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Evolution of Human ‘Super-Brain’ Tied To Development of Bipedalism, Tool-Making

By Guest PostApril 22, 2011Scienceafrica, ants, archaeological evidence, archaeologist, Arctic, bees, bipedalism, don river, Europe, evolution of human mind, fossil, france, Germany, honeybees, human ancestors, human brain, human mind, john hoffecker, kostenk, lucy, modern mind, moscow, russia, social insects, stone tools, super brain, university of colorado boulder, waggle dance

Scientists seeking to understand the origin of the human mind may want to look to honeybees — not ancestral apes — for at least some of the answers, according to a University of Colorado Boulder archaeologist.

CU-Boulder Research Associate John Hoffecker said there is abundant fossil and archaeological evidence for the evolution of the human mind, including its unique power to create a potentially infinite variety of thoughts expressed in the form of sentences, art and technologies. He attributes the evolving power of the mind to the formation of what he calls the “super-brain,” or collective mind, an event that took place in Africa no later than 75,000 years ago. (more…)

Main Culprit of Deadly Russian Heat Wave? Natural Variability

By Guest PostMarch 10, 2011Environmentatmospheric blocking pattern, atmospheric carbon dioxide, atmospheric models, boulder, climate change, climate surprise, computer climate models, concentration, crop failures, daily average temperatures, early summer of 2010, earth system research laboratory, esrl, greenhouse gas concentrations, heat wave, judith perlwitz, martin hoerling, mio matsueda, moscow, munich reinsurance, natural atmospheric phenomenon, randall dole, russia, russian heat wave, signal of a warming climate, summer storms, temperatures, warming hole, weather extremes

WASHINGTON — The deadly Russian heat wave of 2010 was due to a natural atmospheric phenomenon often associated with weather extremes, according to a new study. And while the scientists could not attribute the intensity of this particular heat wave to climate change, they found that extreme heat waves are likely to become increasingly frequent in the region in coming decades.

The research team drew from scientific observations and computer climate models to evaluate the possible roles of natural and human-caused climate influences on the severity of the heat wave. The study has been accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. (more…)

Russia Has Most Engaged Social Networking Audience Worldwide

By Guest PostOctober 20, 2010TechnologyComscore, comscore media metrix, dst, Facebook, internet in russia, internet usage, Israel, mail, mike read, moscow, odnoklassniki, online video landscape, rosbusinessconsulting, ru, russia, russian federation, russian internet audience, russian population, social networkers, social networking site, turkey, vkontakte, web users, yandex

*Yandex Reached Nearly 80 Percent of Russian Internet Audience in August 2010*

London, U.K., 20th October, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of internet usage in Russia based on August 2010 data from the comScore Media Metrix service. The study revealed that Russians are the heaviest social networkers worldwide in terms of time spent per user and that Yandex is the leading property in the Russian Federation. (more…)

Former Spy Anna Chapman Starts Brilliant Career in Fashion and Showbiz

By PravdaOctober 1, 2010Culture, Politicsalex chapman, alexander potapov, anna chapman, anna kushchenko, ilya bezugly, magazine, maxim, moscow, netjets europe, pro-kremlin, russia, russian secret services, sexy spy, soho rooms club, spy, spy scandal, state duma, united states, volgograd

Anna Chapman, who was deported from the United States to Russia several months ago as a result of the spy scandal between the two countries, has started a brilliant career in the world of fashion and show business. The sexually appealing woman, who proved to be not a very good spy in one of the most humiliating operations for Russian secret services, has found a gap which she could fill perfectly. In her new activities, Russia’s probably most popular redhead is now known as “agent 90-60-90,” Italy’s La Repubblica wrote. (more…)

Moscow Literally Burnt by the Sun

By PravdaAugust 9, 2010Environmentcardiovascular, ecological situation, Germany, italian foreign ministry, moscow, muscovites, rainfalls, russian cities, sergey shoygu, smog, st. petersburg, summer heat, toxic smog, yekaterinburg

Moscow is suffocating. Thick toxic smog has been covering the sky above the city for days. The sun in Moscow looks like the moon during the day: it’s not that bright and yellow, but pale and orange with misty outlines against the smoky sky. Muscovites have to experience both the smog and sweltering heat at once. Today, August 9, the temperature is expected to hit the level of 37-39 degrees above zero Centigrade.

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Spy Incident May Resurrect Cold War Between USA and Russia

By PravdaJuly 5, 20101 commentPoliticsBarack Obama, cia, cold war, dmitry medvedev, fbi, illegals, moscow, nuclear safety, russian spies, sergei lavrov, start, svr, thinktanks, Twitter, united states, Washington, world trade organization, wto

The arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies in the United States suggests that Washington and Moscow are predestined to be eternal adversaries in a Cold War without end, despite a slight respite. Kindnesses and courtesies seemed to give the world hope for achieving the long sought after social peace sought after among all the peoples of all mankind.