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Okroshka and Dacha
Okroshka and Dacha
Two Highlights of the Russian Summer
Reading / society
The Russian summer is characterized by dacha summer houses and cold okroshka soup. What is the origin of these two cultural phenomena?
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Our Fungal Friends
Our Fungal Friends
Six Surprising Uses for Mushrooms
Magazine / science
We should not only think of mushrooms for their culinary uses – fungi hold immense ecological potential to repair the environment.
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Jewels for a Select Few
Jewels for a Select Few
Gems Set in History
Reading / culture
The rituals of the Freemasons are shrouded in secrecy, but what about the symbols and iconography on Masonic jewellery?
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Cliffhanger
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A Communist LSD Trip
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The Magic of Mushrooms
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Say Yes to the World
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The Great Forger
Culture
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Nicola’s Fungi
Nicola’s Fungi
An Interview with an Urban Mushroom Farmer
Magazine / society
Nicola Dominici talks about opening his vegan restaurant and becoming an urban mushroom farmer in Miami.
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The Power of Vinegar
The Power of Vinegar
Make Your Own Acetic Acid
Magazine / society
Vinegar has many medicinal properties and health benefits. Even better, it is easy to make your own vinegars at home.
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A Craving for Cranberries
A Craving for Cranberries
What to Do with Cranberry Fruit
Magazine / society
The edible red fruit of the cranberry shrub is antiseptic, antioxidative and medicinal. It can be used to make juice, liqueur and preserves.
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Lem, the Prophet
Stanisław Lem
Lem, the Prophet
How the Sci-Fi Writer Foresaw the Future
Magazine / culture
More than half a century ago, the Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem predicted a great deal of the gadgets and technology that we regularly use today.
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The Beauty Factory
The Beauty Factory
The Aesthetics of Nature
Magazine / science
Nature’s colours and mathematical structures are fascinating. Why do the works of nature delight us so much?
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Sound of Body, Sound of Mind
Sound of Body, Sound of Mind
The Science of Music Therapy
Reading / science
From free jazz to Bach, both music therapy and self-directed listening can have multiple health benefits for the human brain and mind.
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War Is a Male Game
War Is a Male Game
An Interview with Jasmila Žbanić
Reading / culture
Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić talks about her film “Quo Vadis, Aida?”, the Srebrenica massacre, and why women’s perspectives of war are important.
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Stanisław Lem
What Stanisław Lem’s novel “Solaris” would be like if other famous sci-fi and fantasy authors had written it
Reading / culture
What would be the result if some other popular sci-fi and fantasy writers were to try their hand at Stanisław Lem’s “Solaris”? All sorts of great books!
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Stanisław Lem
137 Seconds (Part I)
Reading / literature
“137 Seconds” is a short story by Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem, translated into English for the first time by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
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Stanisław Lem
137 Seconds (Part II)
Reading / literature
“137 Seconds” is a short story by Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem, translated into English for the first time by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
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Stanisław Lem
137 Seconds (Part III)
Reading / literature
“137 Seconds” is a short story by Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem, translated into English for the first time by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
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Stanisław Lem
Мастер Lem: How Stanisław Lem’s Sci-Fi Conquered the USSR
Reading / culture
A scholar talks about why Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem was so well-received in the Soviet Union – and why he continues to be popular in Russia to this day.
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Non-Fiction
My Three Wishes
Reading / literature
In 1980, the Polish science-fiction writer Stanisław Lem was asked by a German publisher to list his three most personal wishes. He reveals them in this exclusive translation.
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A Cold
Non-Fiction
A Cold
On Lem, Philip K. Dick and the FBI
Reading / literature
In an extract from his book “Out of this World: The Life of Stanisław Lem”, Wojciech Orliński describes a sensational yet often misunderstood encounter between Stanisław Lem and Philip K. Dick, in which the latter denounced the former as a thief.
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Stanisław Lem
The Polish Road to Motorization
Reading / culture
In 1957, future sci-fi legend Stanisław Lem wrote for “Przekrój” about the role of cars and motorization in Polish society – and how it differed from the West.
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The Great Forger
The Great Forger
Gems Set in History
Reading / culture
Stanisław Poniatowski owned one of the most remarkable – and scandalous – collections of ancient carved gemstones.
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The Hunt
short story
The Hunt
Stanisław Lem’s Unknown Story
Reading / literature
Racing across mountains and remote backwoods, a solitary figure is on the run from a team of heavily armed hunters. Will he manage to get away? Antonia Lloyd-Jones's translation of a previously unknown story by the great master of science fiction.
