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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

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

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

Esprit maconnique in Warsaw

Marta Leśniewska

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 38-39

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The Warsaw School of Economics campus, a fascinating and intricate monument of art-deco architecture, was designed and constructed in the 1920-30s as one element within a broader concept of building a modern society.

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Marta Leśniewska

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

Editorial

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 2 (30) 2011 Fear | 3

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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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Muranów Axis

Elzbieta Janicka

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 16-19

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Dr. Elżbieta Janicka, who presented a research project on Warsaw's symbolic space during the PAS Institute of Slavic Studies conference "Space and Memory;' is interviewed by Maria Cyranowicz and Patrycja Dołowy (who also participated in the conference).

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Elzbieta Janicka

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

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

Tolerance in Poland

Aleksandra Grzymała-Kazłowska Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 28-31

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What is our attitude towards immigrants and ethnic minorities? Are we more or less tolerant than other European societies?

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Aleksandra Grzymała-Kazłowska

Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania

Tracing the Trace Elements

Kinga Małecka

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 24-27

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For decades, geochemical studies of lake and river sediments have been widely used in prospecting for mineral deposits. Nowadays they are also commonly used to assess the degree to which surface waters are polluted with heavy metals and harmful organic substances.

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Kinga Małecka

Secrets of the Czerwień Towns

Marek Poznański

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 20-23

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In a village near the border of Poland and Ukraine, a PAS archaeologist has used aerial photography to discover and study a medieval stronghold which may turn out to have been the administrative center of the legendary Czerwień Towns.

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Marek Poznański

Editorial

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

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