Carlo Ginzburg: historian as storyteller The works of the recently deceased Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg made a very significant contribution to modern historiography; they will long serve as a source of valuable ideas and observations and a subject for scientific discussions. Grigory Bakus, researcher at INION RAS, presents his view on his work on witch hunts in Western Europe. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarism, violence and lies.

Essay on the singing of jackals in the Caucasus Mountains Traveling around the Caucasus, Russian and Soviet writers often became listeners to the nightly performances of the jackal tribe. Animal voices - most often, but not always! — made a depressing impression on writers. Philologist Sergei Shishkov discusses the reception of canis aureus singing and the metaphorical wealth of characters in the animal kingdom.

From the book by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares on the prospects of artificial intelligence There are many frightening predictions associated with artificial intelligence - from the destruction of the labor market to the complete destruction of life in the universe. Where these fears come from and how realistic they are is the subject of Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares’ book “If Someone Creates It, Everyone Will Perish,” an excerpt from which is being published by Gorky today.