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The Guardian: Scientists to Create a Global Map of Underground Mushrooms The Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) has started a project to collect samples of underground mushrooms from different parts of the world. Scientists will create a global map of mushroom networks, which will allow monitoring the state of underground and terrestrial ecosystems and taking timely measures to preserve them, reports The Guardian. Researchers using artificial intelligence have identified 10 regions of the accumulation of mushroom networks, in which it is planned to collect 10 thousand samples for further study. The first collection of samples will begin in 2022 in Patagonia, a region of South America, and will last a year and a half. SPUN will also study the underground ecosystems of Morocco, Western Sahara, the Canadian tundra, the Russian taiga, the Kazakh steppes, the Mexican highlands, the highlands of South America, the Israeli Negev desert, meadows

An exhibition on human interaction with the interior opens in Vladivostok The exhibition “Secret Space” artist Anastasia Medvedeva, dedicated to the interaction of a person with the surrounding interior. This is reported by PrimPress. The exhibition features 16 paintings and 19 graphic works created in 2021. Some were made according to memories and ideas. According to the curator of the project, Yulia Klimko, the coronavirus pandemic became the reason to look differently at the surrounding space. In the exhibition Secret Space, the interior becomes the main character through which the story of a modern man and his values ​​is told. The exhibition will last until December 22. Earlier it was reported that new art would appear in Nizhny Novgorod -space “Millionka”. They decided to devote the project of historical and cultural tourism to the history of the poor who lived in the 19th century. It will demonstrate the system of

A café, workshops and a souvenir shop will be opened in the house of the nobleman Bekleshov in Pskov 1812, a cafe, a souvenir shop and craft workshops will be opened. Director of the city tourist information center Andrey Polyakov spoke about this in an interview with AiF-Pskov. Polyakov noted that the workshops are leased for as long as the master needs. As for souvenir shops, local goods are preferred over imported ones. In addition, in January 2022, the Children's Art School will visit the Bekleshov house. School students are ready to make souvenirs for tourists. For example, at the master class, travelers with their own hands will be able to make prints depicting the city. The director of the information center clarified that earlier three Pskov governors lived in the mansion. Later it housed a gymnasium, during the First World War – the headquarters of the Northern Front. The

Rostelecom-Solar: to protect data, you must use backup Rostelecom-Solar expert Alexei Kubarev told how protect personal data from online fraudsters. The expert gave advice to the Russians in an interview with RIA Novosti. First of all, the expert urged not to install applications from unverified sources, as there is a risk of downloading a malicious program. “The situation when a program requests access to a media library, microphone or camera, but this is not required to perform functions, should alert,” Kubarev warned. The expert also recommended setting up automatic software updates. He noted that application developers fix security problems in almost every update. “The community of hackers is closely monitoring this, because if a patch is released that covers a vulnerability, then you can attack those who did not have time to update and are still vulnerable,” he said. Kubarev explained that most cyber attacks contain phishing elements. For example,

BBC News: A third of Australian parliament staff have been sexually harassed More than a third of Australian parliament staff have been sexually harassed. This became known from the report of the Commissioner for Combating Sex Discrimination Kate Jenkins, reports BBC News. The author of the report said that the victims of harassment were mostly women. “Such an experience leaves a devastating trail for individual citizens and their teams and undermines the work of our parliament to the detriment of the country,” she concluded. According to the publication, the investigation began after the former employee of the Australian parliament Brittany Higgins announced the rape in the office of the country's defense minister. According to the report, 51 percent of workers were victims of bullying, sexual harassment or attempted sexual assault. On November 22, it was reported that the New York City Judiciary Assembly found former Governor Andrew Cuomo guilty of

Bloomberg: Senegal's Plastic Ban Threatens Women's Jobs under threat. Bloomberg reports. The new anti-pollution rule could affect access to clean drinking water and the number of jobs for women, many of whom make a living filtering, packaging and reselling tap water in plastic bags. About 30 thousand female employees may be unemployed due to new measures to save the planet. “We need time to find a solution,” the union said. The ban on single-use plastic should take effect in the African country from December 31st. Senegal's Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development says the business has had ample time to find a replacement for the packaging. Plastic water bags were supposed to be banned back in January 2020, but manufacturers were given a respite due to the coronavirus pandemic hitting the economy. Now that markets are gradually recovering from the crisis, the ban must be fully respected. Women and girls

In Voronezh, a court sentenced a criminal authority to 10 years for status and extortion , having found him guilty of occupying the highest position in the criminal hierarchy and extortion. This was reported to “Lente.ru” in the press service of the regional prosecutor's office. The convicted person will serve a sentence of 10 years in a strict regime colony. According to the investigation, From 2018 to 2021, using the highest position in the criminal hierarchy among convicts in Voronezh colony No. 9, he gave them orders and subordinated them to his will. Three facts of extortion of money from prisoners have been established: they were forced to pay for criminal protection. The money went to the common fund. In the Tula region, crime boss Andrei Voznesensky, nicknamed “The Hobot”, was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for extortion of 19 million rubles. He challenged the verdict. The man spent

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov: all strains of coronavirus are unpleasant for the economy According to the head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov, difficulties are easier to overcome when there are a large number of vaccinated people. His words are quoted by the Izvestia newspaper. “All strains of the virus, of course, are unpleasant for the economy. But we have already gone so much, have learned to overcome all these difficulties. The most important thing is vaccination, “Siluanov said. Earlier, Presidential Aide Maxim Oreshkin named possible scenarios for the impact of a new strain of coronavirus on the Russian economy. According to him, there are three possible scenarios for the development of events. The first scenario – negative – implies that the omicron strain will spread faster, and the disease itself will be difficult. Oreshkin called the second scenario a “false alarm” and explained that new strains appeared before,

British tabloids talked about the reasons for their dislike for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle In the new BBC documentary “Princes and the press “the British press conspiracy against Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle is exposed. Its content is described in the article “Lents.ru”. Related materials 15:49 – Today Porn with a princess, fake son and lost millions. How conspiracy theories help the royal family to persecute unwanted , porn Meghan Markle and William's mistresses are the main scandals of the royal family The authors of Princes and Press spoke to British tabloid reporters whom Harry and Meghan blamed for bullying, compiling compromising evidence and spreading libelous fabrications. According to their responses, there are two reasons for the flood of negative content. One of them is connected with the fact that the majority of newspaper readers are the British of the older generation, that is, precisely the group