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One Atmospheric School

Posted on May 5, 2012 by CJ

“Please let me in, I’ll walk along the corridors and enter some classroom to share your sorrow for the last time…” Physics classroom Magnets Did you dream to have a collection of minerals being a boy? Methodic corner In the &#82… Continue reading →

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Rare Protozoan Found In Norwegian Lake

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Gerard

Humankind’s remotest relative is a very rare micro-organism from south-Norway. The discovery may provide an insight into what life looked like on earth almost one thousand million years ago. Biologists all over the world have been eagerly awaiting the… Continue reading →

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Soviet Military Forces In Photos And Facts

Posted on May 3, 2012 by CJ

“From taiga to British seas: the Red Army is the strongest”, – they used to sing in a Soviet song. During WW II the Red Army became Soviet and together with the navy and the civil defence troops, border and … Read more… Continue reading →

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What Causes That ‘Fresh Cut Grass’ Smell?

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Gerard

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What causes that ‘fresh cut grass’ smell? Trauma, that’s what. It’s the smell of chemical defenses and first aid. The fresh, ‘green’ scent of a just-mowed lawn is the lawn trying to save itself from the injury you just inflicted.

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Museum Drugstore In Lviv

Posted on April 30, 2012 by CJ

Museum-drugstore is very cosy. And the building it’s located in is rather interesting. What you can see here are various pharmaceutic bottles, devices for making medicines… And you can definitely feel special atmosphere of the place. Face c… Continue reading →

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Welcome To The Anthropocene

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Gerard

The Anthropocene is a recent and informal geologic chronological term that serves to mark the evidence and extent of human activities that have had a significant global impact on the Earth’s ecosystems.

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If You Work In the Space-Rocket Sphere

Posted on April 27, 2012 by CJ

Research Institute-4 or military unit 25840 is located 25 km from the Moscow Kremlin in Yubileiny, the Moscow region. Once here was a flight control centre from where they were watching the flights of the first Earth satellites and the … Read mor… Continue reading →

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To Win The Chinese In Production of Electronics

Posted on April 27, 2012 by CJ

Can Russian electronics compete with the Chinese one? At the market of safety systems it is reality – more than 90% of fire detection devices and controllers for them are produced in Russia. This segment is one of the few … Read more… Continue reading →

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Mystery Fossil Named ‘Godzillus’ Found

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Gerard

In the rocks outside Cincinnati, paleontologists have uncovered a mysterious ancient ‘monster’ fossil resembling a cactus nearly seven feet long, that researchers are thinking of naming ‘Godzillus.’ And they say it’s a form of life that defies all kno… Continue reading →

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Samara Distribution Internetwork

Posted on April 25, 2012 by CJ

We all use electric energy but not all of us try to understand how it appears in our houses. Let’s visit the main distribution complex of the Samara region (the International Distribution Internetwork of the Volga) to check it out. … Read m… Continue reading →

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Practice Flights of Combat Helicopters In Chernigovka

Posted on April 24, 2012 by CJ

Last time we showed you the process of production of combat helicopters Ka-52 “Alligator” in Arsenyev. Today we’ll see their first practice flights over the airbase of Russian Air Force “Chernigovka”. The new unique vehicles left … Continue reading →

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Why Eating Ice Cream Gives You Brain Freeze

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Gerard

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The instant headache brought on by ice cold food and drinks is the bane of the summer with ice-cream lovers often seen clutching their foreheads waiting for the gripping pain to ease. Scientists have noticed that migraine sufferers are mo… Continue reading →

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Kozino Vocational School That May Close Soon

Posted on April 23, 2012 by CJ

It’s not so hard to enter a vocational technical school today. No entrance exams, it’s enough to present documents and choose a profession you like. They get senior secondary education and thus teenagers who can’t enter higher educati… Continue reading →

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Production of Combat Helicopters Alligator Ka-52

Posted on April 21, 2012 by CJ

“Arsenyev Aviation company “Progress” named after Sazykin” is one of the largest enterprises of aerospace industry in Russia. The main pride of the company is combat helicopters Ka-52 “Alligator” developed by the Kam… Continue reading →

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How To Become An Expert Tightrope Walker

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Gerard

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Life is a constant balancing act, especially if you’re a tightrope walker. The best athletes make treading a circus high wire or a low-hanging slackline look effortless, but they’re actually juggling complex challenges of perception and m… Continue reading →

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The Biggest Solar Furnace In The World

Posted on April 20, 2012 by CJ

  The Big Solar Furnace represents a complex optical and mechanical mechanism with automated control systems. It consists of a heliostat field and a paraboloid concentrator forming the stationary flow of energy of high density in the focal zone of… Continue reading →

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Lomonosov Moscow State University As It Was In 1956

Posted on April 19, 2012 by CJ

Building of the University Lecture Russian and Chinese students at the lectures University library Tea and cake break In a dormitory room Cooking in the dormitory Getting ready for exams Location: Moscow via humus Continue reading →

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House of The Rising Sun – Musical Tesla Coils

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Gerard

House of The Rising Sun played on 7 foot tall Musical Tesla Coils.

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Dueling Banjos – Musical Tesla CoilsThe Presurfer

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Hubble Captures Incredible New Panorama Of Tarantula Nebula

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Gerard

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The Hubble space telescope captured this amazing panorama, which reveals intricate details about the expanse known as 30 Doradus. Located about 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 30 Doradus is one of the largest and m… Continue reading →

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Petrozavodskmash Levels Up

Posted on April 18, 2012 by CJ

In April, 11th, the plant “Petrozavodskmash” held a topping-out ceremony: the new sector of production and assembly of steam-generator shells for nuclear power plants has been opened. It’s just the first stage of the program aimed at … Continue reading →

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