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HSE researchers peer into the future in an attempt to predict how the impending challenge of global population ageing could reshape the world as we know it

February 01, 2024

History

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Peacocks, Pepper, and Petrol

‘Oriental’ goods imported into Russia during the 17th and 18th centuries: the early history of parallel imports

November 07, 2023

High Tech

Article

Child Ex Machina

What artificial intelligence can learn from toddlers

October 30, 2023

High Tech

Article

Machines with Common Sense

An AI enthusiast's four-decade journey to teach robots how the world works—so they may eventually be capable of brewing coffee in any kitchen

October 24, 2023

High Tech

Article

Artificial Feelings

How AI and robots understand, express and experience emotions

October 19, 2023

Mathematics

Article

Monsters of the Deep

HSE scientists have compiled a catalogue of rogue waves

June 23, 2023

Education

Article

Basic, General, and Home-based

Why families choose to homeschool and what challenges they face in doing so

February 01, 2023

Culture

Article

Normal for the Abnormal

How the image of a maniac appeared in popular culture, and why series on this topic can have a therapeutic function

October 27, 2022

Economics

Article

The Informal Economy and Post-Soviet Transition

HSE researchers found a positive correlation between the informal economies in Soviet republics and their post-Soviet adaptation to the free market

October 10, 2022

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Psychology

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Workaholism Helps Young Narcissists Boost New Venture Performance

HSE researchers have identified personality traits that contribute to business venture success

Demography

Article

Elderly People, Crisis, and Robots

HSE researchers peer into the future in an attempt to predict how the impending challenge of global population ageing could reshape the world as we know it

History

Op-ed

How the Telephone Conquered the World. Episode Ten: 'Number, Please?'

How telephone communication contributed to the emancipation of women, but automation eventually took their jobs away

Spotlight

Culture

Long-read

'Canonisation' of Fanfiction

How fan creations are reshaping cultural canons

August 19, 2022

Sociology

Interview