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A remote conversation between two university graduates and the problems of the Gomolshansky Park
Recently, the priorities in the management of the National Nature Park “Homolshansky Forests” have become a source of emotional disputes. I will try to present my point of view on this matter—hoping that the majority of participants in the debate …
Spatial Hearing. Column in KompyuterraOnline #60
To feel happy and whole, one must at least occasionally touch one's own origins. A good way to do this is to sleep peacefully in the forest. (A column connected to a trip, the photo report for which is posted …
May 17–19. A Trip to Sloviansk District with a Stop in Izium
Not on the first attempt, but we finally managed to find hybrid frogs in the Sloviansk district of Donetsk Oblast. The trip began with a visit to the small town of Mykolaivka, located near the Sloviansk power plant, and ended …
A Trip from the Invisible Foot. Column in KomputerraOnline #59
The Invisible Hand operates in systems whose goals are aligned with the goals of their subsystems. The Invisible Foot manifests where the optimisation of subsystems conflicts with the optimisation of the system.
May 12. Defense of Zoology Department Graduates’ Theses
They defended their theses. Both full-time and part-time students. One grade of four, the rest fives. Listening to the presentations, I felt proud that reasonable people worthy of respect are graduating from our department. Congratulations!
On Dislike of Football. Column in KomputerraOnline #58
Children compare toy cars, dolls, and new clothes. The wealthy compare jewels, supercars, yachts, and palaces. Oligarchs compare football clubs: teams of living toys.
Scutigera
A small photo report about a meeting with an animal that, as it turns out, lives in our apartment.
On the breadth of the horizon. Column in KompyuterrOnline #57
The specificity of behavior management characteristic of our species includes not only the use of an advanced model of reality. This model expands the horizons of planning as broadly as possible.
May 1. With the Kids at the Zoo
Nothing special — we just took the kids to the zoo on a festive spring day. A few photos of zoo animals and the children's reactions to them...
April 27–28. Amphibians at the Shatsk Lakes and a Few Others
A series of photographs continuing from the post about the Olympiad in Lutsk. These are mostly amphibians.
April 25–28. Student Biology Olympiad in Lutsk
During the trip to the All-Ukrainian Olympiad in Lutsk, I took photographs almost exclusively at its conclusion — during an excursion by several jury members and organising committee representatives to the Shatsk Lakes. I will, however, begin with the Olympiad …
The Patient's Strategy. Column in KomputerraOnline #56
On the boundary between psychic and physical reality lies the zone of psychosomatics. Psychic reality is more active, and it can reshape physiology and even anatomy to conform to itself.
April 21-23. Daytime Walks in Eastern Crimea
Business trip for olympiad matters... Primorsky settlement, Feodosia, and the surroundings of Ordzhonikidze settlement. Windy, cool...
April 20–21. Night walks through Eastern Crimea
Photographs taken at the spawning site of marsh frogs and green toads in the settlement of Prymorskyi, located near Feodosia. Actually, I went there to conduct a school olympiad for prospective students, but of course, strolling along the shore of …
Frogs. Early‑maturing or late‑maturing. Column in КомпьютерреOnline #55
Long‑lived toads maximize the number of offspring with a long life expectancy in mind, whereas fast‑maturing ones do so for the coming years. Their difference is a consequence of differing planning horizons.
Usova (2010) Registration of differences between fast‑growing and long‑lived frogs
Usova E. E. Skeletochronological study of lifespan and growth dynamics of representatives of the Pelophylax esculentus complex: registration of differences between fast‑growing and long‑lived frogs // Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. Abstracts of the International Scientific‑Practical Conference – Simferopol...
Maro, Shabanov (2005) Mechanisms of dispersal of the common toad and the features of its populations in recently colonized habitats
Maro A. N., Shabanov D. A. Mechanisms of colonization of the common toad (Bufo bufo (L. 1758); Amphibia, Anura) and the features of its populations in recently colonized habitats // Materials of the First Conference of the Ukrainian Herpetological Society. …
The Chromosomal Set of God and the Destruction of School Education
Do you know that creationists report the results of a karyotype analysis of Jesus Christ, and that this argument is used as “evidence” of the immaculate conception? Do you know that there have been statements about the plans of our …
April 12. Olkhovaya Ravine
An evening trip by car. We were heading to Dobraya Ravine but ended up (against our will) in Olkhovaya. On the upside, we caught the mass spawning of moor frogs.
The miracle of self-reflection. Column in ComputerreOnline #54
And we, as well as other animals, create mental models of processes occurring beyond ourselves. Both we and they incorporated Newton’s laws into their models long before these laws were expressed in mathematical form.