The main toilet [has broken down](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8158350.stm) on the International Space Station (ISS), currently home to a record 13 astronauts.
Mission Control told the crew to hang an “out of service” sign until the toilet can be fixed. ISS residents are using a back-up toilet in the Russian part of the station.
If repairs fail, Apollo-era urine collection bags are on hand, Nasa said.
A nice tribute to [Michael Jackson](http://metkere.com/en/2009/07/michael-shalenko-jackson.html): Russians dance “like MJ” [in streets of Moscow](http://real-ainger.livejournal.com/79339.html).
Previously at metkere.com: [Spider-Man in Moscow](http://metkere.com/en/2009/05/spiderman.html), [Mummies at Red Square](http://metkere.com/en/2009/01/mummies.html) and [“We are the Champions” in Altay Language](http://metkere.com/en/2008/08/altay-champions.html).
World’s first floating nuclear power plant [will go into operation](http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/russians-plan-floating-nuclear-plants/) on Russia’s eastern coast by the end of 2012.
A Russian manufacture O.P.K. is building the plant in the shape of a ship 144 meters (472 feet) in length and 30 meters (98 feet) wide to accommodate two 35-megawatt reactors. Construction of the plant, called KLT-40C, began in February this year.
The advantages of floating nuclear plants include maneuverability of the machines so that they can be serviced, as well as the ability to be towed near remote settlements or sites of energy-intensive industries — like water desalination — where need is greatest for electricity.
We continue to talk to foreigners, who visited Novosibirsk, about their life in this city. Markus Trapp and Stefan Rybkowski took part in a Russian-German bloggers meeting called sib_STANCIJA this march. Read More
Tatiana Kozhevnikova with her balls. Photos: intimfitness.com.
A Russian woman has set a new world record, lifting a 14-kg glass ball with her vagina muscles. Tatiana Kozhevnikova of Novosibirsk, aged 42, has been exercising her intimate muscles for fifteen years. Read More