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BORIS BURDA: How to Prove Fermat’s Great Theorem
Boris Burda - 16.02.2025

In 1927, the great mathematician Hilbert was scheduled to give a lecture at the Lorentz Institute. Before his departure, he telegraphed the topic of his lecture: «Proof of Fermat’s Great Theorem». However, he ended up delivering a completely different lecture. Why did he do that?

THE MASTER, MARGARITA, AND FREEDOM: Mikhail Lokshin on Cinema and Censorship in Art (Part II)
Huxley - 15.02.2025

A year after the release of The Master and Margarita, director Mikhail Lokshin continues his journey — defending the film from censorship, promoting it in Europe, and reflecting on power, art, and freedom. In an exclusive interview, Lokshin discusses the curse of Bulgakov’s adaptations, his anti-war stance, and the future of cinema

THE MASTER, MARGARITA, AND FREEDOM: Mikhail Lokshin on Cinema and Censorship in Art (Part I)
Huxley - 13.02.2025

A year after the release of The Master and Margarita, director Mikhail Lokshin continues his journey — defending the film from censorship, promoting it in Europe, and reflecting on power, art, and freedom. In an exclusive interview, Lokshin discusses the curse of Bulgakov’s adaptations, his anti-war stance, and the future of cinema

THREE SCIENTIFIC «CHORDS»: How Global Political Changes Will Impact Science
Huxley - 11.02.2025

Radical changes in climate control, artificial intelligence, and healthcare. These scientific fields are undergoing significant transformations that could shape their development for years to come

IVAN MAZEPA: Love on the Cross
Iryna Govorukha - 09.02.2025

This story has been told in countless ways. It has served as inspiration for great novelists and playwrights, painters, and filmmakers. Behind the scenes, the bandura played, and part-singing resonated, while on the main stage, a passionate yet fleeting love unfolded. Impossible by its very nature, making it all the more intense and intoxicating

SILENCE AS A RESOURCE: Humanity is Changing the Planet’s Soundscape
Huxley - 08.02.2025

Have you ever wondered what the world sounded like before the rise of civilization? In his book The Natural History of Silence, French entomologist Jérôme Sueur explores how human-generated noise impacts nature and ecosystems

PROTECTIVE CODE: How Superstitions Help the Brain Work Better
Huxley - 06.02.2025

We must honestly admit that in the 21st century, we are no less superstitious than in previous centuries. But what does modern science think about the nature of superstitions? Why does belief in omens remain so significant for us?

ILLOGICAL ORGANISM: how people actually age
Huxley - 04.02.2025

Human development throughout life can be imagined as a gradual sequence of changes — from an egg cell to the grave. It seems logical to assume that the entire organism matures and develops simultaneously and that aging occurs smoothly. However, as scientists have discovered, these processes follow a different, less obvious logic

OH, LOVE: The Virgin Queen and Her Executed Lover
Boris Burda - 02.02.2025

Elizabeth I went down in history as an outstanding monarch whose 44-year reign marked an era of prosperity for England. She was known as the «Virgin Queen» and skillfully upheld this image, engaging in years of marriage negotiations that always ended in nothing. But did she truly renounce not only marriage but also male attention?

THE KING OF DREAMS: David Lynch’s Step into Eternity
Andrey Alferov - 01.02.2025

Teaching us through his films to dive headfirst into the beyond, into our subconscious, where dreams are indistinguishable from reality, and there is no way out alive, David Lynch himself has now taken a step straight into eternity. He departed, leaving behind a legacy of great films and sacred knowledge for us al

THE LEGACY OF NEMYRIV: The Noble Glory and Tragedy of Princess Shcherbatova
Andrey Kostyuchenko - 30.01.2025

An exciting journey to Nemyriv — a town that preserves the spirit of past centuries. It was home to remarkable figures such as the writer Marko Vovchok, artist Ivan Soshenko, and writer Mykola Trublaini. The brilliant surgeon Mykola Pyrohov was a frequent guest at the local gymnasium. However, Nemyriv is best known for the magnificent palace of Princess Maria Shcherbatova

SCIENCE ON THE EDGE OF FRAUD: 8 Most Controversial Debates of the Past Year
Huxley - 28.01.2025

The path of scientific progress is rather winding and thorny. This is evident from the debates surrounding a number of scientific discoveries made in 2024: from a fragment of fabric that may have belonged to Alexander the Great to an image of the central black hole of our Galaxy…

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CHALLENGING THE PERCEPTION OF EVGENY GALPERINE: Music, the Search for Meaning, and Luc Besson (Part I)
Andrey Alferov - 12.12.2024

How are sounds created in films that make us feel, cry, and laugh? How does music become an invisible protagonist on screen? The answers lie in an interview with a contemporary French composer about the nature of film music, his childhood in Kyiv, antisemitism, and the lifesaving role of cinema in his journey

THE FILM «THE APPRENTICE»: Hollywood as a Battlefield
Andrey Alferov - 21.11.2024

The film The Apprentice: The Rise of Trump by director Ali Abbasi premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. This movie, chronicling the period when Trump’s star first rose over Manhattan, becoming a beacon of Reagan-era capitalism, provides no definitive answers. It merely subtly shapes the viewer’s perspective

«THE DARK SIDE» OF FASTING: the dangers of abstinence
Huxley - 14.11.2024

Science has established that fasting can affect the gut by activating stem cells. However, alongside this undoubtedly positive effect comes a negative side: a diet can trigger the development of tumors in precancerous stages. Recent experiments suggest that fasting, in itself, does not offer any unique benefits to the body

BODY MARATHON: how cinema reinterprets the body
Andrey Alferov - 09.11.2024

The brilliant tragic-farcical body horror «The Substance» has sparked discussions not only about the incredible talent and boldness of Demi Moore, who played the leading role but also about the human body as one of the most common subjects depicted in the history of cinema

INVISIBLE RULERS: People Who Turn Lies into Reality
Huxley - 05.10.2024

The profound influence on public opinion is increasingly monopolized by a vast number of propagandists, guided by the principle: «If you make it a trend, you make it the truth»

UNBROKEN: The Art of Forgiveness in the Story of Louis Zamperini
Vera Svetlaya - 03.10.2024

The story of Louis Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) — an athlete, Olympian, airman, World War II hero, and a man who endured the harshest trials — is one of the most inspiring chapters in the chronicles of the 20th century

NOBEL PRIZES 2024: Economics, Medicine, and the Peace Prize
Huxley - 19.10.2024

How did it happen that the Nobel Prize was awarded to people whose discovery had been ignored by the scientific community for nearly 30 years?! Why are some countries rich while others are poor, and why do technologies not constantly improve the quality of life? The stories of the 2024 Nobel laureates are not only fascinating and paradoxical but also highly instructive

ALAIN DELON: From the heavens to the screen and back
Andrey Alferov - 29.08.2024

At the end of 1968, Alain Delon became embroiled in a grim criminal case involving the mysterious murder of his Serbian bodyguard, who allegedly blamed the actor in a farewell letter, claiming Delon had ordered the hit. General Charles de Gaulle himself appeared at the trial. The judge could not ignore this and gave the President of France the floor. De Gaulle stood up and said: «I have nothing to say except one thing — France has only one Alain Delo». Judging by the way the press responded to the death of the great actor, one might conclude that the general was slightly mistaken: there is only one Alain Delon, not just for France, but for the entire world. He is a whole world

HUNTING FOR ANOMALIES: How Conspiracy Theories and UFOs Affect Us
Huxley - 08.08.2024

Do you believe in aliens, ghosts, Bigfoot, and that governments are hiding the truth from you? Does the name Charles Fort ring a bell? In this article, we will explore when and why humanity developed a mysterious passion for «hunting for anomalies»

RAY BRADBURY: How I Fell in Love with Books
Huxley - 02.07.2024

«You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them…»

REVELATIONS IN SCIENCE: When Heroism Causes Harm
Boris Burda - 11.08.2024

In 1892, the German physician Max von Pettenkofer convinced that cholera was caused by miasmas emitted by filth and household waste rather than microbes, decided to prove his point radically — he drank a culture of cholera vibrio in front of his colleagues, fully confident that he would not fall ill and thereby disprove Koch’s theory…

VALENTIN SILVESTROV: «Silence Can Be the Most Valuable Thing on Earth»
Alexey Botvinov - 17.06.2024

«…on his way from Kyiv, he saw scenes of immense human suffering, and a melody was born within him. Valentin wanted to play it. It was pure improvisation; no one expected it. The entire hall anticipated tragic music of sorrow and grief. But Valentin sat at the piano and played a melody of incredible beauty, light, and harmony. It was a complete shock — the contrast of such otherworldly, angelic music with the horrors of war that inspired it. This is Silvestrov — paradoxical genius…»

FROM THE LUMIÈRE BROTHERS TO JARMUSCH AND SCORSESE: The Best Short Films by Renowned Directors
Andrey Alferov - 27.07.2024

In a world where content consumption is growing exponentially, short films have become the perfect format for a quick dive into the art of cinema. From classic pieces to modern online platforms, short films are alive and thriving, evoking primal emotions in viewers

THOMAS MANN ABOUT FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE: an excerpt from «Nietzsche’s Philosophy in the Light of Contemporary Events», 1947
Huxley - 03.04.2024

It is time to reject the view of Nietzsche’s philosophy as a bunch of random aphorisms: his philosophy is just as completely an organized system as Schopenhauer’s, developed from one single fundamental, all-pervading thought

FORGIVENESS BY AUSCHWITZ: the story of Eva Mozes Kor
Iryna Govorukha - 28.03.2024

It was on the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation from the concentration camp. Eva went up to the podium, took a few deep breaths, and spoke to the public: «I forgive Josef Mengele and all the doctors who carried out the horrific experiments on me and my sister Miriam. I forgive them for killing my parents, taking away my family and childhood, and turning my life into hell…»

A SIGNAL FROM OTHER PLANETS: how many intelligent civilizations could there be in our galaxy
Huxley - 25.03.2024

Scientists have calculated the theoretically likely number of intelligent civilizations in our galaxy that possibly have means of communication

OH, LOVE: Einstein and the lame provincial girl
Boris Burda - 24.03.2024

The question of Mileva’s actual role in Einstein’s scientific discoveries remains a matter of debate among researchers. And this does not diminish her importance as a support and possible inspiration for Einstein during the period when fundamental discoveries were made

MACHINE WITH SPHINX: How self-taught theater artist Isaac Singer founded the world’s first transnational corporation
Huxley - 20.03.2024

A womanizer, a self-taught theatricalist, a slacker, a man with a flair for money, a nouveau riche and a daredevil — all sorts of things were said about Singer. But he gave the world the most famous sewing machine with Sphinx and scrolls, which spread all over the world

10 THESES ABOUT FEAR: A lesson from Milarepa, the world’s greatest yogi
Huxley - 06.02.2024

When Milarepa, one of the greatest yogis of Tibet, was away, demons came to his cave. Initially, he tried to push them out with various techniques, but the demons would not disappear. Then Milarepa decided to change his approach

WHAT THE JESUITS HIDE FROM US: behind the scenes of the «black legend»
Huxley - 06.03.2024

The Jesuits were well aware of the importance of social elevators. Their education provided a pass to the elite for talented people regardless of social status. Not everyone was an aristocrat. Not everyone professed Catholicism. Still, the contribution of the Jesuits to world culture can hardly be overestimated

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