Russia and Japan join forces on biomedical research
Doctors expect a global breakthrough in medicine: Patients will no longer need donors, because all organs will be grown in test tubes. World-renowned Russian scientist Konstantin Agladze tells Ogonyok about his work in this field
Meteorite falls on fertile soil of modern phobias
The Chelyabinsk meteorite not only caused millions in damage and injured over a thousand of people, but it also awoke a new phobia in people’s minds
The End of the World: Nothing new for Russia
This year marks the 520th anniversary of the first Russian “End of the World”
Discovering the Russian Atlantis
At the Svetloyar Lake near Nizhny Novgorod, archaeologists have found traces of an unknown medieval settlement that became a prototype for Kitezh, the “Russian Atlantis”
Scientists uncover evidence in Siberia's century-old meteorite mystery
Italian scientists claim they have found the remnants of a meteorite that they say created a Siberian lake more than 100 years ago and Russian scientists want them to prove it
The future belongs to composites
Galen, an innovative family-owned company in the city of Cheboksary, has achieved commercial success by exporting its technology to the West. Its owners Valery Nikolaev and his older son Yevgeny spoke to “Ogoniok” magazine about its prospects