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11

Apr

Vladimir Putin plays in snow with dogs in latest photo op The Russian president is known for his often bizarre publicity stunts.

Vladimir Putin plays in snow with dogs in latest photo op

The Russian president is known for his often bizarre publicity stunts.

2 months ago Short URL 84 notes

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08

Apr

The new cold war: Russia is stockpiling snow for the 2014 Winter Olympics Organizers hope to have 500,000 cubic meters of snow on reserve, just in case it’s too warm next February.

The new cold war: Russia is stockpiling snow for the 2014 Winter Olympics

Organizers hope to have 500,000 cubic meters of snow on reserve, just in case it’s too warm next February.

2 months ago Short URL 72 notes

Russia/Olympics/snow/

27

Feb

Where did the Russian meteor originate? The meteor’s orbit took it further away from the sun than Mars is, likely as far as the asteroid belt.            

Where did the Russian meteor originate?
The meteor’s orbit took it further away from the sun than Mars is, likely as far as the asteroid belt.            

3 months ago Short URL 28 notes

science/space/Russia/meteor/

15

Feb

Meteor explosion in Russia hurts more than 500 people Scientists think a meteoroid entered the atmosphere, where it exploded and broke up into meteorites scattered across 3 regions of Russia and Kazakhstan.

Meteor explosion in Russia hurts more than 500 people
Scientists think a meteoroid entered the atmosphere, where it exploded and broke up into meteorites scattered across 3 regions of Russia and Kazakhstan.

4 months ago Short URL 169 notes

science/space/news/Russia/meteor/

28

Sep

Verkhoyansk in Russia has 1,434 hardy residents who carve out a living in the deep Siberian wilderness. Located 1,500 miles south of the North Pole, Verkhoyansk was used to house political exiles between the 1860s and early 20th century. It was no wonder they chose to send exiles to Verkhoyansk: In January the average temperature is minus 50.4 degrees F and mean monthly temperatures stay below freezing from October through April. In 1892, residents recorded the still all-time low of minus 90 degrees F.7 of the coldest places in the world

Verkhoyansk in Russia has 1,434 hardy residents who carve out a living in the deep Siberian wilderness. Located 1,500 miles south of the North Pole, Verkhoyansk was used to house political exiles between the 1860s and early 20th century. It was no wonder they chose to send exiles to Verkhoyansk: In January the average temperature is minus 50.4 degrees F and mean monthly temperatures stay below freezing from October through April. In 1892, residents recorded the still all-time low of minus 90 degrees F.
7 of the coldest places in the world

8 months ago Short URL 61 notes

Russia/winter/weather/

05

Jun

Is your IKEA bookshelf made from a 600-year-old Russian tree?… Chances are it’s not, but Swedish mega-retailer IKEA has recently come under fire from environmental watchdog groups for clear-cutting large swaths of old-growth forests in a sensitive area of northwestern Russia.

Is your IKEA bookshelf made from a 600-year-old Russian tree?
… Chances are it’s not, but Swedish mega-retailer IKEA has recently come under fire from environmental watchdog groups for clear-cutting large swaths of old-growth forests in a sensitive area of northwestern Russia.

1 year ago Short URL 49 notes

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29

Apr

Russia creating radiation gun to turn people into ‘zombies’It won’t cause a sudden craving for brains, but the weapon attacks the central nervous system, leaving its target in a brief zombie-like state.

Russia creating radiation gun to turn people into ‘zombies’
It won’t cause a sudden craving for brains, but the weapon attacks the central nervous system, leaving its target in a brief zombie-like state.

1 year ago Short URL 334 notes

zombies/science/tech/guns/Russia/

24

Apr

Russian teens risk their lives for dizzying, sky-high photos‘Skywalking,’ a growing fad among daredevil teens, offers a glimpse of life on the edge.

Russian teens risk their lives for dizzying, sky-high photos
‘Skywalking,’ a growing fad among daredevil teens, offers a glimpse of life on the edge.

1 year ago Short URL 86 notes

photo/Russia/skywalking/

06

Apr

Russia creating radiation gun to turn people into ‘zombies’It won’t cause a sudden craving for brains, but the weapon attacks the central nervous system, leaving its target in a brief zombie-like state.

Russia creating radiation gun to turn people into ‘zombies’
It won’t cause a sudden craving for brains, but the weapon attacks the central nervous system, leaving its target in a brief zombie-like state.

1 year ago Short URL 96 notes

zombies/Russia/guns/tech/science/weapons/

21

Feb

8bitfuture: 30,000 year old flower revived. Scientists have resurrected a flower from plant tissues found frozen in Siberian permafrost, thought to be 30,000-32,000 years old. The new Silene stenophylla is healthy and fertile, and producing viable seeds. The experiment has excited many because it proves that material trapped in the permafrost is recoverable and usable - scientists have been working to recover other species of plant and animal life from the same area, such as the woolly mammoth.

8bitfuture:

30,000 year old flower revived.

Scientists have resurrected a flower from plant tissues found frozen in Siberian permafrost, thought to be 30,000-32,000 years old. The new Silene stenophylla is healthy and fertile, and producing viable seeds.

The experiment has excited many because it proves that material trapped in the permafrost is recoverable and usable - scientists have been working to recover other species of plant and animal life from the same area, such as the woolly mammoth.

1 year ago Short URL 32,250 notes

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