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Chrismas Eve full of aromas
23.12.2016
What are the origins of twelve Christmas Eve dishes? What does it mean that fish used to be served “in grey sauce”? What was eaten in different parts of Poland? We asked Dr hab. Tadeusz Czekalski from the JU Institute of History about the culinary traditions related to the Polish Christmas Eve.
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A lake out of reach
19.12.2016
One of the scientific mysteries of Antarctica are its 379 lakes hidden below the continental glacier, including the largest and best known Lake Vostok, situated below the Russian research station of the same name. We asked Dr Maciej Kania from the JU Institute of Geological Sciences to reveal some of these mysteries.
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Evolution and Anthropocene. Questions about Humans
14.12.2016
In what times do we live? Who are the humans of today? How can they be perceived in the light of mutual influences between them and their biological environment? These issues were the common traits of two initial meetings of the Evolution Week in Kraków.
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1Question: Does a unicellular organism have a social life?
06.12.2016
According to Dr Dominika Włoch-Salamon from the JU Institute of Environmental Sciences, microorganisms can be selfish, spiteful, and altruistic. Although these social behaviours are not as advanced and developed as they are in humans, they can be observed if one looks closely enough.
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Breastmilk. We know less about it than we know about space
02.12.2016
Human breastmilk is an extraordinary liquid, unique and irreplaceable. ‘It’s fascinating. We should definitely get to know more about it’, said Anna Kotlińska from the Faculty of Health Sciences. As part of her PhD research project, she studies the properties of breastmilk.
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Private life of Polish aristocracy in the 17th and 18th century. Part III
30.11.2016
In the last part of the interview about the lifestyle of Polish aristocracy, Dr Katarzyna Kuras talks about the Polish queen of France and her children, freedom at the royal court, the 18th-century celebrities and... Queen Marie’s jam.
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Private life of Polish aristocracy in the 17th and 18th century. Part II
29.11.2016
Here’s the second instalment of our series on the lifestyle of Polish magnates. In this part, Dr Katarzyna Kuras talks about the social status of women, riding in coaches, terrifying vapours, and… traps in hair.
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Private life of Polish aristocracy in the 17th and 18th century. Part I
24.11.2016
From the clash of Polish nobility culture with the western lifestyle to the issues related to hygiene, cuisine and relations between genders – Dr Katarzyna Kuras gives us a peek into chambers, ballrooms and gardens of the Polish aristocracy of the 17th and 18th century.
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Water bears, Wallacea, and the Diamond Grant
14.11.2016
Studying microscopic organisms called tardigrades, colloquially known as water bears or moss piglets, has secured the Diamond Grant for Piotr Gąsiorek, a student of the JU Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences.
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Art and mathematics
08.11.2016
Ada Pałka’s research projects is a fusion of art and science. Her main interest is anamorphic projection.
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