Science
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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?
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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.
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An Archaeologist and a Citizen
An Archaeologist and a Citizen
An Interview with Leila Papoli-Yazdi
Reading / science
Iranian archaeologist and academic Leila Papoli-Yazdi talks about being a female archaeologist in Iran, the history of Polish refugees in Persia, and learning about taboo sexualities by excavating ruins.
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We Live Inside the Sun
We Live Inside the Sun
An Interview with Paweł Preś
Magazine / science
Astronomer Paweł Preś talks about geomagnetic storms, drunk photons, and why the sun is much more powerful than we could ever imagine.
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Mothers of Kings
Mothers of Kings
The Secret Workings of Chimpanzee Politics
Magazine / science
Magdalena Braum, a primatologist and veterinarian in the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, talks about how chimpanzees discovered politics long before humans.
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I Am Not a New Frankenstein
I Am Not a New Frankenstein
An Interview with Jack Szostak
Magazine / science
Jack Szostak talks about the beginnings of life on Earth, the beauty of synthetic biology, and why he’s not exactly Dr. Frankenstein.
