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Faith · Science
Orthodox Easter dates from 4 April to 8 May and years it coincides with Catholic Easter
On 5 May, as in 2024, Easter fell in 1850, 1861, 1907, 1918, 1929, 2002 and 2013. The next time Easter will be celebrated on 5 May is in 2097. The latest Orthodox Easter will be celebrated in 2078, on 8 May. The previous time such a date occurred was
Coming Up · Architecture · Moscow · Science
The People's Observatory in Gorky Park offers sky viewing to all visitors from 1 May
The People's Observatory in Gorky Park: once the leaves come out, it will not be so easy to spot. The first astronomical station was built on this site as early as 1929, the present building went up in the 1950s, and since 2015 two new telescopes, donated by
Science · Pop Culture · Humour
A meme on how the world is full of physics for those who never studied magic
So invisibility cloaks are possible thanks to nanotechnology, metalenses and metamaterials, which bend light away from the concealed area, hiding it? As the well-known meme has it, for those who never studied magic, the world is full of physics
The East · Books · Science · Society
The Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, in the fourteenth century, described the dependence of society on tax rates as follows:
At the beginning of a dynasty, when the rulers' demands are modest, taxes are low, and crafts and trade develop freely. As crafts and trade develop, a taste for luxury awakens in the rulers. As the rulers grow accustomed to luxury, they raise taxes. When taxes rise, crafts and
Books · Science · Society · People
Arnold Toynbee spent more than 25 years writing "A Study of History"
Arnold Toynbee spent more than 25 years writing "A Study of History". The work, which describes the rise and fall of civilisations, gave us the remark that civilisations die from suicide, not murder. Toynbee maintains that the fate of civilisations is determined by their response to the challenges
Geography · Science
Earth and the Moon in a photograph by the Deep Space Climate Observatory
The Far Side of the Moon That Cannot Be Seen from Earth. A photograph of the Earth and the Moon taken by the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite.
NB! · Books · Science · People
AST-Nonfiction Signs Contract with Heirs of Manhattan Project Director Robert Oppenheimer to Publish His Works in Russia
NB! · Observations · Science · Humour
Celebrated Irish scientists: the ancient Irish were dark-skinned with blue eyes
Celebrated Irish scientists: the ancient Irish were dark-skinned with blue eyes. Shall we carry on, or is anyone ready to get off?
Art · Science
Dürer’s engraving “Nemesis” with realistic proportions of the human body
This "Nemesis" is one of the first engravings with such realistic proportions of the human body. Dürer is believed to have worked on it with extraordinary care, using compasses and calculating instruments in order to depict the human body not as an ideal, but as it is in
Science · Mores · Nature
Moonstone: Roman beliefs about its origin and the value of its different colours
What Colour Can Moonstone Be? The ancient Romans supposed that moonstone, with its unearthly shimmer, had been formed from solidified moonlight. The most valuable is considered to be blue moonstone, the more intense the shade, the higher the price; the rarest is pink, the commonest is white, and the least
Art · Moscow · Museums · Science
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Begins Study of "Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery" from the Collection of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve, Attributed to Antiveduto Gramatica (1570/71–1626)
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is beginning a study of "Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery", a work from the collection of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve attributed to Antiveduto Gramatica (1570/71–1626). The painting will be analysed by a team of specialists from