The general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences has resolved to establish a Board of Trustees of the RAS. The academicians will send Vladimir Putin an invitation to head it.
Academician Nikolay Makarov remarks that the academy has never before had a board of trustees, but that it should help to strengthen the academy's position and raise its status.
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
