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5 Things You Need to Know Now
…termined that there two basic functions of giant panda’s distinct black-and-white markings: communication — dark eye patches may help them recognize each other or signal aggression toward panda competitors, and camouflage — white helps hide in snowy habitats and black arms and legs help out in the shade. Do we look like our names? Researchers at Hebrew University …
06.03.2017
Social Media Algorithm Says Trump "Tweets Like a Bachelor"
…who are applying for a job. More generally, characterizing personality through activity in social media will help discover illegal groups as well as find people prone to depression or suicide and support them. Co-author of the paper, Kseniya Buraya, researcher at ITMO University's International laboratory "Computer technologies", is doing an internship at National…
06.03.2017
City of the Stolovaya — a Culinary Journey Through St. Petersburg’s Greatest Dining Phenomenon
…they didn't already know about it,' I queried. "They wouldn’t,` she replied, breezily leading me through a nondescript door into the stolovaya inner sanctum. My first impression was that I had been transported back in time to a school canteen in the 1950s. Behind the scruffy metal cabinets was a large, intimidating throng of dour female servers — recalling dinner …
03.03.2017
Gamification: How to Learn the Periodic Table While Playing Battleship
…Everything is a game There are lots of articles on the usefulness of games: they can help develop social skills, emotional intelligence, decision-making ability and abilities to react to unconventional situations. Many of those who promote gamification of routine processes conduct lectures and open their own studios. And if games for company employees or conferenc…
03.03.2017
Delicacy for Sportsmen- How to Eat Ice-Cream and Build Muscle
…hange the composition of one of her favourite foods: ice-cream. She decided to exclude fats, sugar and its substitutes like fructose, sorbitol and xylitol. Under the supervision of Lyudmila Nadtochiy, associate professor of the Department of Applied Biotechnology, Malika started to develop a new original recipe of ice-cream, so as to make it as tasty as the usual …
03.03.2017
Society or Scientists: Who Needs Science Communication More?
…What is science communication? Andrey: Discussions on whether science communication is relevant or not are popular both in Europe and Russia. The problem is that it is very difficult to define this phenomenon and reckon it among only one field. Is science communication part of sociology of science or management, political sociology or economics of science? It is als…
02.03.2017
SciComm in Russia: How Does It Work and What’s Its Future?
…c press centers work and what will they do in the future, what's the use of science communication for business and scientists, and can "science communicator" be called a profession. We've scaled the four hours of lectures down to seven topics. So, is "science communicator" already a profession? Yes, according to specific criter…
02.03.2017
Daria Kozlova, ITMO’s Vice Rector for International Relations, Receives "Saint Petersburg’s Influential Women — 2017" Award
Startups from an Ice-Hole:
…r the ice-hole, you forget to use all this experience and even what you are to say. Usually, the stage is on the same level as the viewers, or even a little higher, and the session goes in a calm relaxing atmosphere. At the Polar Bear Pitching, you stand lower than anyone, watched by over 400 people — the judges, viewers, participants. Personally, I was not really af…
01.03.2017
Like Doesn’t Cure Like: Homeopathy and Its Fake Medications
…e learnt a research on the use of cinchona plant in the treatment of fever, he decided to try the bark of this tree and analyze the consequences. This resulted in fever, convulsion and joint pain, which are symptoms of malaria. Judging by this experience only, Hahnemann concluded that medications cause symptoms of a disease in healthy people. Therefore, one can assum…
01.03.2017