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Tough medicine: “Serfdom” for doctors is leaving Russia's medical residency programs with a shortage of doctors

Tough medicine: “Serfdom” for doctors is leaving Russia's medical residency programs with a shortage of doctors

From snake oil to biohacking: The quackery and science of longevity

From snake oil to biohacking: The quackery and science of longevity

Maria Volgodonskaya

Infantino terrible: The FIFA president's scandalous proposal has put his job in jeopardy

Infantino terrible: The FIFA president's scandalous proposal has put his job in jeopardy

Elizaveta Pyatnitskaya

The winter war: Ukraine is prepping for another season of Russian attacks before the cold sets in

The winter war: Ukraine is prepping for another season of Russian attacks before the cold sets in

“Fairly disciplined workers”: Russia’s prison service is replacing penal colonies with forced labor centers — and making money from it

“Fairly disciplined workers”: Russia’s prison service is replacing penal colonies with forced labor centers — and making money from it

Killer mosquitoes: As the climate changes, African diseases are spreading to Europe

Killer mosquitoes: As the climate changes, African diseases are spreading to Europe

Maria Volgodonskaya

Food for naught: The effects of Russia's war have left its grain producers on the verge of bankruptcy

Food for naught: The effects of Russia's war have left its grain producers on the verge of bankruptcy

AI in an iron grip: How dictatorships use artificial intelligence to strengthen their rule

AI in an iron grip: How dictatorships use artificial intelligence to strengthen their rule

The weakened sex: Why testosterone levels are declining among men worldwide

The weakened sex: Why testosterone levels are declining among men worldwide

Kristina Kaspazova

Deadly heat: Why Europe was unprepared for extreme temperatures

Deadly heat: Why Europe was unprepared for extreme temperatures

Serfdom for migrants: Why Russia’s new migration policy is so ineffective

Serfdom for migrants: Why Russia’s new migration policy is so ineffective

Alexander Finiarel

Off-season: How the war has devastated tourism in Russia

Off-season: How the war has devastated tourism in Russia

Targeted therapies, vaccines, and artificial intelligence: AI has helped oncology achieve an unprecedented breakthrough

Targeted therapies, vaccines, and artificial intelligence: AI has helped oncology achieve an unprecedented breakthrough

Maria Volgodonskaya

Cinema by permission: Kremlin censorship is killing Russia's film industry

Cinema by permission: Kremlin censorship is killing Russia's film industry

Andrey Melnikov

Released but not free: Administrative supervision functions as a second sentence for Russia’s former political prisoners

Released but not free: Administrative supervision functions as a second sentence for Russia’s former political prisoners

Gone viral: Why sexually transmitted infections are rising sharply in Europe

Gone viral: Why sexually transmitted infections are rising sharply in Europe

Kristina Kaspazova

Going to extremes: Russian authorities’ persecution of the LGBT community has entered the realm of the absurd

Going to extremes: Russian authorities’ persecution of the LGBT community has entered the realm of the absurd

Unholy order: Russia is building a system of religious control in occupied Ukraine

Unholy order: Russia is building a system of religious control in occupied Ukraine

“No gas, no electricity, no heat. They won’t survive another winter”: Ukraine set to evacuate residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky

“No gas, no electricity, no heat. They won’t survive another winter”: Ukraine set to evacuate residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky

Viktoriia Ponomareva

Bacteria strike back: Rising antibiotic resistance will claim millions of lives in the coming decades

Bacteria strike back: Rising antibiotic resistance will claim millions of lives in the coming decades

Maria Volgodonskaya

We have our own Starlink at home: What’s the matter with Russia’s satellite internet projects

We have our own Starlink at home: What’s the matter with Russia’s satellite internet projects

The censorship shelf: Why some of Russia’s best films are being pulled from release without ever reaching audiences

The censorship shelf: Why some of Russia’s best films are being pulled from release without ever reaching audiences

Pulling the plug: America’s WHO departure is a death sentence for global health

Pulling the plug: America’s WHO departure is a death sentence for global health

Maria Volgodonskaya

Cardboard coffins and countertop monuments: Russia is increasingly cutting costs on the burial of its war dead

Cardboard coffins and countertop monuments: Russia is increasingly cutting costs on the burial of its war dead

Regulated into scarcity: Why EU pharma rules backfired and how to fix Europe’s drug drought

Regulated into scarcity: Why EU pharma rules backfired and how to fix Europe’s drug drought

Maria Volgodonskaya

Olympic calm: Russian athletes’ return to the international stage is producing remarkably little controversy

Olympic calm: Russian athletes’ return to the international stage is producing remarkably little controversy

Elizaveta Pyatnitskaya

Resistance network coverage: Iranian protesters have shown the world how to combat internet shutdowns

Resistance network coverage: Iranian protesters have shown the world how to combat internet shutdowns

One flew back to the cuckoo’s nest: Forced institutionalization will not fix America’s homelessness and mental health crises

One flew back to the cuckoo’s nest: Forced institutionalization will not fix America’s homelessness and mental health crises

Global exodus: How climate change is forcing hundreds of millions of people to relocate

Global exodus: How climate change is forcing hundreds of millions of people to relocate

Dissidents by chance: The Kremlin has turned to labeling random people in Russia as traitors and terrorists

Dissidents by chance: The Kremlin has turned to labeling random people in Russia as traitors and terrorists

To the MAX: Authoritarian states are developing messaging apps in an effort to control their populations

To the MAX: Authoritarian states are developing messaging apps in an effort to control their populations

Synthetic sweethearts: AI is rewriting the reality of intimacy and desire

Synthetic sweethearts: AI is rewriting the reality of intimacy and desire

Anti-life: How U.S. abortion bans actually affect mothers and babies

Anti-life: How U.S. abortion bans actually affect mothers and babies

Maria Volgodonskaya

Punishment instead of treatment: Why Trump’s repressive policies only worsen America’s homeless problem

Punishment instead of treatment: Why Trump’s repressive policies only worsen America’s homeless problem

Valery Nikolaev

Make childbirth great again: China’s demographic crater forces U-turn from limits to pleas — but nobody’s listening

Make childbirth great again: China’s demographic crater forces U-turn from limits to pleas — but nobody’s listening

Kristina Kaspazova

Asylum not found: Why Russians are being deported from the United States

Asylum not found: Why Russians are being deported from the United States

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