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_{15 Jan 2016 16:00:13}

Roscosmos will call the new ship "Federation"

the Russian state Corporation "Roskosmos" has summed up competition on selection of the best names for new transport spacecraft. The jury chaired by the Director General of the Agency Igor Komarov has decided to ignore the "Gagarin" and to name the ship "the Federation".

_{15 Jan 2016 13:30:17}

Scientist imagined how the Earth would look like with cosmic rings (6 photo)

the Rings of Saturn haunt astronomers since their discovery by Galileo in 1610. Billions of particles of dust and ice orbiting the huge planet, giving it special charm and personality. NASA engineer Kevin Gill has wondered how the Earth would look like with these rings, and visualized their presentation.

_{15 Jan 2016 10:00:18}

Presented the suit for space tourists

the Company Virgin Galactic, which intends to develop space flights in space, showed clothes for their future clients, reports The Verge. Try to dress it up in flight suits, which had been worked by the specialists Adidas, the Japanese fashion designer Yoji Yamamoto and the staff of Virgin Galactic.

Presented the suit for space tourists

_{15 Jan 2016 09:30:15}

Scientists: smokers and drinkers seventh-graders learn worse sober peers

Employees of Scientific centre of children health under the Russian Ministry of public health have found that students who have bad habits, worsening memory and attention. It turned out that the experience of Smoking and alcohol consumption have 8.2% of fifth graders, 11.8% of students and 15.5% of seventh graders, write "Izvestia".

_{14 Jan 2016 15:30:15}

Scientists: berries and red wine reduce the risk of impotence

Eating a handful of berries three times a week or drinking a few glasses of red wine, men can significantly reduce the risk of erectile dysfunction, reports the Daily Mail. This is the conclusion of scientists, observing the health of 50 000 middle-aged men. Flavonoids in fruits, berries and wine reduce the risk of impotence by 14%.

_{14 Jan 2016 11:30:14}

The Federal space Agency to develop a rocket engine using methane

In the near future Roscosmos plans to begin the development of the rocket engine on natural gas. The financing of development inherent in the project of the Federal space program for 2016-2025 (PCF), write "Izvestia". The establishment of a methane engine, provided development work "do NE" ("Propulsion launch vehicles").

_{13 Jan 2016 15:30:16}

Study: humans evolving into a "seal" or puny dwarfs

Paleontologist from the University of Kent in the UK suggests that over time people will grow membrane between fingers of feet and hands, the body will decrease the amount of hair. This will contribute to rapid movement in polupodvizhnym cities that may be future generations because of global warming, reports The Telegraph.