Guide · how to read
Every day, fresh science from arXiv becomes text anyone can read. Here's how it all works — before you dive in.
What this is
Every day arXiv — the largest open library of new science — publishes hundreds of papers. We take their full text, hand it to an AI, and ask for one honest thing: explain it clearly. Not shorter, not louder — just clear.
Every article comes out in several languages and at four depths. All free, non-commercial, forever. We adapt a paper only when its license allows it.
The core idea
Not "short" and "full", but a ladder. Start wherever you're comfortable and go deeper if it grabs you. The depth switch sits at the top of every article.
Simple simple
For a first encounter.
When the topic is new and you want to grasp the essence without jargon. Any jargon here is always spelled out.
Popular popular
Once science already draws you in.
A lively account with intuition and imagery. The default level — every article opens here.
Advanced advanced
With formulas and the story of the discovery.
Closest to the original. For those who want depth and aren't afraid of math.
Mini mini
Just the gist in 10 seconds.
One thought, like a post in a feed. To decide whether to read on.
Site map
Left to right — from the feed to a living map of knowledge. The logo always brings you home.
A feed of articles by day. An endless stream grouped by date — like a news feed for science.
Concepts. Topics in physics (black holes, dark matter…). Click for every article on the topic plus its explanation.
Laws and principles. The "house of formulas" — laws, theorems, effects. A formula is only a rendering; the meaning is in the text.
Scientists. The great minds behind the discoveries — with a biography and related topics.
arXiv sections. Cosmology, exoplanets, high-energy physics… — a filter by field.
Authors. Researchers who publish on arXiv. An A–Z index, with tag chips beside each name.
The knowledge graph. Tags ⇄ laws ⇄ scientists and all their links. You can wander through knowledge, not just read it.
Labs. Interactive "benches": the Doppler effect, a heat engine, a gas, a kettle — turn the parameters with your own hands.
Favorites. Articles you've marked with a heart, gathered in one place.
Languages
The language switch is in the row under the menu. Russian is the source language; the rest are prepared by AI.
How to search
The 🔍 button in the header. Plain text searches articles, and three prefixes go straight to the point:
For example, #black_hole — articles on the topic, @Hawking — by author, !Einstein — linked to a scientist. Next to it, the 📅 Calendar: year → month → day — jump back to any date. And the sections filter narrows the feed to the arXiv fields you want.
The special part
Every article links to topics; topics link to laws and scientists; scientists link back to topics. It's one knowledge graph. On any tag, law, or scientist page there's a mini-map of its surroundings — with a depth dial + / −. And on the graph page — the whole map at once, with filters and search across all three types.
Nice things to know along the way