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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Description

The „Academia” magazine was founded on the initiative of Professor Andrzej B. Legocki, a President of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2003 – 2006. In the beginning it was published only in English as a reply to the growing demand for a current information on the Polish Academy of Sciences` activities, expressed by foreign scientists and Poles living abroad and interested in Polish science.

Since 2005 the magazine is published both in Polish and English.

The „Academia” is an exceptional - on the Polish market - scientific magazine for the general public, propagating achievements of Polish scientists here and abroad. Authors of articles in „Academia” explain their subject in a way that is accessible not only for all sorts of academics but also for students, pupils and all other readers interested in scientific topics for the general public.

ISSN
1731-7401
Publishers
Polish Academy of Sciences

Editorial Staff

Jolanta Iwańczuk (Editor-in-Chief, Earth Sciences)

Daniel Sax (Editor, English-Language Version)

Marcin Pietras (Biological & Agricultural Sciences)

Justyna Orłowska (Journalist)

Andrzej Figatowski (Graphic Designer)

Anna Bielec (Project Coordinator)


Scientific Council

Marek Konarzewski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Chairman)

Dariusz Jemielniak (Deputy Chairman)

Andrzej Buko

Katarzyna Czarnecka

Patrycja Dołowy

Paweł Golik

Janusz Jurczak

Tomasz Kapitaniak

Marek Krawczyk

Krzysztof Nowak

Anna Zawadzka

Publisher:


Polish Academy of Sciences

Communication and Science Information Department

Defilad sq. 1,

00-901 Warsaw, Poland

e-mail: academia@pan.pl



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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution

1 Contents
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 2 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152803
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2 Made of Starstuff
Marek Lewandowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 3 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152804
Keywords: foreword
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Authors and Affiliations

Marek Lewandowski
1
  1. Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
3 Migrations Recorded in Our DNA
Paweł Golik
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 4-9 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152339
Keywords: DNA genetics human origins evolution
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Abstract

Ancient humans led a nomadic lifestyle, moving about in search of food and gradually populating different continents.
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Authors and Affiliations

Paweł Golik
1 2
  1. Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw
  2. PAS Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw
4 The “Machinery Question”
Jacek Mańko
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 10-13 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152340
Keywords: sociology cognitive science digital media
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Abstract

On the historical evolution of views regarding technology’s impact on human labor.
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Authors and Affiliations

Jacek Mańko
1
  1. Department of Management in Networked SocietyKozminski University, Warsaw
5 To Beat or Not to Beat
Krzysztof Argasiński
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 14-16 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152341
Keywords: game theory mathematical modeling
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Abstract

Evolutionary processes that shape patterns of behavior in animals and humans can be insightfully described using game theory – a mathematical framework initially developed in economics.
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Authors and Affiliations

Krzysztof Argasiński
1
  1. Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Mechanics, University of Warsaw
6 Echoes from the Carpathians
Tanishka Soni , Mateusz Mikołajczak , Stanisław Mazur , Christian Schiffer
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 17-21 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152342
Keywords: seismology Carpathian Mountains geophysics
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Abstract

Seismic waves are being used to explore deep beneath the Carpathians, unravelling some of the Earth’s well-kept secrets.
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Authors and Affiliations

Tanishka Soni
1
Mateusz Mikołajczak
1
Stanisław Mazur
1
Christian Schiffer
2
  1. PAS Institute of Geological Sciences, Warsaw
  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University
7 The First, Not Fourth
Witold Zawadzki
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 22-25 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152343
Keywords: laser spectroscopy plasma
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Abstract

When we are out on an evening stroll, gazing up at the night sky dotted with thousands of stars, we often do not realize that these bright points are actually immense spheres of matter in a plasma state.
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Authors and Affiliations

Witold Zawadzki
1
  1. Department of Photonics, Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
8 Life and Death in the Desert
Rafał Sikora , Mirosław Masojć , Grzegorz Michalec , Byamba Gunchinsuren
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 26-29 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152344
Keywords: climate change Gobi Desert Altai
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Abstract

Climate change greatly impacted the lives of Paleolithic hunter-gatherer societies on the edge of  the Gobi Desert and Gobi Altai, and is also affecting the nomadic groups now living there.
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Authors and Affiliations

Rafał Sikora
1
Mirosław Masojć
2
Grzegorz Michalec
3
Byamba Gunchinsuren
4
  1. Regional and Exploration Geology Department, Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute
  2. Department of Non-European Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University of Wrocław
  3. Institute of Archaeology, University of Wrocław
  4. Stone Age Department, Institute of Archaeology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
9 The Puzzle of Colorful Plumage
Małgorzata Anna Gazda
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 30-32 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152345
Keywords: birds evolutionary biology feathers
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Abstract

Scientists are investigating how and why birds have developed such colorful feathers, often adorned with extravagant ornaments.
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Authors and Affiliations

Małgorzata Anna Gazda
1
  1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Montreal
10 Tiny Heroes of Biological Research
Ewa Stefanik , Karolina Wolny
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 33-35 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152346
Keywords: genetics aquaristics
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Abstract

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have transformed biological research, providing insights into many biological processes and complex human diseases.
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Authors and Affiliations

Ewa Stefanik
1
Karolina Wolny
1
  1. Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław
11 Typical and Atypical Evolutions of Quantum Systems
Karol Życzkowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 36-39 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152347
Keywords: quantum mechanics
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Abstract

All data obtained from various micro-world physics experiments align with the predictions of quantum theory. But are there still areas in quantum mechanics yet to be explored?
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Authors and Affiliations

Karol Życzkowski
1 2
  1. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
  2. Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
12 The Earth’s Oldest Colonizers
Natalia Kartawik , Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 40-43 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152348
Keywords: fungi evolution
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Abstract

Fungi – organisms that were the first to appear on land – still remain largely unknown. What insights have we gained into their history and evolution?
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Authors and Affiliations

Natalia Kartawik
1
Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk
1
  1. University of Life Sciences in Poznań
13 Casting the Future
Natalia Sobczak
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 44-49 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152349
Keywords: materials science engineering metal
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Abstract

Prof. Natalia Sobczak, Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, shares insights into her work as an engineer specializing in liquid metals, highlighting key aspects of her profession.
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Authors and Affiliations

Natalia Sobczak
1 2
  1. Vice President of the Academy
  2. Department of Metallurgical Processes at the Aleksander Krupkowski Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences
14 The History of Global Glaciations
Marek Lewandowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 50-54 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152350
Keywords: glaciations Homo sapiens
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Abstract

The most extraordinary thing in the Universe is inside your head. Bill Bryson
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Authors and Affiliations

Marek Lewandowski
1
  1. Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw
15 On the Transformation of Forms in Nature
Nikodem Zieliński
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 55-57 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152351
Keywords: evolution DNA natural selection
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Abstract

We often picture evolution as a kind of arms race, but that is just one example of the types of interactions that can play out in nature.
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Authors and Affiliations

Nikodem Zieliński
1 2
  1. EC1 Science and Technology Centre, Łódź – City of Culture
  2. Centre for Research on Cybercommunication and Artificial Intelligence, University of Łódź
16 (R)evolutionary Teachers
Aneta Duda-Jaśkiewicz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 58-61 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152352
Keywords: education pedagogy
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Abstract

For years, education in Polish schools has been in a constant state of upheaval, undergoing wave after wave of reforms. Yet, the real transformation is happening quietly, from the bottom up. We need to encourage project-based thinking that empowers teachers with both courage and agency.
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Authors and Affiliations

Aneta Duda-Jaśkiewicz
1
  1. Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw
17 Does It Pay to Cooperate?
Anna Karnkowska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 62-65 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152353
Keywords: cell DNA
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Abstract

The origin of eukaryotic cells is a key milestone in life’s history on Earth.
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Authors and Affiliations

Anna Karnkowska
1
  1. Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw
18 Can Animals Be Artists? Monkey Painting
Dorota Łagodzka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 66-70 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152354
Keywords: art paintings animal art
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Abstract

Some prefer bold colors and broad brushstrokes; others go for more subtle blots and zigzags. Non-human art still holds much mystery for us. Will greater recognition for primates as artists deepen our respect for them, or lead to their further exploitation?
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Authors and Affiliations

Dorota Łagodzka
1
  1. Faculty of “Artes Liberales,” University of Warsaw
19 From Artificial Intelligence to the Stars
Filip Biały
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 71-73 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152355
Keywords: digitization transhumanism
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Abstract

Scientific and technological progress is not ideologically neutral. It is driven not only by a desire to understand reality but also by an ambition to bring specific ideological visions to fruition via new technologies.
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Authors and Affiliations

Filip Biały
1 2
  1. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
  2. University of Manchester
20 The Emergence of Language
Michael Pleyer , Sławomir Wacewicz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 74-77 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152356
Keywords: linguistics evolution communication
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Abstract

The science of language evolution has become a vibrant, modern and interdisciplinary field of scientific research.
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Authors and Affiliations

Michael Pleyer
1
Sławomir Wacewicz
1
  1. Centrum Badań nad Ewolucją Języka, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
21 Evolution is a Nonlinear Story
Agata Passent
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 78-79 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152357
Keywords: column
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Authors and Affiliations

Agata Passent
1 2
  1. Polityka magazine
  2. Polish Radio One
22 A Brief History of Life Itself
Justyna Słowiak , Adam Halamski , Sylwia Piwowar
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 80-85 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152358
Keywords: paleontology photo essay museum
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Abstract

The Museum of Evolution at the Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, hosts one of Poland’s most significant natural history exhibitions. It focuses primarily on the paleobiology of vertebrates, but sections on the evolution of other life forms are continuously being expanded. The diversity of specimens on display reflects the rich collections of the Institute of Paleobiology, which has been active for over 70 years
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Authors and Affiliations

Justyna Słowiak
1
Adam Halamski
1
Sylwia Piwowar
  1. Museum of Evolution at the Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences
23 Ludwik Hirszfeld – A Forgotten Giant of Bacteriology and Immunology
Joanna Borkowska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2024 | No 3(83) Evolution | 86 | DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAS.2024.152359
Keywords: Polish Academy of Sciences station in Paris Ludwik Hirszfeld
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Abstract

On May 28, 2024, the PAS Scientific Center in Paris hosted a unique event dedicated to Ludwik Hirszfeld: a distinguished yet somewhat forgotten Polish bacteriologist and immunologist.
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Authors and Affiliations

Joanna Borkowska
1
  1. PAS Scientific Center in Paris

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