Human #DNA Extracted From Nits on Ancient Mummies Sheds Light on South American Ancestryvia @SciTechDaily1https://t.co/T8mlwV1PbR pic.twitter.com/addAMp5YOO — SMARTMD (@SMART_MD) December 29, 2021 Scientists note that samples of teeth or the inside of the skull are usually used to study the DNA of human remains. But this method is often inappropriate due to ethical aspects. In addition, such manipulations have a detrimental effect on the remains themselves, destroying their integrity and complicating further research. But now experts have come up with a new, simple and, as it turned out, very effective way to extract DNA from mummies. Experts have collected the glue of lice preserved on the hair of mummies. As you know, these parasites have accompanied humans for many millennia and their traces can be found on a wide variety of human remains of antiquity. As an example, scientists studied the glue from the hair of several mummified remains of
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The artist recreates famous paintings together with her dog
View this post on Instagram A post by Eliza (@eliza_reinhardt) Eliza was inspired by numerous art flash mobs to recreate famous paintings from improvised materials and together with Finn began to make her own copies. In a year and a half they were able to repeat more than 300 classical paintings. In addition, they have many copies of paintings by contemporary artists, greeting cards and movie posters on their account. They have accumulated enough funny works to release a whole book, which they recently did. Eliza’s social media account has become very popular, and therefore she intends to continue to recreate the paintings together with her pet. The girl notes that she tries not just to copy details and colors, but to rethink the works and add a little humor to them. The artist says that Finn is so used to dressing up and photo shoots that he is looking
The level of collective immunity to COVID-19 has increased in Russia
Golikova said on December 30 that 78.6 million times had been vaccinated with the first component in the country, and 74.5 million times had been vaccinated with the full cycle. “We already have four leading regions where the level of [collective immunity] has exceeded 80%. These are Sevastopol (90.2%), St. Petersburg (80.9%), Chukotka (80.7%) and Karelia (80.4%),” Golikova added. According to her, the Republic of Tyva (78.1%) and the Moscow Region (77.2%) are also approaching the 80% mark. The deterioration of the COVID-19 situation over the week was recorded in seven regions of Russia: Vladimir Region; Karachay-Cherkessia; Bashkiria; Tyva; Sverdlovsk Region; Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. At the same time, the epidemiological situation has improved in 13 regions of Russia, including the Kamchatka Territory, Buryatia, Ingushetia, Mari El, Mordovia, Khakassia, Chuvashia, as well as the Voronezh, Kemerovo, Magadan, Moscow, Rostov and Volgograd regions. President Vladimir Putin said on December
103 cases of omicron infection have been identified in Russia
“Today, despite the fact that the world has been familiar with Omicron for almost two months, there are 103 omicron detections in our country with tight monitoring. These are people who have arrived or people who have been in close contact with them,” she said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel. According to Popova, all foci are localized. She added that the first screening of the test system is already being conducted to identify omicron directly. “We are testing all those who came from risk zones, from high-risk zones we are sending for observation today, and selectively from all those countries where [the virus] has been detected. The number of countries is increasing every day, but we conduct random testing from almost all flights from where Omicron can be brought to us,” the head of Rospotrebnadzor said. The omicron strain will be distributed in In Russia, this is inevitable due to the
What is called Russian in the world
This extreme game is really Russian in origin. According to one version, it originated in the XIX century in places of detention: guards forced prisoners to shoot themselves in turn and made bets on who would get the only cartridge. According to another version, the game was invented by Russian officers in order to test themselves for bravery and show prowess to others. For the first time the term “Russian roulette” is found in the American magazine Collier’s Weekly in 1937. Russian Russian George Surdez describes this extreme fun from the words of a French sergeant who served in the Russian army in Foreign Legion: “Have you ever heard of Russian Roulette? When I said I hadn’t heard, he told me all about her. Russian Russian officers believed when he served in the Russian army in Romania, around 1917, when everything was falling apart, that they were losing not only prestige,
Day in History: December 30th
1903: the largest fire in the history of the American theater On December 30, 1903, a fire broke out at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois. As a result of the disaster, more than 602 people died. This theater fire became the deadliest in the history of the United States: hundreds of people were crushed, trampled or strangled due to the unthinkable panic in the crush at the closed shut-off lattice gates. There were also several fake decorative “doors” in the theater that looked like exits. 200 people died in one such passage. The theater was built by Fuller Construction and, after numerous problems and delays in construction, opened on November 23, 1903. Among the shortcomings of fire safety, the excessive presence of wooden trim and insufficient capacity of fire exits were noted, as well as their small number, there were no fire alarms, telephones and fire hydrants. 1916: the
How the Church uses high technology to attract new followers
In recent years, the ranks of parishioners of American religious organizations have been steadily thinning, and in the two years of the pandemic, the picture has become quite sad. The churches have turned to high technologies for assistance in order to use them to find an approach to the hearts and souls of Americans and increase the number of followers. Such assistance, and quite effectively, is provided, for example, by the company Gloo. According to The Wall Street Journal, by analyzing the personal data of Americans, their online activity, the platform finds an individual approach to them, and also makes forecasts based on the information collected. To believe without leaving home. Religion has recognized the Internet According to Gloo itself, more than 30 thousand churches have already subscribed to its services, which is about 10% of all churches in the USA. Gloo buys some data from third-party organizations or collects
A Royal guardsman shot down a child in London. Video
@user7312510220627 Nobody is safe ? #england #royalguards #foryou #foryoupage #london ♬ original sound – user7312510220627 Tourists were photographing London’s marching Guards in their traditional uniforms when a child got in their way, apparently oblivious to the danger. A couple of meters before the boy, the guardsman shouted “make way”, which translates as “give way”, but he was confused and did not have time to move away. The soldier had to step over the boy he had shot down. After the boy’s fall, the soldier checked whether everything was fine with him, but this moment was no longer captured by the camera — the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense told reporters about it. He indicated that he knew about this event in the Tower. The cry of “make way” is a common warning for the British Guard, after which everyone must disperse and give way to patrolling soldiers. Even
The Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences spent 742 thousand rubles on the study of hell and evil
The Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) spent 742 thousand rubles on the study “Is the existence of hell evil”. This is evidenced by data from the public procurement website. In October, this agreement was executed. The only supplier of public procurement is Igor Gasparov (Associate Professor, PhD, works in Voronezh State Medical University named after N. N. Burdenko and Higher School of Economics (HSE). In addition, according to the public procurement website, the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences spent: 667 thousand rubles for the scientific work “Alexius Meinong and Austrian philosophy of the XIX – early XX: Basic ideas and late-scholastic roots”. The contract was executed a week and a half ago. 742 thousand rubles for the study “Useless freedom and the problem of hell”. The only supplier of public procurement is Alexander Mishura (PhD, teaches at HSE). The contract was executed in October.
“Swing” and “drag”: businessmen and politicians named the main words of the year
Alexey Tolstogan, CEO of the National Advertising Alliance: “Reboot”. Stefan Durr, President of EkoNiva Group of Companies, and Alexey Vasyasin, CEO of the united Cinema Park and Formula Cinema cinema chains: Swing. Ilya Sachkov (arrested on suspicion of treason and is now in prison Pre-trial detention center; the answers of the RBC editorial board were given by his lawyer Sergey Afanasyev), the founder of Group-IB: “This is an obscene word.” Vladimir Nikolsky, Chief Operating Officer of VK, co-founder of My.Games: “Promising / year of opportunities”. German Gref, Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank: “Difficult, but successful.” Andrey Wagner, CEO of T Plus: “Productive.” Vladimir Verkhoshinsky, Chief Managing Director of Alfa-Bank: “Record”. Sergey Monin, Chairman of the Board of Raiffeisenbank: “Not acidic”. Sergey Mironov, Co-Chairman of “Fair Russia – For the Truth – Patriots of Russia”: “Difficult.” Natalia Kaspersky, President of InfoWatch: “Postpandemic”. Dmitry Sergeev, CEO of AliExpress Russia: “Opportunities”. Anton