temperature. Unlike the atom-based model, the proposed method has a better chance of succeeding. “This study is a follow-up to my Master’s thesis, which has turned into a full-fledged article. Its aim was to explore the possible practical use of the existing metal-organic frameworks. We wanted to demonstrate that nanoscal…

  29.12.2021