In recent years, there have been many strange controversies about zoos. You can hear how zoological parks are called "prisons for animals" and are awarded with other unflattering epithets while the natural habitat of a huge number of species is destroyed by human activity
The changing climate has provoked a struggle for the "top of the world" - the Arctic. Due to the revival of the Cold War, old agreements such as the Russian-Norwegian 2010 are cracking, and new ones with the participation of Russia are declared illegal in advance by the United States
In 1741, a decree was issued in the Russian Empire that limited the working day in factories to 15 hours. That is, before that, the working day was even longer, to the point that a person was given less than five hours to sleep
Left without a world tour, Madonna remade her hit from the nineties "Vogue" especially for social networks and sang it for the most loyal fans
The larger the prize, the more eager to get it at any cost, and the more attention these races attract, the more crows are circling over the winners and the losers, and the more scandals
Let's look at mysterious epidemics, some of which were solved only after many years, and some of them have remained a mystery. You are on the Kramola canal and we start
The number of fake news about the coronavirus pandemic has skyrocketed in recent times, despite Google's recent announcement of its fight against unverified information. Yuri Mosha, an expert on business development, founder of the Second Passport center, spoke about how to recognize fake news from a real one and what consequences such misinformation carries
Ever since the days of Ancient Greece, the issue of waste was acute. One of the exploits of Hercules - the cleaning of the Augean stables - was already within the power of only a demigod in those days. In Jerusalem, that part of the land where rubbish was dumped and where rubbish was burned was called Gehenna Fiery, which later became the general designation of hell
Doctor of Historical Sciences Yuri Nikolaevich Zhukov, Chief Researcher of the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a member of the Dissertation Council of the IRI RAS, a full member of the Russian Geographical Society. His main areas of research are the history of the Soviet state and political history
Technologies are so firmly embedded in our daily life that it is difficult for us to imagine ourselves without them. Without technology, we can neither work, nor travel, nor play
According to the World Health Organization, the number of smokers in the world has already reached the billion mark and many of them are throwing their cigarette butts past the trash can. At the same time, many do not even realize that the mountains of cigarette butts are the very plastic waste that literally destroys our planet. Researchers from the University of England Ruskin have shown how much one cigarette thrown on the ground interferes with plant growth
The mass death of sea animals in the Avachinsky Bay in Kamchatka was due to toxic algae, according to experts of the Russian Academy of Sciences. But there are also signs of technical pollution - increased concentrations of oil products and heavy metals in water. After natural disasters, the ocean recovers itself. And what are technogenic fraught with?
The media is full of disturbing news. Almost the entire planet is in quarantine. The economy is collapsing, more and more people are becoming unemployed, businesses, both small and large, are closed. The number of flights decreased by 80%. Trucking decreased by 35%. Cruise ships, climate and environmental killers, have finally anchored in port. Stopped factories producing useless disposable plastic trash. Production of machines for mass stupefaction
The reason for the death of hundreds of thousands of marine animals, apparently, was the chemical pollution of the water, in which the excess of the content of petroleum products was previously detected by 3.6 times, phenols - twice
If humanity suddenly disappears, the Earth will turn into an ecological utopia. Within 500 years, the cities will lie in ruins and overgrow with grass. The fields will be covered with forests and wild plants. Reefs and corals will be restored. Wild boars, hedgehogs, lynxes, bison, beavers and deer will walk in Europe. The longest testimony to our presence will be bronze statues, plastic bottles, smartphones and an increased amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Throughout the year - regularly, and closer to May, especially often - we hear phrases: "Great Victory", "Holy War", "feat of our people" and the like. For loud and pretentious phrases, many do not see the reason for their pronunciation
Milk, cottage cheese, sour cream butter, baby food, ice cream, sweets - these products are present in the diet of every Russian and all of them can contain palm oil. Some of you will now think - so what?
Unfortunately, studies published in the media are often based on very little data or without considering additional factors. This is especially true of food, because, in addition to their composition, we are also influenced by the environment, the level of activity and genetics. Some people simply metabolize certain foods better than others. So there is no perfect diet
Noam Chomsky is a professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, linguist, philosopher, social activist, author of books and political analyst considered one of the most prominent thinkers of our time, says El Club de los Libros Perdidos
At all times, the wealthy minority have looked for the most effective methods of manipulating the dependent majority. Levers of crowd control were religion, laws, financial dependence, physical coercion, or even annihilation. By the 20th century, the world elite found ways to get into the head of every man in the street and invisibly control him
Neuro-linguistic programming - a direction in psychotherapy and practical psychology, not recognized by the academic community, based on the modeling technique
The editorial board of Katyusha got acquainted with the statistical report of the Ministry of Health "The main indicators of maternal and child health, the activities of the child protection and obstetric services"
After the garbage riots that took place in the Moscow region in 2018, several landfills and landfills were closed here, and Moscow has nowhere to put the garbage. The construction of the Shies landfill has already begun in the Arkhangelsk region, but this is not the end
In the modern world, the main indicator is speed. Professor Rada Granovskaya, Doctor of Psychology, spoke about how thinking is changing in the era of high technologies
Vast expanses of dead, scorched earth. Millions of dead and destitute. These are not the consequences of a supervolcano eruption - just rabbits. Everyone knows where the paved road even with good intentions leads: brought to Australia for breeding "like in good old England", they quickly turned into a natural disaster
His diagnosis sounded like a sentence. Mitochondrial disease of the muscular and nervous systems presupposes dementia, learning disabilities, gradual fading of the body's muscular functions, and complete paralysis. Such children live up to a maximum of 11 years
On the Russian-language Internet, information about the Overton Window technology, dedicated to the mechanisms of manipulating public opinion, has become widespread. The name of the technology bears the name of its author - American lawyer and public figure Joseph Overton
Freedom has become the highest category of slavery. Freedom is being forced more strongly than it was before being forced into slavery. But that slavery was external and therefore less dangerous. The present slavery is internal. There is no escape from him
Why democracy in Switzerland is just an illusion, why the Swiss need the Soviet car industry, what is wrong with Swiss cats - this and much more in this issue. About banks, salaries and taxes, of course, too, and, of course, the most seditious, as always, at the end of the issue. Go
Now a lot of people are starting to ask questions, this whole current situation with the Corona raises strong doubts or suspicions. And even doctors and scientists have disagreements about this virus
1996 French comedy directed, screenwriter and composer Colin Cerro. This film was unofficially banned from showing in France and other EU countries. The film was recognized as antisocial and banned for mass screening in the United States as well … Apparently, the authorities saw in it the possibility of undermining state foundations
President of the WWF Wildlife Fund, husband of Queen Elizabeth II of England, Prince Philip once said the following words: "If I were reincarnated, I would like to return to earth with a killer virus in order to reduce the human population."
Scientists argue that a one-time quarantine will not help bring the pandemic under control. In the absence of a vaccine or effective treatments, COVID-19 outbreaks could continue to flare up into 2025. Much will also depend on whether those who have been ill acquire immunity and, if they do, then for how long
The anniversary of the superjet disaster at Sheremetyevo on May 5, 2019, the wife of the ship's commander, Denis Yevdokimov, Oksana, "celebrated" her own investigation of the tragedy that claimed the lives of four dozen passengers and a crew member. Today "NI" publishes the third part of its research
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In this article, an exercise specialist and physiologist explains what happens in our bodies at 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60, and at what age what type of physical activity is most beneficial. In addition, they provide specific advice for each age
In Iceland, scientists have found out what biochemical processes cause addiction, and in 20 years have reduced the number of teenagers who smoke and drink in the country several times. Mosaic Science magazine writes about it
One of the propaganda methods is the creation of long-lived fakes, which only need to be fed from time to time with fakes that “fall under the general meaning”, but for key events - such as elections - to pull out and, shaking off the dust, exploit to the fullest
Stanford professor John Ioannidis explains in an interview with CNN that COVID-19 is a "widespread and mild illness" no more dangerous to the general population than influenza, and nursing home residents and hospital patients need to be further protected
The damage from your panic is many times greater than from the coronavirus itself - there will be deaths because of it, and a lot. Being in quarantine means creating risks for the health system in the future