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SIBERIA - A SABLE LAND
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By the end of the 19th century, population of sable in the North-East of Siberia became extinct because of people activity. Now the results of the experiment lasted for several decades prove that biologists have managed to recover the population.
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Magadan
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28.09.2001
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THE DESCENDENTS OF HORSEWOMEN BURIED ONLY MEN
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This summer Volgograd archaeologists have excavated several interesting burial-mounds of the Early Iron Age. There turned out to be only women and children in the graves of the early and middle Sarmat people, while the late Sarmat people, on the contrary, buried mostly men-warriors. The study was supported by the grant of the Russian Foundation for Humanitarian Research.
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28.09.2001
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PROFESSIONAL SELECTION OF EMERGENCY RESISTANT PEOPLE
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Russian psychologists suggested another instrument for professional selection. It allows selecting people, who would effectively work in case of emergency.
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St.-Petersburg
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28.09.2001
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DON'T KEEP SILVER TOGETHER WITH COPPER
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Russian scientists examined if copper compounds can cause mutations in three plant species. It seems that they are not mutagenic, if only silver is not nearby.
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Nalchik
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21.09.2001
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CAROTENIC COCKROACH
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Scientists from St-Petersburg have found that American cockroaches have a unique property. These insects are the only Earth inhabitants which can synthesize carotene in their body. The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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St-Petersburg
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21.09.2001
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SCIENTIFIC RESTORATION OF FORESTS
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But for Man, mixed forests could spread from the Black sea to the Arctic Ocean and there would be neither tundra nor steppe. Russian scientists reconstructed the history of the eastern European forests with the partial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the State Programme for Scientific and Technological Support "Biological Diversity" and INTAS.
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Moscow
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21.09.2001
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BREATHE OUT... DIABETES!
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Moscow scientists have designed a new device for non-invasive detection of glucose in the human blood. They propose to determine the level of glucose by measuring concentration of acetone in the expired air.
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Moscow
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21.09.2001
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COMPUTER GAME FIGHTS AGAINST AIDS SPREADING
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The threatening scale of the AIDS epidemic, especially among teenagers, makes scientists search for new methods of AIDS control. The scientists at the Center for AIDS Prophylaxis and Control (St.-Petersburg) in collaboration with the scientists at St.-Petersburg State Electrotechnical University have offered their variant - they have worked out a version of a computer game for HIV-infection prophylaxis among schoolchildren.
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St.-Petersburg
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14.09.2001
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FAMILY QUARRELS IN THE 'NIGHT WORLD'
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Among marsupial inhabitants of the 'Night World' Pavilion of the Moscow Zoo there are some rowdies. Because of interminable quarrels they begun to lose weight and stopped to reproduce. Moscow zoologists have sorted the problems out and now they are waiting for addition to a possum family.
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Moscow
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14.09.2001
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SODA LAKES TURN OUT TO BE THE CRADLE OF LIFE
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Most scientists agree that life arose in water, where it has ever since been existing for about three billion years. But what kind of water was it? Was it acid or alkaline, fresh or salty? Was it the boundless ocean or just small lakes in the midst of land? The scientists reconstructed the primary water reservoir with the support of the Russian fund for Fundamental Research and the Subprogram "Biological Diversity" of the Federal Scientific Program.
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Moscow
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14.09.2001
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SEEING SMELL OF FRUITS
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Photoluminescence technique could make smell visible. Special filters allow scientists to watch a luminescent halo around fruits exposed to ultraviolet light. Apples stored for one month emit more light than fresh ones.
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Aveiro, Portugal
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10.09.2001
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CRUCIAN CARPS PROMOTE ALGAL BLOOMING
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The scientists have proved that some species of fish, crucian carp, for example, can promote blooming of the water. The work was supported by the Ministry of Education of Russian Federation and American Foundation of Civil Investigations for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union.
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Krasnoyarsk
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10.09.2001
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PINNIPEDIA RESCUERS ARE OUT OF JOB
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Almost a year ago the 'Kursk' submarine sank in the cold waters of the Barents Sea. The rescue in its ruined sections was very risky and demanded a fair amount of courage from the Russian and Norwegian divers. However, it would have been possible to reduce the risk of this operation if the rescuers had used the seals from the Murmansk Seaquarium especially coached to perform these tasks.
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Murmansk
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10.09.2001
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THE MOSKVA RIVER IS OVERPOLLUTED WITH NITRITES
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The latest investigations of the Moskva River water chemical content evidence that the quality of water remains very low. Regardless of the effort of several effluent water disposal plants and more severe water purification requirements being enforced, the river is unable to process the enormous amount of contaminating substances, nitrites in particular.
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Moscow
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10.09.2001
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WILD ANIMALS FIND REFUGE IN RADIATION ZONES
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Field investigations conducted by a group of biogeographers helped to update the list of rare and endangered animal species, which have found refuge in sparsely populated zones of radioactive pollution in the Novaya Zemlya (New Land) archipelago and in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power station. The research has been financed by the Russian Fund for Basic Researches in the framework of the program 'Universities of Russia'.
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Moscow
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10.09.2001
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ANOTHER BASIC INSTINCT: MAP DRAWING
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Man is genetically predisposed to drawing maps. Russian geographer came to such a conclusion on analyzing cartographic drawings made by Stone Age people and the ability of animals to orient. Russian Foundation for Basic Research supported the work financially.
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