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The Power of Moxa
The Power of Moxa
A Chinese Medicine Therapist Explains Moxibustion
Magazine / science
In parts of East Asia, dried mugwort leaves are burned by folk doctors to prevent the sorts of illnesses that can arise in the winter months.
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Feathered Flirts, Avian Advances
Feathered Flirts, Avian Advances
An Interview About Birds
Reading / science
Author and naturalist Jacek Karczewski talks about the sexual habits of birds, their symbolism in Europe, and why we must strive to describe animals in empathetic terms.
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Partial Recall
Partial Recall
A Neuroscientist Explains Memory
Reading / science
An expert in neuroscience talks about what memory is, whether we can train it, and if we might be able to read other people’s thoughts in the future.
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Simple Answers Don’t Exist
Simple Answers Don’t Exist
An Interview with Carl Zimmer
Magazine / science
Popular science writer Carl Zimmer talks about the multitude of ways in which we can define life and death, and what this means for us.
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Faith in Imagination
Faith in Imagination
A Conversation About Cosmology and Philosophy
Magazine / science
Scientist and priest Michał Heller talks about the steam engine, theology, and physical problems with materialism.
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The Smell of Fear
The Smell of Fear
An Interview with Jacek Dębiec
Magazine / science
Child and adolescent psychiatrist Jacek Dębiec talks about how we communicate fear and whether it is possible to inherit trauma across different generations.
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Earthworms on the Piano
Earthworms on the Piano
On the Legacy of Charles Darwin
Magazine / science
Cultural scientist and philosopher Justyna Schollenberger explains what Charles Darwin taught us about empathy, cooperation and animals.
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Silenced Memories: LGBT People in World War II
Reading / science
Joanna Ostrowska, author of a book about gay people during World War II, talks about why it is crucial to honour the memory of LGBT people in Poland.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Sleeping
healthy living
The Unbearable Lightness of Sleeping
An Interview with Eve Lewis Prieto
Reading / science
What is the dream incubation technique? How can you rewrite what happens in a nightmare? And why might sleeping too much be problematic?
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Between Control and Hallucination
Between Control and Hallucination
An Interview with Anil Seth
Magazine / science
Neuroscientist Anil Seth talks about hallucinogenics, artificial intelligence, and how our perception of the world might not be consistent with reality.
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Script Hunting
Script Hunting
An Interview with Tomasz Bąk
Magazine / science
Neurolinguist Tomasz Bąk talks about the letters and symbols of various world alphabets, as well as how brain diseases can affect language.
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Testing the Waters
Testing the Waters
A Liquid Interview
Magazine / science
Our biologist-reporter tunes in to an interview with a particle of water, who explains everything we could wish to know about its structure and properties.
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There Will Be Life
There Will Be Life
An Interview with Janusz Pętkowski
Magazine / science
Astrobiologist Janusz Pętkowski talks about whether extra-terrestrial life might exist on the planet Venus.
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What Is Dying All About?
What Is Dying All About?
An Interview with Marcin Kula
Magazine / science
Social historian Marcin Kula talks about burial traditions, the moral dilemmas surrounding the extension of life, and ‘shaking the coconut trees’.
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In Search of the Perfect Snowflake
In Search of the Perfect Snowflake
An Interview with Kenneth G. Libbrecht
Reading / science
Kenneth G. Libbrecht talks about why he became interested in snow, the physics behind snow crystals, and where to observe the best snowflakes.
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How to Fall Asleep
healthy living
How to Fall Asleep
An Interview with Adam Wichniak
Magazine / science
Adam Wichniak, a psychiatrist from the Sleep Disorders Centre in Warsaw, talks about insomnia, smartphones and blue light, and how we can get better sleep.
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How the Brain Matures
How the Brain Matures
An Interview with Marek Kaczmarzyk
Magazine / science
Biologist Marek Kaczmarzyk talks about how humans differ from chimpanzees, the problem with fractions, and whether the brain ever really matures.
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Mythology and Mitochondria
Mythology and Mitochondria
An Interview with Oren Harman
Magazine / science
Oren Harman, author of “Evolution: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World”, talks about Daedalus and Icarus, the power of myths, and the role of storytelling in science.
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What’s in a Joke?
What’s in a Joke?
An Interview with Marcin Napiórkowski
Magazine / science
Humour scholar Marcin Napiórkowski talks about jokes in antiquity, liberal and conservative humour, and the importance of laughter.
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What Comes After the Flood?
Mind the climate
What Comes After the Flood?
An Interview with Marcin Popkiewicz
Magazine / science
Marcin Popkiewicz, co-founder of a Polish climate science portal, talks about ecotourism, the fight against disinformation, and a possible future world.
