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GOLD VS LIFE
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There are alluvial gold deposits along the rivers of the Polar Ural. It has been planned to extend significantly the deposits development that, as scientists believe, can result in ecological catastrophe in this region.
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Ekaterinburg
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28.03.2001
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THE SECRET OF HARMONY IN CRANE FAMILIES
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Scientists of Moscow Zoo who breed cranes have found that sex cycles of partners are synchronous in crane couples, so males are capable to mate only in those days when female is also ready for mating.
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Moscow
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WORLD LARGEST DECAMETER TELESCOPE WILL BE BUILT IN THE ENVIRONS OF KHARKOV
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Ukrainian scientists have started to create the largest decameter radiotelescope of new generation in the world within the framework of an international project. The future telescope will take an area of one square kilometer in the suburbs of Kharkov and will enable astrophysics to solve many fundamental tasks of physics and cosmology. The project will be realized within ten years. The milestone financing has already started.
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Kharkov
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28.03.2001
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LEAD AND COPPER IN THE MOSCOW DEPTH
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Moscow scientists have chemically analysed the soil samples taken from the cultivated layer of the 16-17th centuries in Moscow and found that the concentration of lead and copper in some of the samples is some hundreds times higher than the standards allow. So the soil under our feet is a powerful source of contamination created by our predecessors.
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Moscow
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23.03.2001
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UNIQUE EXPERIMENT COMPLETED: EXTINCT PRJEWALSKI'S HORSE HAS RETURNED INTO THE WILD
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The unique nine-year experiment has been completed: Prjewalski's horse, which became extinct by the end of 1960th, is returning into the wild. Zoologists of Russia and Uzbekistan have carried out the experiment in semi-desert Kyzylkumy and obtained a brilliant result: animals raised in the zoo have successfully adapted to free life, increased in number and restored wild behaviour. The project was supported by CNRS, France, and by McArthur's Foundation.
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Moscow
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23.03.2001
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DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE: FROM ITALY WITH LOVE
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The double-headed eagle appeared in the Russian symbolism not due to the marriage of Ivan III and Sophia Paleologus, a Byzantine princess, but due to the Italians achieving their activity in Russia in the end of the fifteenth century. Some of them got down to building the Moscow Kremlin; others started working out Russian state symbolism. Russian Foundation for Humanitarian Research supported the study.
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Moscow
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16.03.2001
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SAVING THE EAGLE WITH AXES
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Moscow zoologists have found a way to bring back into the central regions of Russia rare birds of prey, including the eagle put down into the Red Book. They found out that the birds are disappearing, because they have no place to make their nests in. The scientists now know how to help them. The work was accomplished with the financial support of the Institute of Stable Associations and the USA Agency for International Development (ROLL) and ISAR. The authors have photographs of birds of prey and artificial nests and also a video film on making an artificial nest.
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Moscow
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16.03.2001
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BLUE CRABS IN THE BERING SEA ARE IN DANGER
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Crabs are often careless about their claws. On the contrary, fishermen value them a lot: crab's claws are the well-known seafood delicacy. Russian scientists warn that the population of blue king crab in the Bering Sea is in danger.
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Vladivostok
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16.03.2001
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MINERAL FERTILISERS: SELF-FORMATION IN THE GARDEN
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Estonian scientists have worked out an unusual way of feeding plants with phosphorus. They suggested using microorganisms that turn insoluble compounds of phosphorus, contained in the soil, into substances edible to plants. In other words, microorganisms will make mineral fertiliser out of the soil right in the bed.
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Estonia, Tallinn
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16.03.2001
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OLD RUSSIAN BELTS: DEFENDING AGAINST EVIL SPIRITS
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After years of studies Moscow scientists came to a conclusion that up to the sixteenth century the belt was not only a part of the dress in Russia; it also was a distinguishing mark, which indicated the social status as well. Russian Foundation for Humanitarian Research supported the research with a grant. There are photos.
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Moscow
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09.03.2001
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TSARITSAS' HAIR SOLVES THE MYSTERY OF THEIR DEATH
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Chemical analysis of people's remains from medieval burial places of Moscow Kremlin has shown that the women's bones contain a lot of lead and mercury. Moscow scientists give the following explanation for this fact: women in the Middle Ages used cosmetics and medicinal ointments containing these heavy metals. But the high content of mercury in the hair of Russian Tsaritsas Anastasia Romanova and Elena Glinskaya proves the legends about their poisoning.
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Moscow
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09.03.2001
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WHY WE READ EVERYTHING THAT CATCHES OUR EYE
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People do a lot of things involuntarily: not only breath, swallow, blink but read as well. This work of St. Petersburg scientists has been supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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St. Petersburg
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09.03.2001
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PEOPLE AND SEALS: TRAGIC RELATIONS
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For the last ten years scientists from Kandalaksha have been studying Greenland seals adaptation to urban environment. It has been proved that contacts with people do not always bring positive results for seals. Townsfolk feed seal-calves, which get tame, but a great deal of seal-calves perish, killed by hooligans or dogs. The scientists have come to the conclusion that it is in the best interests of the seals to prevent them from settling up in the vicinity of the town.
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Kandalaksha
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05.03.2001
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STEPPES AND DESERT: PERMANENT CONFRONTATION
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In the 20th century the steppe (the Black earth) in the Northwest Caspian maritime area died out because of overpasturing. The scientists have studied the flora and fauna of the Caspian maritime Black earth and they think that the former steppe will never revive.
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Moscow
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05.03.2001
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EARTHWORM AS THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE
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Life on the Earth depends on soil; and the soil is a product of vital functions of enormous number of types of invertebrates and microorganisms. At the same time, the soil is their natural habitat. According to Russian scientists, life of soil inhabitants is circulating around the holes of earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris). The study has been supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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