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OUR ANCESTORS DID NOT SUFFER FROM CARIES, BUT TOOK DRUGS
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Russian archaeologists have achieved sensational results: they have obtained information on the diet of ancient Indo-Europeans. Our ancestors used to make meat broth, barley porridge, soft drinks of steppe native-grasses. Thanks to good nutrition our ancestors lived up to 60 years of age.
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Moscow
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PARASITES ESCAPE FIRST
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The worse is the health of sea fish, the less numerous are its parasites. The numbers of fish and parasites decrease simultaneously. This is established by biologists from Uzbekistan that are concerned about the ecological situation in the Aral Sea.
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Uzbekistan
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26.09.2002
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A NEW WORD IN PROGRAMMING
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Moscow scientists have developed a new programming technology - "expert programming". It allows creating own expert systems without calling for programmers. Program development becomes seven times easier.
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THE MILKY WAY GIVES BIRTH TO STARS QUICKLY
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Russian scientists believe that for the last 30 million years outbursts of supernovas caused a shower of new neutron stars in the region of several hundred parsecs from the Sun. Possibly, frequent bursts caused unpleasant sequels to the Earth. The work is funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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Moscow
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26.09.2002
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RAILWAY SLEEPERS PRODUCED IN A NEW WAY
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A lot of different things can be produced by pressing. Cardboard and wood chipboard, metal and plastic components of various shapes, sunflower oil and wine. Specialists from the town of Voronezh propose the method of sleepers pressing from softwood.
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Voronezh
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23.09.2002
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MONKEYPOX TRANSFERRED TO PEOPLE
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A most serious disease, smallpox, has been defeated a quarter century ago. Now the humanity is attacked by other kinds of pox that are still little studied. Scientists from different countries co-operate to conquer the monkeypox. Their work is supported by Russian (RFBR) and international (ISTC and CRDF) foundations.
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pos. Kol'tsovo, Novosibirskaya oblast
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EIGHTEEN BEAR CUBS LEAVE FOR ADULT LIFE
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Valentin Pazhetnov and his assistants have raised, prepared for independent life and released at large 18 more orphan bear cubs. A unique methodology has been applied to achieve this purpose.
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Tver
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23.09.2002
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COMETS BROUGHT LIFE TO EARTH
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Organic matter got to Earth from space together with comets, which used to bombard the Earth intensely within the first 700 million years of its existence. According to a Russian scientist, this fact in particular served the reason for the beginnings of life on Earth.
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FOOTPRINT ON THE SCANNER
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Specialists of the Moscow State University of Design and Technology have in fact 'stepped on' the scanner. They did not do so for the purpose of checking the scanner durability, but with the intend to improve the footstep measurement methods. The comfort of the shoes depends on the quality of measurements.
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Moscow
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23.09.2002
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LIFE EXPERIENCE OF A WASP
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People often refer to their life experience. Do animals have any? Moscow scientists have studied the experience a little wasp can acquire in the course of life.
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Moscow
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23.09.2002
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THE MARS AND THE EARTH 'BANDY' METEORITES
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Russian scientists with financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research have studied a new Martian meteorite called Dhofar 019. According to the scientists' calculations, the meteorite was knocked out from the Mars and spent approximately 20 million years in space before it collided with the Earth.
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Moscow
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23.09.2002
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SILICON AND DIAMOND
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Scientists from Saint-Petersburg and their colleagues from Stockholm created new materials on the base of diamonds. They have managed to make durable and strong details without a pressure chamber, which limits the detail size.
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Saint-Petersburg
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09.09.2002
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NO HEAVY MAGNETIC STORMS FOR A LONG TIME IN THE FUTURE
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A Moscow astronomer has studied the solar activity data related to the last 500 years. Her forecast states that in all probability no magnetic storms will occur on the Earth in the next five years. It is interesting to note that her method can help to forecast the solar activity for 100 years.
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