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Caravan to Selib

Bogdan Żurawski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 35-37

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Polish researchers are studying remnants of a great culture from over a millennium ago in the central Nile valley.

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Bogdan Żurawski

CHOMIK Heading for Mars

Jerzy Grygorczuk Hans Rickman Marek Morawski Karol Seweryn

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 32-34

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The Fobos-Grunt probe (its Russian name meaning "Phobos-Soil") will begin its journey toward Mars in November 2011, carrying the unique geological penetrator CHOMIK developed at the Space Research Centre, PAS. Its task will be to collect sample from the larger of Mars' two moons - Phobos.

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Jerzy Grygorczuk

Hans Rickman

Marek Morawski

Karol Seweryn

The Quicksilver Quandary

Izabela Bojakowska Dorota Karmasz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 40-41

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The problem of mercury pollution in the environment has been a major area of interest for several decades, mainly due to the harmful effects caused by increased levels of Hg in the biosphere.

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Izabela Bojakowska

Dorota Karmasz

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 Next Step Forward

Magdalena Fikus

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 48-49

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Science populańzation is a changing field these days. Now we want to know how many "fans" an event has gathered on Facebook, and the European SciCafe project is even planning to open coffee shops in "Second Lite:• How well are we keeping pace?

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Magdalena Fikus

Factories of the Future

Edward Chlebus Jarosław Chrobot Anna Burduk

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 46-47

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Edward Chlebus

Jarosław Chrobot

Anna Burduk

e-mail: anna.burduk@pwr.edu.pl

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Łeba-Deba Doo!

Marek Kordos

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 50

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Marek Kordos

The Living Earth

Paweł M. Rowiński Wojciech Dębski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 4-7

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The ongoing climate change and major natural disasters we have been witnessing in recent years, such as the unprecedented floods in Poland and the eruption of the Eyjafjallajókull volcano in Iceland in 2010, encourage us to profoundly rethink how well we really understand our own planet.

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Paweł M. Rowiński

Wojciech Dębski

Editorial

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 3

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Psychopaths in Suits

Jarosław Groth

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 12-14

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In recent years, the concept of psychopathy has shifted outside the realm of clinical and criminal psychology, capturing the attention of industrial and organizational psychologists.

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Jarosław Groth

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

Excluded and Humiliated

Ęlżbieta Tarkowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 38-39

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What do people living in poverty think and feel? How do they respond to the situation they find themselves in? How do others react to their poverty?

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Ęlżbieta Tarkowski

Revolution or Revolt?

Jerzy Zdanowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 20-23

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The dramatic events touched off in the Arab Middle East after a Tunisian street vendor set himself aflame in December of 2010 - now being described as "revolutions" and an "Arab Spring" - have already resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people. Why has such tragedy resulted? What future lies ahead for the Middle East?

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Jerzy Zdanowski

Spiders at the Cinema

Maciej Bartos

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 16-19

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In spite of severe brain size limitations, many spiders are able to solve complex problems, recognize their prey with great accuracy, and learn new hunting techniques.

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Maciej Bartos

The Demons of Anti-Semitism

Mirosław Kofta Michał Bilewicz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 28-31

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Mirosław Kofta

Michał Bilewicz

Deciphering Fear

Katarzyna Stachowicz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 24-27

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Current research into fear indicates that there is no single mechanism for triggering fear. However, neuropharmacologists are getting closer to unraveling the mystery.

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Katarzyna Stachowicz

A Model Minority

Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 48-49

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What threatens the existence of the Sorbs, the smallest Slavic minority, and Europe's numerous other minorities? That was the question during the international conference held by Warsaw's Sorbian-studies community.

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Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska

A White Piano

Andrzej Szczeklik

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 42-45

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Andrzej Szczeklik

When It Rains, It Pours

Andrzej Pieńkowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 50

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Andrzej Pieńkowski

Keeping Complexity Under Rein

Henryk Woźniakowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 36-37

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Prof. Henryk Woźniakowski talks to Academia about the past, present, and future of computational complexity theory.

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Henryk Woźniakowski

Million Dollar Algorithm?

Marek Kubale

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 32-35

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Computers have already become nearly ubiquitous in our daily lives. Yet it takes not just hardware, but also software to make a computer. Some discoveries in the programming field have had a direct impact on our standard of living.

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Marek Kubale

e-mail: kubale@pg.edu.pl

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What Lies Beneath the Surface

Barbara Engelking-Boni Anna Engelking

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 40-43

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Barbara Engelking-Boni

Anna Engelking

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