Recent years have seen a surprising ball of the Earth’s elements. A procession of fires, floods and droughts makes one involuntarily think about the stability of climate on our planet. Scientists do their best to find the solution to this problem.

It took primitive amphibians a long time to switch from aquatic to ground way of life. Evolution made these transformations concentrate on a short stage of individual development leading to appearance of a real metamorphosis. Thyroid hormones became the regulators of all transformations.

Plants seem to have no common mechanism for getting older. Different plants grow old at various rates, as well as due to various reasons. Science also has examples of so-called “non-ageing plants”.

It seems unbelievable, but every third Earth’s dweller has latent form of tuberculosis. Scientists from the Russian Institute of Biochemistry have found a new approach to searching a solution to this very important problem.

About 17 million people dwell on the shores of Russian seas – about 12 per cent of the population. Scientific research has revealed striking results – all Russian seas are contaminated with pesticides – chlororganic compounds for fighting pests: pollutants, considered to be most hazardous for human health.

The lack of even such toxic elements as nickel, cadmium and lead may cause dysfunctions. That is why some animals eat red toadstools – they contain cadmium.

The Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences has announced the beginning of the new space year.

Now scientists are planning further studies of mysterious object called human consciousness.

There’s no doubt that Pushchino`s scientists will cope with all challenging tasks – they have everything a researcher needs: modern working facilities, talent and good thinking potential.

First stage of the Moon’s exploration – building of a small station with several crewmembers – is scheduled for 2020-2025.

Russian paleontologists have studied the upper molar tooth structure of the Kielantherium mammal and have made an interesting conclusion – this animal was one of the first mammals, who learned to chew food.

Igor Melikhov, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and professor of Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University, comments on Russia’s nanotechnology state-of-the-art.

Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman has made a breakthrough, he suggested several new ideas together with developing and accomplishing the method, suggested by Richard Hamilton in the eighties of the last century.

Production of new generation information carriers has been launched in Saint Petersburg. The know-how holders claim their invention will be able to protect authors from illegal copying of their creations.

About fifty people volunteered to take part in the terrestrial experiment simulating manned flight to Mars, which is going to be held in Russia. Who knows, may be the dream of the whole mankind – to take a walk on Earth’s neighbour – will sometimes come true. At least, we will be another step closer for it.

Scientists from Saint Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation (SPII) have developed an appliance for remote identification of an injured person in cases of emergency.

Russian Academy of Sciences together with Moscow State University has suggested a programme for studying molecular-genetic nature of human identity.

Russian scientists have developed a unique technology for organism’s immunologic assessment, which allows finding out diseases, while they are literally in germ.

It turns out that many temper characteristics, emotional reactions, reactivity and some specific intellectual abilities have significant genetic component.

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