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26 August 2022
The Renaissance and the Shaping of the Scientific Tradition: Scientific Discoveries and Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci

Wishing to revive cultural values and ideals, the philosophers and inventors of the Renaissance developed a new sociocultural formation that will be remembered as a transitional period between the Middle Ages and the New Age. This article is about people, theories, and inventions that made it happen

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18 August 2022
Space does not forgive mistakes, Part 2: No way to colonize Mars

In the first installment, we talked about the most famous unsuccessful lunar missions. Now let’s talk about the failures in the conquest of deep space. Most of them are connected in one way or another with Mars, although space technology has also failed on the way to other celestial bodies.

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10 August 2022
Asteroseismology: what stars tell us when they “breathe”

Asteroseismology could prove a real breakthrough in the field of remote study of stars, in particular our Sun. Today, we will explain how asteroseismology makes it possible to shed light on the fundamental processes occurring inside stars.

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04 August 2022
Medieval Mechanisms: The Origins of Classical Mechanics

Engineering thought was able to overcome the Dark Ages and, at the end of the Renaissance, even emerged as the full-fledged science of classical mechanics. This article is about the inventions and discoveries that preceded this process.

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29 July 2022
Space does not forgive mistakes, Part 1: The Lost Moon

The conquest of space did not always go according to plan, and it involved a great deal of learning from mistakes.. Over the six decades of the space age, many spacecraft have crashed on their way to the moon. In this material, we will consider the most resonant of these failures.

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21 July 2022
The birth of engineering: the mechanisms that set the world in motion

As they observed the forces of the universe around them, the ancients tried to learn how to harness them. The result of their zeal was the emergence of amazing machines and mechanisms. Here is our first article in a series dedicated to the development of science and technology.

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14 July 2022
The Voyage of Voyager 2: when the second does not mean the last

Despite starting its space journey a little before Voyager 1, Voyager 2 was nevertheless made the number-two craft to bear its name. No. 2 has gone its own unique way, which we will talk about in the final part of our series on the Voyager space program.

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07 July 2022
The most anticipated space missions of 2022. Part 2

This year we are expecting a lot of remarkable rocket launches, most of which have already been announced. Along with the programs of space agencies (NASA, ESA, CNSA), it is worth to note the increase in space launches by private companies.

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29 June 2022
The transformation of Ukrainian business: what is the danger of sectoral reorientation of business in wartime?

Many businesses faced the question of whether to convert enterprises to wartime needs or to continue to do what they were created for. Let’s examine the risks involved in changing the direction of Ukrainian business in wartime and how the desire to help in the country’s defense can harm it.

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