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• Lead Analyst at Mail.ru Group Anatoly Karpov: Statistics are Available to Anyone

  …ht in a complicated way. In many universities the social sciences faculties that have mathematics in their program often employ lecturers who work in the area to teach it. For instance, back at the Faculty of Psychology, we learned statistics from a professor at the Faculty of Mechanics and Engineering who spent most of his time with students of his own faculty. That…

  07.05.2020

• Beginner’s Guide to Submitting Your Research to Scopus and Web of Science Journals

  …es like Springer Nature launch new journals every now and then. Can I submit an article to two different journals at the same time? Scientists advise vehemently against this, as such an approach goes against scientific ethics. This could easily come to light if two journals were to, say, ask the same expert for a review. Som…

  06.05.2020

• ITMO University Graduate Dmitry Vavulin on His Love for Physics, Science, and Working at Yandex

  …d tape. There was even more of that in my PhD studies. But I made a final decision in favor of practice rather than theory when I chose to work at Yandex and not at Max Planck Institute in Germany. Did you get those two offers at the same time? Yes, after defending my thesis. I even went to Germany, too. I liked the institute, but…

  06.05.2020

• 7 Tips for Fighting Stage Fright

  …ment. This can also play a role in shaping your fear. Even if you know the topic well and have recited your speech several times over, you can still start feeling anxious. For instance, just a moment before you started your presentation, someone starts repairs just outside the building, it gets extremely hot in the room, or the organizers propose to change the locati…

  06.05.2020

• How to Support Local Businesses in St. Petersburg

  …a 600 rouble order but they have different delivery options and can ultimately send your brioche burger into space, if that’s where you’re self-isolating. Keep an eye on their Instagram for contests and giveaways and you just might score three liters of “liquid gold”, or something equally refreshing, with your order.  Ogurci Cafe n off-shoot of Prostie Veschi (…

  05.05.2020

• U.S. Fulbright Scholar Victoria Alexander on St. Petersburg, Isolation and Nabokov’s Connection to Evolution

  …f speciation. This is what led me into the sciences. I never imagined that this would happen when I started my literary studies. I became a visiting researcher at the Santa Fe Institute to work on complex systems theory, self-organization, and theories of evolution. My dissertation dealt with insect mimicry. Now I work in an interdiscip…

  05.05.2020

• Love Shared Apartments Like a Russian

  …ns past are lurking in dark storage areas and under claw-footed beds. Maxim Kosmin, a researcher of old St. Petersburg apartments showcases some of his incredible finds in his Instagram account.  In fact, a communal apartment is such a snapshot of real life that it was used as the setting in the book “The Apartment: A Century of Russian History”. It expla

  04.05.2020

• Founder of CritMouse Podcast Aleksandr Golovin On What’s Wrong With Popular Science Podcasts in Russia

  …r doctors, teachers or, say, fishers. There are several podcasts on business, marketing, economics and digital, but they are all aimed at the general public, so there’s little insider information there.  Another interesting feature that almost no one makes use of is podcasts’ complete impunity: in Russia, there is no associated legislation, and podcasts don’t fall…

  04.05.2020

• Optical “Nanomixer”: Scientists Propose New Method for Mixing Liquids

  …signed to perform several steps in the chemical synthesis of a specific product, the so-called lab-on-a-chip platforms . These minuscule containers with small grooves on their inside can range from several cubic millimeters to a few cubic centimeters in size - no larger than a matchbox.  Nevertheless, they make possible  to conduct blood analyses, mix microscopic dos…

  04.05.2020

• ITMO University Develops App For Online March of the “Immortal Regiment”

  …ome one of the most massive events to take place in Russian cities. Every year, millions of people in hundreds of towns gather to commemorate those who defended the country against the Nazis. Still, in the face of the pandemic, gathering for such an event was deemed impossible. So this year, the organizers decided to conduct it online: people can upload portraits …

  01.05.2020