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The best way to explain difficult concepts is by using simple language. In our longreads, we avoid using complex scientific terms, instead focusing on explaining everything that has to do with promising new technologies, scientific discoveries, and the problems that go hand in hand with technological progress. We strive to give you a detailed overview of the most important facts about technologies, in a way that’s not boring. In this format, we offer a comprehensive view of a particular event, issue or object without leaving out any important details or facts.

Smart City: Technologies That Make Cities Come Alive

Smart City: Technologies That Make Cities Come Alive

articles | | Tech & Security

In reality, a “smart city” is far more than sensors at traffic lights, parking payment apps, and 5G connectivity. A smart city is a complex and large-scale ecosystem in which technologies become an organic part of everyday urban life — just like roads, parks, and buildings. In such a city, the infrastructure begins to sense and understand its residents, respond to their needs, anticipate their desires — and, in a way, truly comes alive.
The Quantum Era: How Quantum Computing Will Transform the World of Data

The Quantum Era: How Quantum Computing Will Transform the World of Data

articles | | Tech & Security

We stand at the threshold of a technological transformation comparable to the shift from steam to electricity or from analog circuits to integrated microprocessors. Today, the focus is on quantum computing—a technology that promises not merely to accelerate familiar computations but to redefine the very principles of how we interact with information. In this article, we’ll explore how quantum computers work, why they matter, and how soon quantum technologies may become part of our everyday lives.
AI Symphony and AI-Driven Fashion Design: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Creative Industries

AI Symphony and AI-Driven Fashion Design: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Creative Industries

articles | | Business & Startups

Artificial intelligence, which until recently was merely a tool for analytics and simple automation, has learned to create in a truly creative way. It is now a full-fledged co-author in art, science, and creative exploration.
From Assistants to Autonomous Operators: How AI Agents Changed the Digital Landscape

From Assistants to Autonomous Operators: How AI Agents Changed the Digital Landscape

articles | | Tech & Security

Not so long ago, a conversation with artificial intelligence resembled a dialogue with an erudite yet somewhat detached interlocutor.
Lab-Grown Steak, Yogurt from CO₂, and 3D-Printed Chocolate: What's for Dinner in 2030

Lab-Grown Steak, Yogurt from CO₂, and 3D-Printed Chocolate: What's for Dinner in 2030

articles | | Science & Education

In today's rapidly changing world, even the seemingly conservative food industry is undergoing a profound transformation.
Your Digital Twin is Already Living on the Web: What It’s For and What Our Virtual Doubles Know About the Future

Your Digital Twin is Already Living on the Web: What It’s For and What Our Virtual Doubles Know About the Future

articles | | Tech & Security

Until recently, the pinnacle of engineering was considered to be a precise 3D model—a digital prototype of anything from a jet engine to a skyscraper. But such a prototype had a fundamental flaw: it was static. As soon as the real object rolled off the assembly line or was constructed, its digital copy became a useless artifact, quickly losing its connection to the original.
Vibe Coding: How a New Technology Changed Programming

Vibe Coding: How a New Technology Changed Programming

articles | | Tech & Security

Just ten years ago, talking about controlling a computer with the power of thought seemed like a plot from science fiction.

From Telemedicine to Martian Construction: How Human-Machine Interfaces Are Transforming Extreme Environments

articles | | Tech & Security

Just recently, the idea of controlling a complex mechanism on the other side of the planet with millimeter-precision and full tactile feedback seemed like science fiction.

Molecular Factories and Carbon Footprint: How Green Chemistry is Reinventing the World Around Us

articles | | Science & Education

While chemistry is the very foundation of our civilization, its industrial manifestation represents a serious threat. This encompasses toxic waste, immense energy consumption, and dependence on fossil fuels. Nevertheless, today we stand on the threshold of a quiet revolution that is rewriting these rules.

Simulation Medicines: How Human Digital Twins Are Accelerating Medicine

articles | | Med & Bio

Every new medical drug undergoes numerous trials before it reaches the market. Sometimes this takes decades. However, in the digital age, a method has been invented to test new drugs significantly faster—for instance, by conducting experiments not on real volunteers but on virtual patients. Their organs are complex mathematical models, and their diseases are computer simulations. This has become a true revolution in pharmaceuticals.

Prototypes of Technological Inventions: How Humanity Imagined the Future Long Before Technology

articles | | Gadgets

Each major technological invention is commonly explained as the result of a scientific breakthrough, a fortunate coincidence, or the genius of a particular individual. Television, the computer, radio, artificial intelligence—all of these usually appear as products of their time, shaped by its level of knowledge, materials, and manufacturing capabilities. But a closer look reveals something else: almost no technology ever emerges “from scratch.”

Lunar Economy: Why Humanity is Developing Earth's Only Natural Satellite

articles | | Science & Education

Today, following the Apollo era, a new age has dawned in which the Moon is viewed as the first extraterrestrial logistics hub, an industrial platform, and a testing ground for all manner of technologies.

Chameleon Materials: What Can "Smart" Matter Do?

articles | | Gadgets

When choosing clothes, you likely rely heavily on the weather forecast. But just imagine a jacket that easily becomes a windbreaker in the subway and a warm down jacket in the cold.

Beauty Requires Sacrifice. Can Robots Replace Humans in Beauty Salons?

articles | | Business & Startups

The beauty industry has traditionally been considered one of the most “human-centered.” What matters here is not only the skilled hands of a professional, but also contact, trust, and a sense of care — something that, it would seem, only a living, real person can provide to a client.

How Artificial Intelligence Changed Our World in 2025 and What to Expect in 2026

articles | | Tech & Security

The year 2025 became the moment of maturity for artificial intelligence. If earlier AI was perceived as a trend that promised to “soon change everything,” now it has truly become part of reality — from business and science to everyday life. Companies are integrating AI into workflows, laboratories are running experiments on it, and users often don’t even realize that an algorithm making decisions is already working alongside them.

Hacking Sleep: How Caffeine Affects Your Dreams and Whether You Can Control It

articles | | Med & Bio

Sleep should not be considered merely a passive state of rest, as the brain can be quite active during this time. This is especially true during the rapid-eye-movement or REM sleep phase, when brain activity reaches almost the same level as during periods of wakefulness. It is in this phase that we experience our most vivid, complex, and intricate dreams. One of the factors capable of influencing the intensity, vividness, and indeed the very presence of dreams is caffeine.

The Era of the Seamless Interface: How Wearable Devices Are Changing the Rules of the Game

articles | | Gadgets

At the beginning of this century, the "smartphone" sparked a true revolution, combining a phone, camera, navigator, bank, and personal computer into a single device.

Top of the Most Amusing Scientific Theories That Scientists Believe In

articles | | Science & Education

Science is far from being just boring formulas; it is also an infinite space for fantasies, which are nonetheless conditioned by various logical conclusions.

Hackerless Attacks: How Autonomous AI Viruses Are Changing the Rules of Cybersecurity

articles | | Tech & Security

Cyber threats have entered a new phase: hacker groups are being replaced by self-learning algorithms capable of finding vulnerabilities, creating exploits, and adapting to even the most serious defense systems without human involvement.

The Digital Glutton: The Truth About ChatGPT's Carbon Footprint

articles | | Tech & Security

Training a single neural network can require an volume of water sufficient to fill a nuclear reactor, while our queries to ChatGPT create a carbon footprint comparable to industrial manufacturing. We have uncovered the price our planet pays for our dialogue with artificial intelligence.

Collaborator or Competitor? Why Generative AI Has Not Become a Full-Fledged Artist

articles | | Tech & Security

When, in 2022, the Midjourney neural network generated the work "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial," which won a digital art competition in Colorado, it caused a shock. Many saw this as the sunset of human creativity.

Among Us: How Robots Are Creating a Brave New World

articles | | Gadgets

In recent years, we have been witnessing a large-scale technological revolution. Innovations are emerging at the speed of light — moreover, the very model of interaction between humans and machines is changing. It seems that not long ago, robots were associated solely with science fiction, but today they are deeply integrated into the everyday lives of both tech enthusiasts and ordinary people.

Private Space Stations: What the Orbital Economy Looks Like in 2025

articles | | Science & Education

Today, more and more commercial orbital complexes are emerging, even though many people still associate the space industry with massive, exclusively government-run projects. Yet private stations now combine laboratories, hotels, and testing grounds all in one. This is how a new sector is taking shape — the orbital economy.

Neuroeconomics and AI: How Machines Are Changing the Job Market

articles | | Business & Startups

A recent study has proven that artificial intelligence is no longer perceived as a revolutionary innovation or a novelty. Neural networks have long become a part of everyday life.
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