- 16:43 31/01/2012
Almost 10 percent of Russians take a break by playing action games in the office, a poll conducted by HeadHunter resource found. Games can help increase productivity, experts say, adding that a break every 90 minutes has a positive impact on human health.
- 16:45 30/01/2012
Troops of the Central Military District held a first-ever staff training with the use of new multimedia equipment, Lt. Col. Yevgeny Meshkov said.
- 14:42 23/01/2012
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy 2012 goes to two scientists from U.S. and Germany
- 19:17 19/01/2012
The first rumors that Greece may leave the Eurozone arose in 2010, when the country asked the EU and IMF for a bailout in a bid to avoid default. Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos on Monday said abandoning the euro and returning to the drachma was "really not an option," for the country. In an interview with CNBC, Papademos also said he was confident the country would avoid a default in March.
- 15:42 17/01/2012
U.S. scientists have launched an experiment to learn how to determine the amount of moisture contained in snowflakes by their shape and size. So in the future it would be possible to measure the amount of rainfall by satellite, according to the NASA website.
- 15:53 16/01/2012
European and American scientists have found that malaria-bearing mosquitoes detect their most attractive victims from the smell of bacterial microflora on the victim’s skin. Artificial production of these substances will create an effective trap for these insects, says an article published in the PLoS ONE journal.
- 10:11 13/01/2012
A newly discovered frog species, Paedophryne amauensis, is the world's tiniest known vertebrate, the journal PLoS ONE said. Averaging less than one-third of an inch (7.7 millimeters) in length, the frogs are literally able to fit on a U.S. dime. The discovery was made by a team of American researchers led by Louisiana State University herpetologist Chris Austin.
- 17:23 11/01/2012
The majority of analysts believe incumbent President Barack Obama will easily win reelection in the 2012 U.S. presidential race. The fight for the Republican nomination to face Obama in the November presidential elections became clearer on January 11, when former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary by a healthy 13 points with 40 percent of the vote.
- 21:06 31/12/2011
Happy new year!
- 17:18 13/12/2011
On December 12, Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov said that he had made “the most serious decision” of his life; to challenge Russia's powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the March 2012 presidential elections.
- 11:39 12/12/2011
No more roaming around for you
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has introduced special registration for nomadic peoples
- 13:12 11/12/2011
A box containing a live tiger was discovered in Moscow’s southeastern Pechatniki District, a source in the Russian capital’s environmental department said.
The tiger has been transported to an animal shelter.
- 15:25 05/12/2011
A nationwide system to track down all fish production cycle - from fishermen’s nets to retail shops - may be introduced in Russia in 2013, said Sergei Gudkov, the executive director of the Russian Fish Union.
- 09:58 02/12/2011
U.S. scientists attract volunteers to whale sounds studies using “whale internet-radio.” Users can listen to the sounds made by two species of cetaceans - killer whales and Chilean dolphins. The location where the record was taken is marked on a map. The recordings were slowed down to make them easier to understand
- 10:21 01/12/2011
Moscow Region's government agreed on the felling of 45,000 evergreens.1
- 17:19 29/11/2011
The construction of five modern dairy centers will begin in the Moscow Region in 2012.1
- 17:19 25/11/2011
This Friday is Black Friday in the United States. It's the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, which offers big discounts and even free stuff for shoppers.1
- 15:09 23/11/2011
Police officers detained a skydiver on Tuesday after he jumped off a smokestack of the Krasny Khimik plant.1
- 16:17 21/11/2011
Some 270,000 people visited a Salvador Dali exhibition at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in 11 weeks, setting a new record for the museum. Exhibits were from the Dali Theatre and Museum in Figueres, Spain.
