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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 20-21

  …nt architectural diversity in a superb column by our very own architectonics expert) – the station is a living, breathing, puffing even, monument of the era, all smoothed-out corners, gilded statues and fluid lines. The exhibition will feature over 50 authentic garments dating all the way back to the late 19th century, so make sure to swing by the station from Octobe…

  17.10.2018

• ITMO University Scientists Develop Laser for High-Precision Satellite Navigation

  …ount the distance between the Earth and the Moon, which can be most precisely measured with a lunar laser locator. Such a locator determines the distance from Earth to corner reflectors on the lunar surface. The reflectors function much like those on bikes or cars, returning the laser beam strictly in the opposite direction with minimal scattering. The accurac…

  04.10.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: September 22-23

  … urbanists from all over the globe join their creative forces to muse about this year’s piquant theme, ‘Food for Thought’. The Posadsky municipal district’s walls will be adorned with sundry artistic takes on the idea of the centrality of food in our daily lives. Festival organizers want to prove that our pain quotidien is not only a material object, but also a si…

  19.09.2018

• What’s the Commotion? ITMO Scientists Discover How Obstacles Change Crowd Dynamics

  …individual agents. According to one key research finding, columns and barriers not only contribute to narrowing confined spaces and intensifying the flow of pedestrians in corners and constrictions, but also minimize potential collisions and interactions between individual agents. All this streamlines the human flows, reducing their density and optimizing pedestri…

  27.08.2018

• Sport, Recreation, Intellectual Hobby: What is Birdwatching and How it Helps Scientists

  …ee a specific individual that may differ from other representatives of its species. There’re now also mobile applications for identifying birds, with the best being Merlin by CornellLab. How popular is it around the world? According to some estimates, it involves about 90-100 million people, including photographers and artists who take photos and draw the b…

  24.08.2018

• Mentorship Program: Find a Mentor and Land Your Dream Job

• Urban Scientist Steve Kuddins on Overfencing in St. Petersburg: Causes and Solutions

  …s' opinions and see them as robots of some kind. For instance, they assume that pedestrians are comfortable with 90-degree turns, though it is obvious that most prefer to cut corners, which is often dealt with by placing even more fences. How do pedestrians feel about fences? Many citizens are content with using fences to prevent people from walking on lawn…

  13.07.2018

• Travel Tips: Incomplete and Subjective Guide to Summer in Tallinn

  …market. There you can find a variety of traditional woolen and linen knitted crafts; it is just impossible to leave without a colorful warm beanie, a scarf or a pair of deer-adorned socks. Near the market, take the stairs onto the City Walls for a picture-perfect view of the Gothic streets and red-tiled roofs. If you turn left from the Fat Margaret and go through D…

  10.07.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 26-27

  …The sun is shining, cherry trees, tulips and lilacs are in full bloom, and summer is just around the corner! The May Tree medieval folk festival, which will take place in the Vyborg Castle on May 26, is just the event to celebrate these warm sunny days. Tournaments, an archery contest, folk songs and dancing, and many other activities are planned. Entrance is free, b…

  23.05.2018

• BigXP: Unique Service, Unique Opportunities

  …ge so that others can become more professional in their fields. On our platform, we have representatives of such companies as Yandex, Facebook, SKB Kontur, and others. Dmitry Kornev from Yandex, for instance, is a highly qualified specialist in the field of machine learning and deep learning. His motivation is that he wants to share the advanced knowledge that he sel…

  23.05.2018