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• Amusement or Science: The Role of Modern Museums

  …ct research at? It's hard to say for sure. In the USA, museums are "socialized",and act as cultural centers. This is true for some Russian museums, as well, especially local history museums. "I think that there's no precise definition for a scientific museum. I believe that more than anything, scientific museums are about conducting research — they have research di…

  31.01.2017

• Rectors are Human Too: Heads of Top Russian Universities Share Stories from Their Student Years

  … Graduate of the Molecular and Chemical Physics Department of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1973. When we get together with my graduating class, this story from the mandatory military exercises is still one of our favorites. After their fifth year, students of our institute had to participate in mandatory military exercises that took plac…

  26.01.2017

• Hidden Treasures of Saint Petersburg — Gatchina

  …n hour and get you near Gatchina’s city center. What to see Most of Gatchina’s sights are located in its old center; a lot can be said about each. Still, as it’s not a history article (you can always read that on some website, here, for instance, or get a guided tour), we’d like to suggest a possible route around the town and mention those sights that are not t…

  24.01.2017

• Third Session of Hermitage’s Art&Science Project: How Air Harms Paintings and Why Would One Make a Mold of Grass?

  … use special methods to find out which color a particular part of the painting was. Using spectroscopy, we can track the chemical composition of pigments and their "chemical history", and find out their initial colors. Also, unanticipated reactions can happen as results of the effects of light, or with some particles brought from outside. For example, in 1920-s scie…

  23.01.2017

• Artificial Intelligence: How to Regulate Human-Machine Interaction?

  …d repeatable. It is not really correct to take into account experiments when a machine finds the rights solution by following a plan,"said Mr.Pyrkin. "In my opinion, a typical story about an AI’s success comes from the "surpassing one’s teacher" concept. I think that it is much more interesting to see if an AI can become a "teacher" itself. It would be a breakthrough…

  17.01.2017

• The Art&Science Cluster Opens Its Doors

  …em as the common crisis of mankind, which is related to the integration of art and science. It comes from various types of human estrangement like estrangement from culture, history, social and civil contacts and also from oneself. It is caused by an inability to comprehend large amounts of data generated every day, dissemination of technocracy and popularity of virt…

  09.01.2017

• International Students Marvel at Winter School in Urban Studies

  …the city’s management is organized from different perspectives. But for me the most important and valuable part was probably lectures and excursions related to the country’s history and cultural life", shared Marlène Rene, one of the participants of ITMO University’s Winter School in Urban Studies. "I'm studying in Spain and study business administration a…

  03.01.2017

• Movie Guide: The Best Russian Festive Films to brighten up your New Year’s Eve

  …movie staple. Even the collapse of the USSR couldn’t dislodge it from the top of the nostalgia charts. Packed with amusing scenes, wry dialogue and flamboyant characters, this story shows how one night can turn several lives upside down. After a boozy party on December 31, a company of Moscow friends put the wrong drunken guy on a plane by mistake. And when he sob…

  30.12.2016

• From White Nights to Black Days: Surviving the Deep, Dark Winter in St. Petersburg

  …orm the stunning facades of the Winter Palace and General Staff Building into a neo-classical canvas for digitally enhanced video wizardry and the fine art of Russian animated storytelling. The multimedia show will comprise of three distinct sections, all drawing inspiration from this year’s citywide celebration of Russian and Soviet Cinema: the first will see the…

  21.12.2016

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now