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Energetic Giants

Karol Sabath
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2005 | Nr 3 (7) 2005 Energy Unleashed | 8-11
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The traditional view of dinosaurs as sluggish behemoths is now being increasingly supplanted by a picture of animals that were in fact vigorous and energetic. This revolution in our understanding is in part due to researchers scrutinizing the remains of these Mesozoic giants ... under the microscope.
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Karol Sabath

Ancestral Languages Look to the Future

Kamil Czaiński
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2023 | No 3 (79) Progress | 8-11 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2023.147455
Keywords Kashubian language minority languages
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Can local dialects and vernaculars carve out a future for themselves in today’s world?
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Kamil Czaiński
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  1. Institute of Slavic Studies,Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw

How to Impress Females?

Piotr Matyjasiak Piotr G. Jabłoński
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2005 | Nr 2 (6) 2005 The Famale Factor | 8-11
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Female animals make the world more beautiful, and... more deceitful. Their selectivity forces males to become more conspicuous, or occasionally more cunning, in their attempts to stoke the passions of their potential mates.
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Piotr Matyjasiak
Piotr G. Jabłoński

Water in the Solar System

Maria I. Błęcka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2005 | Nr 1( 5) 2005 Waterworld | 8-11
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Water is ubiquitous in the Solar System, being present in gaseous form in all planetary and cometary atmospheres, as well as in the form of ice on the surface, subsurface or interior of Mars, comets, and most planetary satellites.
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Maria I. Błęcka

The refugee crisis as a crisis of attitudes

Marek Bilewicz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2015 | Nr 1 (3) Migrations - Special Edition | 8-11
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Marek Bilewicz
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  1. University of Warsaw

Weaving a Web of Words

Marcin Miłkowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 3 (35) 2012 Networks | 8-11
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We use our computers to write, to make calculations, to search for information, and so much more. But we do not always realize how more and more of their capabilities crucially hinge on successful natural language processing technologies.
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Marcin Miłkowski

Microinformation

Witold Filipowicz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 3 (31) 2011 Information | 8-11
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It was long believed that RNA was a molecule specialized in transmitting information from DNA to proteins. However, in recent years scientists have been discovering hitherto unknown complexities of RNA.
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Witold Filipowicz

Radium: The Cornerstone

Barbara Gwiazdowska Jerzy Tołwiński Wojciech Bulski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 4 (32) 2011 Women in Science | 8-11
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Some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the late 19th century - the discovery of X-rays by Roentgen in 1895, and of radium by Pierre and Marie Skłodowska-Curie in 1898 - ushered in a new era in cancer treatment.
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Barbara Gwiazdowska
Jerzy Tołwiński
Wojciech Bulski

Dangerous Emotions

Lech M. Nijakowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 8-11
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Sociology regards emotions not just as a simple expression of human biology, but as social constructs shaped through interactions with others.
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Lech M. Nijakowski

The Social Life of Bacteria

Urszula Zielenkiewicz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 8-11
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Biofilms are complex, dynamic structures in which individual microorganisms function as a multicellular social organism.
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Urszula Zielenkiewicz

Whither the Energy Transition?

Jan Kiciński
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2021 | No 1 (69) Energy Transtion | 8-11 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2021.138403
Keywords energy transition renewable energy sources fossil fuels green hydrogen
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Humanity is being forced to alter how we use energy sources, to move away from fossil fuels and focus instead on renewable, especially solar energy. This transformation may prove to be the long sought-after “holy grail” of energy.
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Jan Kiciński
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  1. PAS Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery in Gdańsk, Poland

Darwinian Demons

Janusz Uchmański Anita Kaliszewicz Violetta Hawro
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2006 | Nr 1 (9) 2006 Micro Research | 8-11
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If evolution of species was not confined by any restńctions, organisms would reproduce right after being born, produce the maximum number of offspring, and live indefinitely. Such hypothetical organisms are dubbed "Darwinian demons" Certain organisms do resemble this "demonic" ideal...
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Janusz Uchmański
Anita Kaliszewicz
ORCID: ORCID
Violetta Hawro

Storks, Locustus, and Nero's Spies

Bogdan Żurawski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 3 (39) 2013 Passion | 8-11
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The Ancient Greeks described many different impulsive behaviors, including mania - a religious frenzy - and /yssa - the mad fury of war. The division is analogous to that made by contemporary neurobiology, which classifies aggressive actions as cool or emotional, each driven by distinct, mutually exclusive neurological mechanisms.
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Bogdan Żurawski

Honey Bees for 100 Grams of Toffe

Jerzy Woyke
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 8-11
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Jerzy Woyke

Shaping Nature

Anna Oleńska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2006 | Nr 2 (10) 2006 Life Force | 8-11
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Once embellishing nearly every magnate mansion, Baroque gardens are hard to find in their original form in contemporary Poland. Yet the principles by which such gardens were constructed can be experienced thanks to thorough post-war reconstructions in Białystok and Wilanów.
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Anna Oleńska

Exploring the Labyrinth

Maciej Pokora
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 4 (20) 2008 Cycles | 8-11
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We still know very little about a sense whose function we hardly ever notice, but whose dysfunction is immediately problematic.
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Maciej Pokora

A Forest Starts With Seeds

Mikołaj Wawrzyniak Ewelina Ratajczak Ewa Kalemba Paweł Chmielarz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2019 | Nr 3-4 (63-64) Forest | 8-11
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The role of seeds is crucial in tree production and development, and the future of forests depends on them. But what impact is climate change having on the seed life cycle? Will the trees that grow out of them manage to survive and adapt to the new environment?

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Mikołaj Wawrzyniak
Ewelina Ratajczak
Ewa Kalemba
Paweł Chmielarz

50 Years in Space

Krzysztof Ziółkowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2007 | Nr 4 (16) 2007 Spaces | 8-11
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We have now reached the 50th anniversary of when mankind first began exploring space - the traditional start of the "space era" came with the launch of the first artificial satellite on 4 October 1957, followed by the first manned spaceflight on 12 April 1961. Nowadays we rarely stop to notice how many aspects of our daily lives are derived from this half-century of space research.
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Krzysztof Ziółkowski

Reflections from Crystals

Mariusz Jaskólski Mirosław Gilski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2007 | Nr 3 (15) 2007 Changes | 8-11
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Scientists no longer have to have the objects they study within arm's reach. Using the Internet and sophisticated equipment, researchers in Poland have - for the first time ever - remotely investigated the structure of protein crystals mounted at the synchrotron center in Grenoble, all without leaving their own lab in Poznań.
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Mariusz Jaskólski
Mirosław Gilski

Throw the Rotten Oranges Out!

Jacek Hołówka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2014 | Nr 2 (42) 2014 Utility | 8-11
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We talk to Prof. Jacek Hołowka from the Department of Analytical Philosophy about the pros and cons of utilitarianism, John Stewart Mill's take on politics, and forecasts for Poland's future.
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Jacek Hołówka

The Representation of Objects in Museums

Monika Stobiecka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2022 | No 4 (76) Images | 8-11 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2022.144670
Keywords museum studies collections presentation of art
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Museum exhibits and collections can be presented in a variety of ways. Studying how museum displays have developed over the years can tell us much about the history of science.
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Monika Stobiecka
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  1. Polish Young Academy
  2. Faculty of Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw

Titanic Collider

Michał Turala
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 3 (19) 2008 Development | 8-11
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10 September brought the much-awaited launch of the world's most powerful accelerator, dubbed the LHC. It may perhaps manage to find the "God particle": the long sought-after Higgs boson.
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Michał Turala

Home at Last

Barbara Fedyszak-Radziejowska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 1 (17) 2008 Challenges | 8-11
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The stereotype of a Polish peasant riding a pitiful horse-drawn wagon still lingers in the minds of many Poles. Is that what rural Poland really looks like today? How has EU accession changed farmers' attitudes and awareness?
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Barbara Fedyszak-Radziejowska

Gene-Coded Addresses

Katarzyna Mokwa
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Nr 2 (18) 2008 Memory | 8-11
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In certain bird species the memory of migration routes is retained through traditions passed on from one generation to the next, while in others it is gene-encoded and inherited within specific populations.
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Katarzyna Mokwa

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