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Summary • 8 июля 2015, 17:40

Siberian breaking news for July 8

Автор: Olga Gavrilova

 

Sending snails to the Moon /
The birth of new families

 

Sending snails to the Moon

The Siberian scientists proposed an idea to feed astronauts with snails and it’s not actually a bad idea because snails can satisfy human need of animal protein. The scientists from Institute of Biophysics Siberian Branch of RAS are trying to create self-contained systems of life support which will be used under colonization of other planets. During the working process it has been found out that the basic element of such autonomous structures may be snails as a nourish source for people. The specialists stated that the univalve (otherwise called Achatina fulica) is quite nourish product and has a low fat level only 6% plus its fried meet tastes like liver. But it is not all advantages of the univalve the other one is that this snail is quite small and very easy to breed plus it can recycle inedible biomass of plants and food waste like salad, potato peelings and etc. However the authors say that the snail project has some disadvantages and is not studied completely.

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The birth of new families

Today on July 8 many people celebrate The Day of family, love and faithfulness in order words this holiday is also called Peter and Fevronia Day. The orthodox people have been celebrating this holiday for 780 years already and they honor two saints, the married couple Peter and Fevronia who were the symbol of Christian marriage. Overall today 75 couples got married in Omsk and 4 of them got married in the park near the Concert Hall where the monument of the saint couple stands. These four couples went through sort of a ritual - they gave each other garland, set doves to the sky and received congratulations from a couple who celebrates their golden wedding. According to Levada-centre 17% of Russians celebrate this holiday, 60% know about it but do nothing this day and other 17% have never heard of such holiday.

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