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Painting and nuclear weapons

In most old paintings, a detailed analysis reveals isotopes such as strontium-90 and cesium-137. These substances were contained in the oil paints that painted these paintings. The paints, in turn, absorbed them after the first powerful nuclear explosions. It is for this reason that it is practically impossible to fake the canvases of old masters now, because radiation examination will immediately show the lack of these isotopes in the paint.

AUTO What Does Your Car Say About?

What Does Your Car Say About?

Probably with every motorist once in a life there was a situation when the car crashed. Of course, the best solution is an immediate visit to the workshop. But sometimes you just need to listen to what your car says and it is likely that this will help to solve a problem that has suddenly arisen ...
SOCIETY A Young Trucker Told About Her Work

A Young Trucker Told About Her Work

There are some women who are not afraid to go beyond the generally accepted framework and do as their hearts tell them, even if it alerts the society and raises a lot of perplexing questions. Ekaterina Mironova, a trucker from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia is just such a woman. She told about her work, a 20-ton truck and the dangers on the road in one of the interviews ...