17 October 2020 ААмерики The Molecular Biologist Who Exposed the Soviet Union byNastia D13 viewsNo comments16 minute read Jacques Monod saw chance as one of the “secrets of life,” an idea he used to tear down…
07 October 2020 ББольшой мир Bill Gates: The Pandemic Has Erased Years of Progress byNastia D4 viewsNo comments8 minute read “If you only look at COVID deaths, you’re actually missing the scale of the setback.” “If you only…
01 July 2020 ККниги You’re Showering Too Much byNastia D6 viewsNo comments6 minute read Wash your hands, but lay off the other parts In October, when the Canadian air starts drying out,…
03 May 2020 ААмерики Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing byNastia D2 viewsNo comments26 minute read A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to…
01 April 2020 ООбщество The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal byVladimir D1 viewOne comment10 minute read The coronavirus outbreak may last for a year or two, but some elements of pre-pandemic life will likely…
12 March 2020 ФФунтик рекомендует Troops Is an Unethical Euphemism byVladimir D3 viewsNo comments4 minute read Linguists are famous—or perhaps infamous—for our tolerant attitude toward language and how it changes. Given the widespread misconception…
01 February 2020 ЯЯзыки A Sneaky Theory of Where Language Came From byNastia D1 viewNo comments6 minute read I’m sitting in the sun on one of the first mild days of the spring, talking with a…
14 December 2019 IIn English The Problem With ‘Hey Guys’ byNadia A1 viewNo comments7 minute read A broad coalition of English speakers—teachers, retail workers, ice-cream scoopers, and plenty of others—is grasping for a more…
20 November 2019 ББиология The Real Danger of Booze-Making Gut Bacteria byNastia D1 viewNo comments4 minute read Microbes can produce so much alcohol that people become drunk—and sustain liver damage—without touching any booze The man’s…
17 August 2019 ААрхеология A New Clue to How Life Originated byNastia D1 viewNo comments5 minute read A long-standing mystery about early cells has a solution—and it’s a rather magical one. When Caitlin Cornell looked…