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February 21. Opening of the 2013 Field Season. Eskhar
For the second year in a row, our group opens the field season with a trip to Eskhar to collect frogs.
How We Are Fooled: An Analysis of a Portion of Anti-Vaccination Arguments from a "Primary Source". Column for Computerra #97
A human is arranged so that loads on their physiological systems, if not of an extreme nature, are beneficial and promote development. How do you develop muscle tissue? By training. …
Gessner's Mistake, or A Defence Against the Sea-Devil: How the Mechanism of Science Functions. Column for Kompyuterra #98
Science is not monolithic. The medical community is not monolithic. The people who work with vaccines do not constitute a unitary, tightly managed organisation. Beyond the interests of their community, …
First, second and third replicators according to Susan Blackmore, the origin of life and the general scheme of phase transitions in evolution. Column for Kompyuterra #99
How does the transition to the next level of replicators occur — let us call it a phase transition in evolution? The aggregate of interacting (=competing and cooperating) replicators creates …
Eight Video Quotes from TED.com
Several video quotes from talks at TED scientific conferences (not necessarily the best, but precisely those that drew my attention).
The hundredth column: an attempt to catch one's breath, look around, and understand what and why I am doing. Column for Computerra #100
I write columns for ComputerraOnline, which has now turned again simply into Computerra, already two years without a little piece. Starting this activity, I found for myself (and indicated for …
Frog poison, an unsuccessful experience of going into business, and doubt about the innovative prospects of university science. Column for Kompyutera #101
Under those circumstances, we had to do not what we were good at, but what real customers were willing to pay for.
Evolution of Evolution: From Genetic Inheritance to Intratechnical Replication of T-Memes. Column for Computerra #102
An attempt to classify the stages of the evolution of evolution and the inheritance mechanisms underlying them: – biological inheritance (based on genetic, epigenetic, and possibly other mechanisms); – cultural …
April 5, 2013. A Trip to the Ponds and... the Spawning of Gray Toads!
Just a week ago there was a thick layer of snow. After a few warm days we went to check — how much time was left before the gray toads' …
April 7, 2013. Group Field Trip to the Spawning Grounds of Common Toads... Cold!
Two days ago it was warm. We may never have seen such an intense spawning aggregation of common toads as the day before yesterday. We organized a large trip with …
Multilateral conflict: individuals, genes and memes; individuals and groups; near-term goals and distant prospects… Column for Компьютерра #103
It seems to me that, for each of the groups, the observed lifespan of an individual reflects some compromise reached between two conflicting (mutually contradictory) tendencies: a decrease in lifespan …
April 12, 2013. Opposition Rally in Kharkiv
I have become deeply disillusioned with politics. However, recent events are such that it is impossible not to express one's attitude toward the actions of the current authorities. And how …