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Gone Soul
Soul + Body
Good Mood

Gone Soul

Euphoria, out-of-body experiences, visions too marvelous to describe. These are just a part of the truth of near-death experiences.
Tomasz Wiśniewski
A Time for Questions
World + People
Dreams and Visions

A Time for Questions

Halfway through life, we begin to feel not only its burden, but also the burden of what we have not experienced. Maturity comes when we stop denying our own finitude.
Adam Aduszkiewicz
Primordial Broth
World + People
Nature

Primordial Broth

With the help of a mysterious manual—and his vivid imagination—a biologist uses the metaphor of soup to explain how living cells are created.
Tomasz Sitarz
Simple Answers Don’t Exist
World + People
Science

Simple Answers Don’t Exist

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.
Jan Dzierzgowski
There Will Be Life
World + People
Outer Space

There Will Be Life

Astrobiologist Janusz Pętkowski talks about whether extra-terrestrial life might exist on the planet Venus.
Piotr Stankiewicz
Scientists Identify 24 Planets Potentially Better Suited For Life Than Earth
World + People
Outer Space

Scientists Identify 24 Planets Potentially Better Suited For Life Than Earth

The study identified superhabitable planets outside of our solar system.
Robby Berman
Say Yes to the World
Soul + Body
Good Mood

Say Yes to the World

In the late 19th century, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote the infamous words: “God is dead.” Yet rather than being a provocative attack on religion, the philosopher’s statement was an invitation to affirm one’s life.
Tomasz Stawiszyński
Hang in There
Soul + Body
Good Mood

Hang in There

In this 1979 report from the “Przekrój” archives, a series of journalists, clinicians and audience members muse on how to find joy in life.
Przekrój
10 New Things We’ve Learned About Death
World + People
Science

10 New Things We’ve Learned About Death

If you don't want to know anything about your death, consider this your spoiler warning.
Kevin Dickinson
A Journey to the Source of Life
World + People
Science

A Journey to the Source of Life

The planet Earth was formed around 4.5 billion years ago; one billion years or so later, the first life forms emerged. What exactly created these initial microorganisms?
January Weiner