2014–2015 Knight Science Journalism Fellow, McKinsey&Co Next Generation Women Leaders Class of 2014. EFSJ Vice–President, AKSON President, ITMO (teaching)
In disrupted Russian academy election, researchers find signs of state meddling
Leader of Russia's largest chipmaker elected president after incumbent's sudden withdrawal
Russian scientist facing treason charges dies in custody
Advocates say state’s zeal for arrests has destroyed the lives of researchers
Russia’s new permafrost monitoring system could improve climate models, protect infrastructure
First national system could help researchers learn whether carbon released by thawing soil will accelerate climate change
The Soviets turned the Volga River into a machine. Then the machine broke.
Too many dams have made Russia's most important river dysfunctional. Here's how the mother river can be fixed.
Putin and the planet
Russia is the world’s fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gasses. Any talk of changing that needs to focus on President Vladimir Putin. Under his leadership, Russia has become a fossil fuel powerhouse. Since he took office in 2000, Russian oil production has risen by 70%. Today, the state is dependent on its revenues. Four in every ten dollars Moscow spends comes from fossil fuels. So the idea that Russia needs to shift away from fossil fuels to prevent the worst effects of climate change strikes at the very heart of Mr Putin’s power.
Russia’s Sputnik V protects against severe COVID-19 from Delta variant, study shows
Two shots offer 81% protection from hospitalization and prevent lung injury, data from St. Petersburg suggest
Russian climate scientists upset by ministry’s call for ‘alternative’ research
Russia’s natural gas producers would benefit from a call by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for “alternative” climate research that would “not necessarily imply abandoning fossil fuels.”
Нештатная ситуация: что все-таки происходит со «Спутником V» в Бразилии
27 апреля в сигнале российского «Спутника V» неожиданно возникли новые помехи: бразильский регулятор Anvisa отказал в импорте вакцины, сославшись не только на недостаток различных данных и документов, но и на обстоятельство, которое заставило известного американского вирусолога Анджелу Расмуссен написать в твиттере по-русски «Они обалдели!».
Russia mulls withdrawing from the International Space Station after 2024
The 20-year-old International Space Station (ISS) is showing its age: Last month, cosmonauts patched up cracks in a Russian module that were thought to be the source of minor air leaks. Cracks are also appearing in the international alliance that keeps the station going. This week, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov suggested Russia would back away from the ISS as early as 2025 to pursue a national space station.
Мнение. Дым, зеркала и вакцинация от коронавируса
«Другим странам больше достанется» — так пресс-секретарь президента РФ Дмитрий Песков прокомментировал возможный отказ Словакии зарегистрировать «Спутник V» после претензий местного регулятора к российской вакцине. Из полной версии цитаты становится очевидно, что под «другими странами» имелась в виду не Россия — и это довольно показательно.
Russia’s COVID-19 defense may depend on mystery vaccine from former bioweapons lab—but does it work?
When the Kremlin last month said Russian President Vladimir Putin had received the first dose of a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, a guessing game began. Had he gotten Sputnik V, which Russia had given emergency use authorization—a world first—in August 2020 after testing in just 79 patients? Or had Putin been given another COVID-19 vaccine that Russia had sanctioned with much less fanfare—and with equally sparse evidence that it works?
Opinion: Russia’s Sputnik Vaccine Stunt Could Cast a Long Shadow
In August, the Russian government unveiled, with pomp and flair, “the world’s first registered vaccine against Covid-19.” Although the vaccine — known officially as Gam-COVID-Vac but marketed as Sputnik V for a global audience — has yet to demonstrate its safety and efficacy in a phase III trial, an emergency use authorization was issued to make it available for limited use in the general public.
«В будущем все наше тело будет напичкано датчиками» — интервью с нейробиологом Сколтеха и главой neurotech-стартапа
RB.RU совместно со Сколтехом запускает серию перекрестных интервью с ведущими учеными и предпринимателями, которые занимаются развитием инновационных технологий.
Вирусные изменения: как пандемия приблизила неизбежное будущее
В мае за соблюдением дистанции между гостями сингапурского парка в районе Бишан-Анг следил необычный патрульный. Это четвероногий робот Spot компании Boston Dynamics, оборудованный камерой и динамиком, из которого он лает на тех, кто не соблюдает правила. Spot испытывался и для доставки лекарств в одном из импровизированных госпиталей для больных новой коронавирусной инфекцией, а сейчас ему активно ищут новое применение в посткоронавирусных реалиях.
Calling embryo editing ‘premature,’ Russian authorities seek to ease fears of a scientist going rogue
MOSCOW — Russian health officials are playing down international concerns that a Moscow researcher plans to create gene-edited babies any time soon, saying for the first time that the experiment would be “premature.”