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Perfect Expertise
Alexander Fradkov and Alexander Kabanov reflect on the topic of expertise and conflicts of interest in scientific foundations - pp. 1–3

How to reduce the workload of university teachers?
Alexey Kupriyanov and Yuri Averbukh talk about the state of affairs at their universities - pp. 4–5

“Nothing should interfere with the work of thought”
Cedric Villani on life in mathematics - page 6

Publication passivity of members of the Higher Attestation Commission expert council
Dissernet investigation continues by Anna Kalabrina - page 7

Psychology of evil
Social psychologist Sergei Enikolopov on why people sometimes turn into animals - pp. 8–9

How many languages ​​do you know, how many times are you human?
Anna Muradova on preserving her native language - page 10

Organic food is more nutritious
Sergey Belkov about what food can be considered proven - page 11

Last address
A short history of the life of Joseph Alpern - page 14