Spirituality

The Encyclical on Artificial Intelligence: How to Disarm AI

Presentation of robotic systems by the Spanish army. Almería, Spain, October 30, 2025 // Photo: Marian Leon / Getty Images

The Pope says "I call," asking where the technological race is heading as it pushes ethics aside.

By Sylwia Czubkowska

Project Stargate – the massive, $500 billion investment in data centers, computing power, and supercomputers – was announced by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank. Its name naturally echoes the science fiction films and series in which scientists and the military join forces, using a stargate to unlock humanity's secrets and battle hostile alien races.

Colossus is the supercomputer built in 2024 by Elon Musk's xAI to train Grok. The name harks back to the powerful supercomputer from a 1970 film, built to defend the United States. In the film, the computer achieves self-awareness, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and seizes control of the world, judging humanity too dangerous to be trusted to govern itself.

Was My Grandfather a Nazi? Germans Are Opening Up Their Family Archives

Millions of NSDAP documents have been posted online this year. Germans are increasingly looking into their ancestors’ wartime experiences. Will digital archives break through the wall of family amnesia? By Paweł Zarychta A few months ago, the acclaimed German writer Judith Hermann published her autobiographical novel entitled Ich möchte zurückgehen

Human Cannibalism. When Did It First Appear And What Does It Tell Us About Ourselves?

Why has a behaviour that is widespread in the natural world and has recurred many times throughout human history become subject to one of the strongest human taboos? By Kasper Kalinowski On 9 March 1945, at 9 am, the commander of a Japanese battalion, Major Matoba – who was later taken

Ian Rankin’s Scottish Tenacity. What Is the Secret Behind the Success of His Crime Novels?

Ian Rankin, author of the John Rebus series, has never really experienced a dip in form, even though he has sold tens of millions of books. After a break of several years, he returns with A Heart Full of Headstones. By Piotr Kofta The contemporary crime novel is governed by

No More Kisses

A vice-president with African-American or Asian roots, such as Kamala Harris, was unthinkable even to people whose job it is to make up stories in Hollywood. By Piotr Tarczyński No American politician aspires to the role of vice-president; no one enters politics in the hope of one

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Was My Grandfather a Nazi? Germans Are Opening Up Their Family Archives

Human Cannibalism. When Did It First Appear And What Does It Tell Us About Ourselves?

Ian Rankin’s Scottish Tenacity. What Is the Secret Behind the Success of His Crime Novels?

No More Kisses