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• Our Team’s Top 3 Songs of 2023

  …tyle that blends indie pop, baroque rock, and ethereal – and she indeed sounds ethereal and heart-wrenchingly beautiful. My two other favorites of ‘23 are Faithless by The Airborne Toxic Event and All My Life by The Lathums, which has unsurprisingly been featured in our songs pieces earlier this year. Elizaveta  The soundtrack to my 2023 was definitely writ…

  29.12.2023

• Our Top Holiday Season Activities in St. Petersburg

  …nt and anticipation we all feel close to New Year’s as children. Adding to that delight was an actual carousel (free to ride!) that met me in all its grandeur just around the corner. The day was too cold for me to stand in the line to catch a ride, but I will definitely be coming back for one later! It’s hard to believe, but apart from the carousel, there is a fre…

  22.12.2023

• Unexplored St. Petersburg: Peski

  … nearby revenue house of Pavel Stanovoy has a fairy tale-like appearance, thanks to the pinch of the Neo-Russian style. The architecture echoes folklore, with the roof on the corner resembling a helmet, and the windows on the second floor taking the shape of a kokoshnik. The brutal gray residential buildings of the Basseinoe partnership comprise eight edifice…

  08.12.2023

• Well-Known but Never Observed: Dark Matter Explained

  …ous approaches to trap dark matter particles:  Some are trying to catch them using sensitive detectors located in underground laboratories. The idea is that all spaceborne particles, apart from dark matter particles, should be stopped by the Earth's thickness. Once in the laboratory, the particles are placed in a special cylinder containing a noble gas (xeno…

  23.10.2023

• Postcrossing: How to Explore the World Through Postcards

  …ed address – and wait. Once your postcard is received (i.e. its ID is registered on the website by the addressee), someone else will send you a postcard. It can come from any corner of the world – and that’s the fun of it! The website also has a forum for members, who sometimes organize meetings of local postcrossers. There, they exchange experiences and sign thei…

  17.10.2023

• 6 World-Changing Breakthroughs in Modern Physics

  …ck in 1980 to produce interferometers capable of detecting disturbances caused by merging black holes. As a result of their work on LIGO, Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, and Kip Thorne all received the Nobel Prize.  Application: the finding of gravitational waves will have a huge influence on astronomy and astrophysics. While present electromagnetic radiation-based te…

  11.10.2023

• Pencil It Down: Where to Get Your Stationery in St. Petersburg

  … Price range: $-$$$ Now, if you are all about study-with-me aesthetics, we have got something extra for you, too. One way to go is Lillko and Zakka, both little cuteness corners with plush toys (and pencil cases), mugs, candles, face masks – and yes, mainly stationery: with adorable designs and mostly in the pink-orange color palette. With these, you will turn y…

  01.09.2023

• Student Spotlight: Anas Akenoun, Morocco

  …oyed, especially during the summer.  How did you adjust to the cold weather here? When I first arrived in the city, it was too cold because winter was almost around the corner. Thereafter, I've gradually learned to adjust to the weather. Actually, all of the jackets that I carried from Morocco were insufficient. Only after purchasing one from here, I was able t…

  10.08.2023

• ITMO Professor Anatoly Shalyto on Mentorship for IT Students

  …. Revenue, mind you, not profit! That’s how we ended up with highly sought-after professionals as lecturers at the department. Among them were Andrey Stankevich and Georgi Korneev, two-time winners of ICPC. Mr. Stankevich is very active at ITMO and elsewhere; he teaches summer and winter schools for competitive programmers – for 100-200 students each season.  O…

  27.07.2023

• How Holograms Can Help Preserve Artworks – And Even Restore Those Lost to Time

  … two museums that possess digital twins of their entire collections – the State Darwin Museum and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. Digital copies are becoming cornerstones of multimedia exhibitions, virtual tours, interactive solutions, and other contemporary installations.  So far, 3D profiles of artworks have been made using photo and video captu…

  03.07.2023