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The Day of Snow Leopard has been marked on May 26 in Altay for 11 years already, since 2010. It is a regional environmental date which is marked separately from International Snow Leopard Day on October 23

There are only about 100,000 of them. Baikal seals are killed by both legal hunters and poachers due to their precious fur. The fur of young seals – babies with white skin – is especially valued among hunters. May 25 is marked as Day of Baby Seal

No doubt, everyone will remember 2020. It is not just the pandemic having attacked the world. 5G communication, x-ray map of the Universe, and omnipresent digitization. However, is this technology kaleidoscope as clear as it seems?

May 24 is the Day of Slavonic Literature and Culture 

How does the scientific community explain ozone holes in the Arctic and Antarctica? Interview with Alexander Gruzdev, leading research officer of Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics.

Paleoreconstruction of ancient stone borer’s habitat provides new insight into Mesozoic Forest ecosystem

Turtles are one of the renowned long-livers on our planet. They have existed for over 220 million years, yet are now threatened with extinction...

May 22 is the Day of Biological Diversity. The UN General Assembly established this day as a special one back in 2000, yet the agenda becomes even more relevant every year. 

Tracking systems for referees, new fabrics for sportswear, and gadgets for amateur sport. 

Alexander Chuchalin, RAS Academician, and Simon Matskeplishvili, RAS Correspondent Member, spoke of the consequences of COVID-19 on the Mneniye program on the TV channel Rossiya 24

How have global changes in traditional lifestyle occurred, and what transformations are waiting for us ahead? We have seen already robotization, artificial intelligence, exploration of planets and global village, while the changes ahead look even more interesting

Today, on May 21, the Svetlanov Hall of Moscow International House of Music hosted a concert devoted to the great scientist and humanist. 

The date is confined to opening of the first drifting polar station – North Pole (USSR) – in 1937

Orthodox Physicians Society holds a round table titled Vaccination: Ethical Problems in Light of Orthodox Doctrine at the Theological Academy of the Meeting of Our Lord.

Volga is considered the world’s richest river in biodiversity 

May 20 is marked as the International Day of Traumatologist

Academician Andrey Kokoshin invited as guest to the Pyataya Sudiya (Fifth Studio) program on Russia-24 television channel highlighted difficult relationships between America and Russia

On dynamics of oncological diseases, medical staffing problems, scientific potential, as well as new methods of treating cancer and impact of COVID-19 on the work of oncological service

On May 19, 1910 the Earth met with Halley’s Comet

The platform of RAS hosted an international online conference devoted to COVID-19 and thrombosis development