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In What Do Earthworms Surpass the Most Advanced Neural Networks?
In what do earthworms surpass the most advanced neural networks? Is humanity ready for long space journeys? What is the difference between the male and the female brain? This rather unexpected set of questions was discussed yesterday, under the attentive moderation of Kira Altman, at the first event of the
Books · Mores · Education · Humour
Advice on How to Keep the Young from the Temptation of Drunkenness, from an Encyclopaedia of 1597
The Lacedaemonians, that is, the Spartans, would parade a drunken serf before their children, so as to instil in them an utter loathing of drunkenness as the vilest of all passions
Observations · Education · Society
Today the State Duma discussed Oleg Smolin's bill on reducing the paperwork burden on teaching staff
A very timely bill, long awaited by the teaching community, and one that concerns not only university lecturers but also schoolteachers, who are literally groaning under bureaucratic obligations and requirements. One would like to believe that the law in question will, after all, be passed.
Observations · Education · Society
The head of the Presidential Human Rights Council, Valery Fadeev, has proposed introducing conduct marks in schools and barring pupils with a fail in conduct from the OGE and the EGE
The head of the Presidential Human Rights Council, Valery Fadeev, has proposed introducing conduct marks in schools and barring pupils with a fail in conduct from the OGE and the EGE (the state examinations taken at the end of basic and secondary school). The Minister of Education, Sergey Kravtsov, has
Art · Museums · Heritage · Education
Gustav Klimt's painting "Medicine", 1901
The painting was destroyed by the Germans in 1945; this reconstruction was made in 2021 by the Leopold Museum in Vienna.
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An Unexpected Method of Multiplication Is Offered by Arnold from "Hey Arnold!"
An unexpected method of multiplication is offered by Arnold from "Hey Arnold!". The method works for multiplying by 9 and, it would seem, corresponds to an old Chinese rule of multiplying on the fingers: To obtain the result of multiplying by nine, hold both hands open and fold
Archive · Books · Moscow · Observations · Education · Humour
They really knew how to give presents in those days
They really knew how to give presents in those days. A dedicatory inscription to a Delegate of the first district trade-union conference of the union of primary and secondary school workers of the RSFSR, 22 September 1936, from the Krasnogvardeisky District Committee of the city of Moscow. And on
Coming Up · Moscow · Education
Save this selection of lectures and round tables coming up shortly in Moscow
🧩15 May at 19:00 Lecture "Music. A Non-Verbal Language" at the Sviatoslav Richter Memorial Apartment, 2/6 Bolshaya Bronnaya. 🧩16 May at 15:00 Round table "Scientia angelica: The Science of Angels" at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 12
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In today's presidential decree "On Approval of the Fundamentals of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of Historical Education", I noticed an important clause on the digitisation of archival documents and the creation of a nationwide
In today's presidential decree "On Approval of the Fundamentals of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of Historical Education", I noticed an important clause on the digitisation of archival documents and the creation of a nationwide platform for archival search. We shall
Books · Education · Humour
Which is the correct way to use the verb "skuchat' po": with the prepositional case or the dative?
Which is the correct way to use the verb "skuchat' po" ("to miss"): with the prepositional case or the dative? Both. The prepositional form is described in some sources as obsolete, though in the reference books the two compete on equal terms. So make a
Coming Up · The East · Moscow · Education
Which Lectures to Attend?
Which lectures to attend? If you are asking yourself this question and are in search of intellectual leisure, I advise you to look closely at the forthcoming events in Moscow. 🧩26 April at 10:00 International conference “The USA and the Changing Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific Region”