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Alexandr Lukashev, Director of the Institute of Parasitology, in a lengthy interview with Kommersant on the differences in laboratory practice involving animals between Russia and European countries, on what the life of a mouse is worth to a scientist, an

Alexandr Lukashev, Director of the Institute of Parasitology, in a lengthy interview with Kommersant, spoke about the differences in laboratory practice involving animals between Russia and European countries, about what the life of a mouse is worth to a scientist, and about the ethics of animal research in general. The

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Petroglyphs of the White Sea and Lake Onega inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List

Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the inscription of the Karelian petroglyphs on the UNESCO list:. For the first time, monuments of Russian rock art have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List: at the extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, which is

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Today is a very important day for Russian archaeology, historical science and culture: at long last the petroglyphs of Karelia, thousands of Neolithic rock carvings on the shores of the White Sea and Lake Onega, have been recognised as a UNESCO World Heri

Today is a very important day for Russian archaeology, historical science and culture: at long last the petroglyphs of Karelia, thousands of Neolithic rock carvings on the shores of the White Sea and Lake Onega, have been recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site, among the most astonishing in the

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Svetlana Savitskaya made the first spacewalk by a woman in July 1984

On 25 July 1984 Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman on planet Earth to walk in open space, for 3 hours 34 minutes. The flight itself, in July 1984, lasted 11 days 19 hours 14 minutes 36 seconds. She returned from space with a second Gold Star of a Hero

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When the author of a scholarly article cites Wikipedia

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The Palaeoart Centre of the Institute of Archaeology and a programme with Elena Levanova

I am often asked about the origins of art in the earliest epochs of humanity, but this is not quite my field, despite several articles on the subject and a few interesting thoughts. Our Academy of Sciences has a team that deals with the questions of ancient pictorial practices with

Portrait of a dark-haired man with a moustache, wearing a dark coat, a burgundy waistcoat and a white cravat.

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Portrait of a man by the painter Philip de László

Portrait of the French Aristocrat, Industrialist and Scientist Armand de Gramont, Duc de Guiche (1879-1962) Artist: Philip de László

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Dippy the dinosaur skeleton arrives in Norwich with an educational programme

The previous video records the welcoming ceremony for the installation of Dippy the Diplodocus skeleton from the Natural History Museum in Norwich Cathedral. Dippy is one of the most famous dinosaurs in the world. Since 1979, tens of millions of people have seen him every year on visiting Britain'

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Yuri Gagarin's visit to Manchester and London as shown on British television

Yury Gagarin's triumphal reception in England: jubilant crowds in Manchester and London, an exchange of courtesies with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at the Admiralty, and a reception at Buckingham Palace with Elizabeth II. As shown on British television

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A diving suit made in Finland in the 1700s

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Monster skeleton at the Darwin Museum is an artwork by Masha Bogoraz

Good Lord, What Are You? The Darwin Museum has acquired the skeleton of some unimaginable monster. According to the legend, the artefact was discovered by Darwin in the Galápagos Islands and then brought to the American Museum of Natural History, where it was unearthed by a Russian scholar, Vladimir Bogoraz,

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Passemant astronomical clock stops at Versailles on 21 June 2021

An ominous sign? At Versailles, the Passemant perpetual clock has stopped. This famous astronomical clock, acquired by Louis XV on the recommendation of the French Academy of Sciences, is supposed to display dates up to the last day of the year 9999, but something has gone wrong.. The clockmakers of