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FUTURE PROSPERITY OF RUSSIA IS HIDDEN UNDER THE BARENTS SEA WATERS
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The research carried out by the scientists from the Republic of Komi has proved that only a small portion of the Timan-Pechora sedimentary basin is located on land, the biggest part of it being covered by the Barents Sea. It means that valuable natural resources - raw materials for the 21st century industry - are hidden under water.
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Syktyvkar
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KOLA PENINSULA IS A NATURAL GENE BANK FOR THE ATLANTIC SALMON
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The scientists of Russia and Great Britain have determined that the rivers of Kola Peninsula make, in a way, a natural gene bank. Practically the entire gene pool of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is preserved and is being reproduced in the Kola Peninsula area, while in other areas the number of gene variations of the Atlantic salmon population is limited. The reason is as follows: after the retreat of the last glacier, Kola Peninsula got populated within a short period by the fish species which had survived the glaciation in different areas - in the rivers of Canada, of British Isles and in the basin of the Baltic Sea.
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Moscow
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30.11.2001
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HUMAN BEINGS ARE TO BLAME FOR SIBERIAN STURGEONS' INABILITY TO SPAWN
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Sturgeon is a rare and valuable fish species. The chances are scarce to catch this fish: Russian scientists have found that sturgeons fail to spawn at large even if suitable places are available.
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Moscow
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30.11.2001
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THE COMING BIRTHDAY IS NOT GOOD NEWS
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Scientists from Kemerovo State Medical Academy have found that people usually feel better in the first few months after their birthday, and worse in the last months before this event. The researchers connect this fact with the stress that people had during their birth.
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Kemerovo
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26.11.2001
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SENSATION: FLATHEAD MULLET SETTLES DOWN IN NORTHERN SEAS
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The global warming brings about some positive effect. Thanks to it, the heat-loving flathead mullet species began migrating to the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk.
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Magadan
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26.11.2001
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PURIFICATION OF OIL-CONTAMINATED AREAS
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The soil contaminated by oil is normally purified with the help of microbes. To successfully cope with this task, microorganisms need special conditions. The study has been partially financed through the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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Moscow
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26.11.2001
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PINE NEEDLES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF MONITORING
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If you investigate the composition of pine needles you will be able to know a lot about the condition of the tree and the man-caused environmental pollution of the place where the tree is growing. The work was supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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Petrozavodsk
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26.11.2001
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A TOY IN THE MOUTH IS A GOOD SIGN
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If a six-month old baby does not try to put a toy into the mouth, staring at it rather indifferently, this is not a manifestation of a philosophical turn of mind. Most probably, the baby lags in the mental development. However, it is possible to determine the lagging in the mental development even at an earlier age.
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St. Petersburg
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16.11.2001
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THE NOMADIC HUNTERS OF THE RUSSIAN FOREST
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This summer Moscow archaeologists started excavating the Middle Stone Age monument on the bank of the river Oka. The scientists believe that there used to be small temporal settlements of hunters engaged in elk hunting in the ancient times here.
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Moscow
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16.11.2001
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LONG-TERM CLIMATE PROGNOSIS: COLD SPELL FOR 500 MILLION YEARS
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According to the model of global climate changes, which was suggested by the scientists from the Permafrost Institute in Yakutsk, the next half a billion years of the Earth history will be cold and icy. The Antarctica ice cap and permafrost regions are the precursors of an epochal cooling.
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Yakutsk
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16.11.2001
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DOLPHIN IS RESISTING, BUT SWIMMING
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Human beings have always been trying to take advantage of the dolphins' intellectual abilities disregarding the effort required from the dolphins.
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Moscow
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16.11.2001
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BEAVERS' COAT GOT COVERED WITH WHITE SPOTS
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The beavers inhabiting Tuva have lost their traditional dark coloring: now they have white whiskers and white spots on the belly, chest and flippers of hind legs. Russian scientists believe that this is a bad sign.
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Kirov
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09.11.2001
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HUMIDITY CONTROLS THE CLIMATE
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The man had been successfully destroying Earth for so long, that he eventually thought that everything was under his control, even the climate. However, Russian scientists believe that global warming is a result of natural processes, and not man-caused ones. The study was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Program of Support for Leading Science Schools in Russian Federation.
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Moscow
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09.11.2001
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LOVE STORIES OF THE GOOSE ISLAND
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The observations of the behavior of barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) which nest in the Moscow Zoo have discovered that these birds form various types of family relations.
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