Funny flash mob: compare the titles of books and their contents Well-known books, called “wrong.” Upstairs In the Russian-speaking Twitter has launched a weird mob: users began to share the comic with complaints that they have three hours reading a book, but stated in the title, the characters in it have not appeared, and events did not happen. The beginning of the flashmob put a tweet user oleja about Bulgakov’s novel “Master and Margarita” in which three hours of reading neither the Master nor Margarita was not detected. for three hours I read the novel “the master and Margarita” and neither the master nor Margarita there yet — Olea (@zabuivchivaya) December 9, 2018 Soon enough it became clear that these “inappropriate” books quite a lot. For three hours reading “My fight”, and still no word about judo, freestyle or Greco-Roman. A non — resident (@neresident) December 11, 2018 For three
Day: December 12, 2018
An ambitious project to clean up the ocean failed miserably
An ambitious project to clean up the ocean failed miserably Startup Ocean Cleanup is going once and for all rid the oceans from plastic pollution by using simple and cheap devices. Alas, in practice this idea proved to be unsustainable. Upstairs Currently, the oceans pollute hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste, and in the near future this situation will not get better. Alas, one of the largest and most ambitious projects to clean up the ocean failed. At the stage of testing it became clear that the system was not able to collect any significant amount of debris. NewsPlastic pollution of the planet. Is there life without plastic? In early September, 2018 the cargo ship went to the region known as the Pacific garbage area — the place where sooner or later it turns out most of the rubbish dumped in the Pacific ocean. That’s where the startup
“Glowing” dolphins: in the Internet appeared the unusual video
“Glowing” dolphins: in the Internet appeared the unusual video They just went for their dinner. Upstairs Near the Gibraltar sailors managed to capture a rare moment: past their boats floated “illuminated” by a flock of dolphins. Dinner dolphinsDuring the download an error has occurred. It turned out that all the matter in the plankton glow of fluorescent light. When hunting fish, dolphins swam through it. See also: A marine biologist captured on camera glowing underwater creatures Santa Claus swam with sharks and decorated underwater Christmas tree (video) Scientists have discovered animals that accumulate microplastics
CFO of Huawei released on bail of $7.5 million
CFO of Huawei released on bail of $7.5 million A canadian court took the decision to bail the financial Director of Huawei Technologies man, Banjo, according to Bloomberg. To expect a court decision on extradition to the USA, she will be under house arrest in his mansion in Vancouver. Banjo, cried in court after the ruling. Upstairs The Deposit amounted to 10 million canadian dollars, equivalent to $7.5 million It made Banjo husband and four of her former colleagues. According to the court, the amount was paid in cash. The surety will lose their money if Vanjo try to escape. Wenzhou, was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December at the request of U.S. authorities. She is accused of the organization transactions with Iran to bypass the us sanctions. To imagine Canada, the extradition case, Banjo, backed by the necessary evidence, the US has 60 days. The next court session with
He denied accusations of interference by Moscow in Moldova elections
He denied accusations of interference by Moscow in Moldova elections The President of the Republic of Moldova (RM) Igor Dodon commented on the statement by the Prime Minister Pavel Filip of Moscow’s attempts to influence parliamentary elections in the country in February 2019. He told “Izvestiya” that Russia’s actions — a gesture of goodwill, based on an agreement between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Upstairs During the October visit of the Moldavian leader to Moscow the parties agreed that from 1 January to 23 February 2019 the citizens of the Republic who have violated immigration laws of Russia, will be able to return home, so will be able to participate in parliamentary elections. However, the Prime Minister has regarded it as attempt of Moscow’s interference in the internal Affairs of Moldova. Dodon noted that Moscow has just refused to punish people who came to Russia to work and violated
The congressmen called for the introduction of sanctions against “Northern stream — 2”
The congressmen called for the introduction of sanctions against “Northern stream — 2” The house of representatives of the U.S. Congress approved a resolution that MPs favour the introduction of sanctions against the Russian gas pipeline “Nord stream — 2” and call on European countries to withdraw from the project, reports Bloomberg. Upstairs The document says that the Russian pipeline would be a “radical step backwards for European energy security and US interests”. Parliamentarians call on President Donald trump to “use all available means to support European energy security” through diversification of energy supplies to reduce dependence of the European market from Russia. The resolution is not binding, however, emphasizes the growing opposition to the “Nord stream — 2” from Congress, said Bloomberg. The US has the ability to impose sanctions against Russian export pipelines and associated construction of European companies according to the law “On countering enemy of America”
The current generation will live under Pliocene: it will be hot!
The current generation will live under Pliocene: it will be hot! The looming global warming could mean that climatic conditions on the planet will once again become the same as millions of years ago. Ice and snow will be less, and the summers will be warmer. The only trouble is that the heat will come quickly. Upstairs Our future can be a repetition of the past. In a study published December 10 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers show that humanity reverses long-term cooling trend of the planet, observed at least 50 million years. And it’s impact on the climate demanded just two centuries. NewsScientists: 252 million years ago the Earth almost died The researchers used three different, but in a professional environment is considered well-founded climate models: the Hadley center version 3, Institute for space studies. Goddard ModelE2-R and the Community Climate System Model.
In Russia 1,2 million households may lose access to television
In Russia 1,2 million households may lose access to television The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko criticized the government, particularly the Ministry of communications for lack of preparedness for the transition to digital television. Upstairs Tuesday, 11 December, the Federation Council held a governmental hour, which was addressed by Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Governors and Ministers. The Minister Konstantin Noskov reported that losing access to television 1.2 million households, or 1.5% of the total. “I think it’s a very optimistic prediction. But we must always proceed from a pessimistic,” commented the speaker. Maxim Akimov said that the government will focus on the implementation of the program on transition to digital broadcasting. Ms. Matvienko said that the Ministry of communications “been four years” on it. She also suggested that as the deadline to choose the end of the first half: by this time there should not be any households
The protracted for space applications
The protracted for space applications In 2018, it became known that the launch to the ISS Russian module “Science” once again tolerated. Also moved the launch date of the main space Observatory 2020-ies “James Webb” and the manned Dragon V2 spacecraft. Two major projects of Russian space Agency, nuclear power installation and a manned spacecraft “Federation” is also clearly not meet the deadline. “Attic” tried to look up at space and protracted to understand why this is so. Upstairs Simple answer to this question, however, is not. Multiple delays and failed projects, which eventually turned into a phenomenal success (“Hubble” and the first rocket, Elon musk, Falcon 1) — programs that ended in nothing (the Soviet lunar project). The participation of the military, scientists, or business does not in itself give any assurance: all were picked from the graphs, all did not fit into the estimates, and all have something
The Federal air transport Agency told about the falsification of “Pearl river” of tickets
The Federal air transport Agency told about the falsification of “Pearl river” of tickets Tour operator “Pearl river” falsified e-ticket customers traveling from Moscow to Haikou (China) flight airline Fly Pegas. About TASS said the representative of Rosaviation Sergey Izvolsky 12 Dec. Upstairs According to him, the tickets were sold in the composition of the packages, including on November 23. To return to Moscow tourists was 8 December flights Fly Pegas. Thus in Rosaviation airlines on December 11 announced that ceased to fly to Haikou from 26 November. Thus, “Pearl river” gave its customers the itinerary receipt of electronic ticket information. “Flights in December in Haikou or Haikou with the airline was not planned. The company misled tourists, has violated the law on tourist activity and sent tourists to the island of Hainan obviously without a return ticket,” said Izvolsky. According to the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in