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• 5 Dishes To Take You On a Cooking Adventure This Holiday Season

  …s Scandinavian piece of wisdom while making an Italian dish. Crème brûlée (France/UK) Light it on fire! The sugar crust on top of a crème brûlée is a little piece of New Year magic in itself, but when combined with the delicious tender inside – ooh, yummy! Here is a recipe you can follow, once again courtesy of the BBC. A pro tip: maybe you can start making…

  08.01.2021

• Potential Threat, Treasure Trove, or Future Home: Why Scientists Study Asteroids

  …n. The particles are numerous and travel at such enormous speed that they can even change the angular velocity of the very asteroid. So in the future, we can expect lots of new discoveries. Even now there are plans for missions that have to do with not just research but also the development of asteroids. There are also projects aimed at potentially dangerous aster…

  08.01.2021

• Seven Sins of Our Memory or Why We Forget Things

  … became clear that the patient’s memory was irreversibly impaired. He could still recall his childhood memories and recognize his family and friends, but he was unable to form new memories. Every morning, he woke up thinking that he had just had an operation, and several times a day he became acquainted once again with his attending physician and medical staff. Fu…

  07.01.2021

• Koliada: Russian Trick-or-Treating?

  …gy, there is no final answer. Some believe that it derives from calends of Roman calendar, while others argue that it’s named after Koliada, a Slavic deity that represents the New Year’s cycle. There are, however, other versions as well, so perhaps it’s actually a mix of them all? The roots of the tradition itself are a bit more easily traceable. The Christmassy v…

  07.01.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 9-10, 2021

  …tom yum soups, Italian piadina flatbreads, fresh truffle smashburgers, falafel shawarmas, and many types of potatoes with different sauces – let alone hot seasonal drinks. The New Year’s atmosphere, retro-style garlands, and cool playlists will make you want to come back again next year. Don’t forget to take a pic at the photo booth to capture the last days of the wi…

  06.01.2021

• Cyber-Corona: How Businesses Managed the Transition to Working From Home

  …ransition to remote operation, the associated risks, and the ways to minimize them in the future. Corona circumstances The mass transition to working remotely shaped the new requirements for corporate security systems. A survey by Check Point showed that 56% of companies encountered problems associated with organizing remote work and security, while 55% weren’t…

  06.01.2021

• Winter Break at Home: Staying Fit, Sane, and Entertained

  …n mental healthcare on subjects varying from anxiety and impostor syndrome to achieving mindfulness. You can also check out our own quick guide to staying positive or the ITMO.NEWS editorial team’s top ways to boost their moods during the winter season. Entertainment But spending your winter break at home isn’t all about working out, meditating, and self-improv…

  05.01.2021

• Picture of the Week: Mobile Manipulator Robot KUKA youBot

  …y developers for security reasons. KUKA’s code, however, is open-access. Since it’s low-powered and thus can’t harm a human being, it’s very useful for research and testing of new control algorithms, as well as for teaching students to work with real equipment. Initially, the robot could only move from point A to point B. Then, the laboratory staff developed a tra…

  04.01.2021

• White New Year: Soviet Cartoons Sparkling with Snow

  …cartoon, as he sits on a wood burning stove and scolds the dog, Sharick, for wearing sneakers in the snow. But soon it turns out that their favorite boy is coming to celebrate New Year’s Eve with them, and they put their differences aside to come up with a heartwarming celebration. The fir tree is decked out with junk from the attic, cobwebs are cleared off the TV, a…

  04.01.2021

• 5 Holiday Movies and Series to Binge On

  …Dash & Lily (2020; series) New York on Christmas – what could possibly be more romantic, right? Dash doesn't think so: this season, he was set to happily not celebrate alone in his dad's empty apartment. But during his usual hiding at a bookstore, he stumbles upon a journal teasingly daring him to fill out a message hidden in books all over the store to start …

  01.01.2021