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short story
Professor Tamura’s Springtails
Reading / literature
When Professor Tamura moved to Warsaw with his wife, he wanted only one thing: to study the local springtails. A fictional crime story with a zoological twist.
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healthy living
A Cruise on the Ocean of Enthusiasm
Reading / society
A selection of the Indian sage’s wise words.
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Heart of Stone
Heart of Stone
Creating Life from Inorganic Matter
Magazine / science
Many creation stories describe how man was made from clay. We treat such stories as ancient myths, yet according to some chemists and biologists, life may have indeed come from clay minerals.
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short story
His Majesty the King of Cats
Reading / literature
What is happiness? In this short story, a film critic searches for the answer to this evergreen question while recounting an anecdote about an Oscar-winning Polish director who seems very familiar...
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There Is Beautiful Light in the Dark
There Is Beautiful Light in the Dark
An Interview with Ilona Wiśniewska
Magazine / society
Reportage journalist Ilona Wiśniewska talks about living in the north of Norway, experiencing the northern lights, and preparing for the polar night.
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Antarctica
Media / Photo
There is a quiet space between the stimulus and the reaction. In this space, our greatest strength awaits: the power of choice.
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Cartoons
Marek Raczkowski's drawings
Discover what Polish humour is about. Check out Marek Raczkowski's cartoons translated by Marek Kazmierski.
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May in History
May in History
Diary of an Eternal Pessimist
Reading / society
Our eternally pessimistic correspondent gives his historical highlights for the month of May.
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Women Who Know ♫
Media / Audio
The Kashubia region in northern Poland is home to the country’s last generation of witches. These women use their powers to cure and help people, as the grand-niece of one such witch finds out. Original text by Stasia Budzisz.
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Happiness at the Bottom of a Teacup
Happiness at the Bottom of a Teacup
A Japanese Approach to a Fulfilling Life
Magazine / society
Doing what you love doing is the path to a long and happy life, according to the Japanese philosophy of ‘ikigai’. But how exactly do we find our reason to get out of bed?
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Life in a Sealed Jar
Life in a Sealed Jar
A Brief History of Terrariums
Magazine / culture
Closed terrariums are currently in vogue for urban gardeners, but their history runs all the way back to 19th-century botany.
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The Shackles of Freedom
The Shackles of Freedom
On the Unbearable Burden of Choice
Reading / society
In modern European and American societies, we are encouraged to celebrate our individual liberty. But, paradoxically, sometimes freedom can paralyse our minds.
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2nd May 1519
2nd May 1519
Anniversary of the Month
Reading / science
On this day in 1519, the great painter Leonardo da Vinci passed away. Yet at the time – although clearly talented – he enjoyed far less fame and worship than he does today.
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Poematic
Baltic Grey Seal, Lithuania, 2016
Reading / literature
A poem by Scottish poet Gordon Meade from his Zoospeak series, which attempts to give voice to animals living in captivity.
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Magnetic Sculptures
Media / Photo
The “Magnetic Sculptures” project by Honza Zamojski is a series of overscaled black-and-white photographs depicting sculptures made of tiny magnets. Recalling the tone and proportion of Brassaï’s famous portfolio “Les Sculptures de Picasso”, Zamojski’s shadowy monuments also invoke the unrealized forms of constructivist architecture.
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AEON
Media / Photo
Swiss photographer and artist Marcel Rickli reflects on pressing concerns about radioactive waste in the form of a visual research project in the field of tension between documentary photography and art. His latest work, AEON, contrasts the symbolic nature of nuclear semiotics with the factuality of repositories as they are planned and built today.
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Culinary Meditation
healthy living
Culinary Meditation
The Art of Slow Cooking
Magazine / society
On lazy days – when you want to cook without effort and take time to read or day-dream – it’s good to know some methods for kitchen action with no action at all.
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Fiction
Accommodations
Reading / literature
In this excerpt from an autobiographical novel by Wioletta Greg, we time-travel to Poland in the 1990s, where the book’s protagonist finds herself once again homeless and despairing in the streets of Częstochowa on New Year’s Eve.
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Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony
Reading / science
As mapmakers began to get a better and better sense of the earth's geography, some of the more playful amongst them, as well as some new to the art, turned their attentions to charting more ambiguous lands — creating maps that depicted ideas as places and the machinations of the mind and heart as a journey.
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Paulina
Wilk
Wilk
What Are You Reading, Mr President?
Reading / society
We imagine a world in which politicians read books, leading to a greater capacity for imagination, truth, and caring for the country.
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What Can Greta Do?
Mind the climate
What Can Greta Do?
The Urgent Ascent of a Climate Activist
Magazine / society
Today, Greta Thunberg is an icon of the battle against global warming. The unassuming 16-year-old has brought impetus to a worldwide youth movement, but what comes next?
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The Science of the Non-Existing Self
The Science of the Non-Existing Self
How Meditation Entered the Academic Consciousness
Reading / society
50 years ago, the study of meditation was laughed at by mainstream Western psychologists. We recount how non-dual awareness has become a growing area of serious scientific study.
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The Bikini in Cinema
The Bikini in Cinema
A Visual History
Reading / culture
On its 73rd birthday, we celebrate the bikini’s most iconic appearances in Polish and international film.
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The Quest for Coloured Glass ♫
Media / Audio
A childhood memory of coloured glass leads our writer to reflect on the nostalgic attachment to places, and the existential alienation of non-places. Written by Tomasz Stawiszyński.
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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.
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Mind the climate
Greta Thunberg: Let’s Use Nature to Fight Climate Change
Media / Video
All around us are magic machines that suck carbon out of the air, cost very little and build themselves. Trees – in all their gorgeous variety and spectacular beauty – can make a massive difference to the world, if we accept one condition: we have to leave fossil fuels in the ground, where they belong.
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Julia
Fiedorczuk
Fiedorczuk
Lessons in Coexistence
Reading / feuilleton
We are panicking a bit. But we are also genuinely concerned about a situation where a huge amount will depend upon whether we want to work together.
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A Cap and a Stem
A Cap and a Stem
The Culinary Rewards of Mushroom Foraging
Magazine / society
The versatility and rich flavour of mushrooms makes them an excellent cooking ingredient. It’s hardly surprising that mushroom-picking is an essential part of traditional Slavic culture.
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short story
First Star of David
Magazine / culture
3 Smocza Street. David Spilman, an Israeli teenager, has memorized this address from the letters his grandma used to receive. But what waits for him in Warsaw, once the home of his grandma, on Christmas Eve?
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Deep Adaptation to the Climate Crisis
Mind the climate
Deep Adaptation to the Climate Crisis
Coping with the Inconvenient Truth
Reading / society
The climate crisis is a reality, right now, that much is indisputable. But how do we adapt to such a difficult and devastating ecological truth?
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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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Edwin
Bendyk
Bendyk
How to Save the Earth in the Era of the Anthropocene
Reading / society
With global catastrophe on the horizon, a writer asks: what do the Rojava Kurds, Pope Francis, and Silicon Valley visionaries all have in common?
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Mind the climate
“It’s Okay to Panic” Documentary Soon Available Online
Media / Video
“It’s Okay to Panic”, the new film by the creators of “Smog Wars”, will be released on 1st June 2020. The film’s production was supported by PRZEKRÓJ Foundation.
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Frustrating and Fascinating Questions
Mind the climate
Frustrating and Fascinating Questions
An Interview with Jonathan Safran Foer
Reading / society
Jonathan Safran Foer, author of We Are the Weather, talks about pursuing an environmental way of life, the power of poetry, and how he engages in constructive conversation about climate.
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All the Colours of Biebrza
Mind the climate
All the Colours of Biebrza
A National Park on Fire
Reading / science
Earlier in April, the marshes of the Biebrza Valley and Wetlands started to burn. The wildfire has devastated the flora and fauna of Poland’s largest national park – and it’s only the beginning.
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What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say?
Mind the climate
What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say?
A Sonic Trip to the Zabalo River
Reading / science
American acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton takes us on a sound trip to the first quiet park on Earth, where we can hear the gentle sounds of the Zabalo River, nestled deep in the Amazon rainforest.
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What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say? ♫
Media / Audio
American acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton takes us on a sound trip to the first quiet park on Earth, where we can hear the gentle sounds of the Zabalo River, nestled deep in the Amazon rainforest.
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Mr Barker, Oedipuss and Us ♫
Media / Audio
We have more in common with cats and dogs than some people think – especially when it comes to cheekily deceiving each other. Original text by Ludwika Włodek.
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The Oak Chronicles ♫
Media / Audio
An encounter with an ancient oak tree named Bartek, as experienced and retold by a biologist and poet. Original text by Urszula Zajączkowska.
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Life in a Sealed Jar. A Brief History of Terrariums ♫
Media / Audio
Closed terrariums are currently in vogue for urban gardeners, but their history runs all the way back to 19th-century botany. Original text by Joanna Dobkowska.
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Five Ways to Deal With Self-Isolation
healthy living
Five Ways to Deal With Self-Isolation
Coping with COVID-19
Reading / society
Some practical advice on handling the pressures of self-isolation, social distancing and lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Anxiety Virus
healthy living
The Anxiety Virus
An Interview with Martyna Goryniak
Reading / society
Psychological coach and therapist Martyna Goryniak talks about what exactly anxiety is, why it can be harmful, and how we can try to mitigate it during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Meditation During Quarantine
healthy living
Meditation During Quarantine
An Interview with Filip Kołodziejczyk
Reading / society
The director of the Polish Mindfulness Association talks about feelings of helplessness and fear during the current health epidemic, and how meditation might provide some respite.
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In Search of Clatter
healthy living
In Search of Clatter
The Joy of the Everyday
Magazine / society
Joy can feel like an elusive emotion. But what exactly is true joy? And is it really worth aspiring to?