Kseniia Pavlova

The machine recreates the physical parameters of a rock deposit in a lab environment. It analyses rock hardness, ductility, plasticity, and other mechanical characteristics.

In 2020, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky became the top trending Russian musician outside the country. A billboard with an image of his was erected right in central New York, on Times Square. Yet notwithstanding the international recognition of the composer’s music, the Tchaikovskys are also known for having had connections with another industry, traditionally the key one for Rusia’s economy.

A sorbent researchers from Kemerovo came up with can be used in the least favourable climatic conditions - for instance, in the Arctic.

According to Viktor Martynov, one can acquire industry-specific skills - especially those involving multitasking - only through contact learning.

Few people know why d’Artagnan duelled Athos and Aramis, whilst everyone knows the story of Porthos. The Gascon found himself entangled in Porthos’ cloak and thereby learnt that a sumptuous dressing embroidered with gold was made of buffalo leather. Of course, the term ’ostentation’ does not originate in Alexandre Dumas’ novel, but the baldric of a plump musketeer is often used as a synonym of the word.

As distance learning has abruptly become widespread in all of Russia, many new questions arise. Have domestic universities adjusted to the remote format of teaching? What would be the route forward for our higher school? What professions are in most demand among today’s undergraduate applicants? Alevtina Chernikova, Rector of the National University of Science and Technology ”MISiS”, agreed to answer these questions.

In an interview to Forpost, Oleg Baulin, Rector of Ufa State Petroleum Technological University (USPTU), explains whether distance learning can replace contact study sessions and what competencies employers require from fresh graduates, aside from the field-specific knowledge and skills.

Two million years ago, human ancestors hardly had any idea what the term ’evolution’ stands for. Back then, their primary source of help was by appearance grey and a somewhat mediocre stone.

This development allows deposits not to have external dumps.

The new innovative solution may become a viable part of the oil refining process.

The discovery was made while analysing remote sensing satellite data of the Earth and has already been confirmed by a Northern Fleet expedition.

In an interview to Forpost, Aleksandr Shestakov, Rector of South Ural State University (SUSU), speaks on the drawbacks of higher school in comparison to the Soviet system. He also mentions areas in which Russia is lagging behind foreign universities and areas in which our country manages to outstrip them.

In an interview to Forpost, Gleb Turichin, Rector of the Marine Technical University, spoke about how to prevent the engineering education from degradation, when Russian universities will meet employers’ requirements, and why so far no one can take our country’s institutions for PhD studies seriously.

The unresolved mysteries of evolution are still there to solve them. Many evolution stages have not been fully understood yet, and humankind seeks to find answers to what animals that lived on our planet millions of years ago looked like.

The term ’coat of arms’ can be traced back to the 12th century, with the start of heraldic tradition arising from the Crusades. The crusaders were dealing with the self-identification issues at the time - they needed to know who was the one who accomplished the ’feat’ and who was who on a level resembling modern ’friend-or-foe’ systems.

Ex-ambassador of Russia to the UK talked on the pandemic’s consequences and said how to deal with them.