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• ‘Free From Sulfates, Phosphates, and Parabens’: What Is Chemophobia and How Is It Tackled at ITMO

  …er public.  “Chemophobia can be caused by the absence or unreliability of chemistry knowledge, someone’s poor awareness. The field of chemistry is shrouded in myths, fake news, and unsubstantiated data many people believe in. For example, someone would look at a shampoo’s composition, see sulfates there and decide that it’s harmful to their health, though the on…

  24.07.2020

• Cities on the Moon, Villages on Mars: What's Stopping Us?

  …Space exploration today For the past half a century, humanity has been standing on the verge of settling new planets. Many scientists believe that the only thing that holds us back is money. While it’s true that you do need a lot of it, there is another crucial problem: as of now, we aren’t able to live away from Earth. It’s hard to imagine a functioning industry …

  24.07.2020

• Campbell’s Law: Why Smart Technologies Don’t Always Make Life Better

  …nd what exactly it evaluated. People became more concerned with figuring out the algorithm rather than with increasing the quality of their services. The solution only created new problems. Why Campbell’s law is so hard to overcome Donald Campbell suggested several strategies to deal with the law he discovered, but most of them are hard to follow. One of hi…

  23.07.2020

• Evolutionary Computations Explained in 9 Simple Questions

  …some solutions cross-bred with each other, producing “offspring.” Of the resulting solutions, the “fittest” ones are picked to join the next generation and the process begins anew. A solution’s fitness refers to what must be optimized. Depending on the task, it could be time, cost, strength of signal, and so on. Usually, each next generation produces fitter solutions…

  23.07.2020

• Serhan Agrali: Visiting Silicon Valley Inspired My Major

  …ts it best. Diversity of the cultures, food, history, and most importantly, diversity of people. After all, it is the place where Europe meets Asia, east meets west, old meets new. If you haven’t visited Istanbul yet, I highly suggest you go there as soon as this pandemic situation is over. Your expectations will be surpassed. Just go and try baklava, doner, kebab, e…

  23.07.2020

• How Course Assessment Influences the Quality of Education

  …In 2018, ITMO University’s curriculum was expanded with new subjects, which provide Bachelor’s, Specialist’s, and Master’s students with a fundamental background on the basis of which they study the subjects in their specialization. Constituting the so-called “core set”, these disciplines aim to help students develop soft skills, digital and entrepreneurial culture, …

  22.07.2020

• This Mostly Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Mental Health

• At-Home Lab Experiments: A Look at the Summer SCAMT Workshop Week 2020

  …he expansion of its educational and practical program thanks to the engagement of group leaders working at SCAMT within the framework of the ITMO Fellowship program. Among the new additions was the project Immunity Against Cancer, which proved very popular among the applicants. Unfortunately, though, this project was left without its practical part, which had to be r…

  22.07.2020

• Cognitive Science: How Memory Works and How to Make Yours Work Better

  … and was anxious to announce it to the other. There were two alternative versions of the story – with two different reactions of the second partner to this unexpected piece of news (they either agreed or disagreed on the matter). The participants were then told that the couple either married or decided to stay apart. The trick was that sometimes their marriage follow…

  21.07.2020

• Mission Inboxible: How to Set Up a Successful Marketing Mailout

  …It’s better to use more images and less text, though this rule depends on the purpose and function of each specific email. But for regular letters with announcements of sales, new additions and discounts, events and so on, the aforementioned model proves the most effective.  One email – one goal This is the most universal and important rule. All …

  21.07.2020