WAY TO THE EAST
IN THIS ISSUE:
Academician M. A. Grachev: "Brain drain to the west is a real problem. To overcome it we have to create conditions for brain drain from the west to the east"
The "energy cocktail" of the modern Universe is mixed according to a strange recipe: there is too much "dark" in it
Similarly to a cannon net the pores of a metal-organic polymer only hold the molecules of a specific size and shape
Ruins of mausoleums, a broken millstone and pottery crocks are evidence that in the medieval times the Aral Sea bottom was populated
Calling names was a taboo in the traditional Khanty culture-the children used to show the offender a horror doll instead
Scientists-"microbe hunters" have made it to the legendary Death Valley in Kamchatka
“ ‘The soul of a nomad can hear a call from afar…’ A settled life for a traveler is like a cage for a bird… the mysterious voice from afar wakes up my soul and, again, calls it back… How many times did I feel genuine happiness facing the wild, grandiose nature; how many times ascended the extreme absolute and relative heights; how many times imbibed the beauty of magnificent ridges… Ever since ancient times the solemn grandeur of nature has commanded the attention of man…”
V.V. Glupov, P.S. Borodavko
#1 (19), 2008






