Science – My Passion | An essay of infinity
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Silesian research
Barbie – toxicity in pink packaging
Still form the film “Barbie” | Weronika Cygan | As estimated by scientists in the 1990’s, 99 percent of American girls aged three to nine owned at least one Barbie doll.[1]. In Poland the phenomenon never reached the scale known from the United states, the sight of little girls playing with the blonde plastic beauty...
Masterful playing without notes | Research by Prof. Tomasz Orlow
| Maria Sztuka | In June last year, at the Institute of Music of the Faculty of Arts and Educational Science of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn, the pipe organ, which had been silent for many years, sounded again in the chamber hall. The thoroughly reconstructed instrument delighted with its unique timbre, typical of...
Why mow the grass? | Interview with Teresa Nowak, PhD
Semi-natural plant communities the composition of which can be a model for arranging lawns in cities | Photo by Teresa Nowak Every year, when the plants start to bloom, the subject of lawn mowing returns – an issue that constantly arouses much emotion. Teresa Nowak, PhD from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University...
The Onion Madonna of Physics – Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Maria Goeppert-Mayer’s portrait | public domain, Wikimedia Commons | Weronika Cygan | She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. That’s why she was given the nickname “Onion Madonna”. Thanks to her origin from a family of intellectuals, she had an education that...
Aphids of Svalbard | Research by Prof. Karina Wieczorek
Prof. Karina Wieczorek | Photo by Dominik Chłond | Małgorzata Kłoskowicz, PhD | There are organisms that can be found everywhere on Earth; some are even able to survive in outer space, just like tardigrades. Who would have thought that located in the polar climate Svalbard is not only inhabited by reindeer, foxes and polar...
No Limits | Women of volcanic origin
O czym jest artykuł?O czym jest artykuł? Protagonists in her works are often victims of violence, who find it difficult to break free from their abusers. The writer used to distance herself from feminism. Nowadays, she believes that women’s rights are something we should always strive for. Ananda Devi’s writing draws inspiration from both Eastern...
Religious Aspects of Transhumanism | Research by Prof. Marek Wójtowicz
Marek Wójtowicz, PhD, DLitt, Assoc. Prof. | Photo by Teresa Wójtowicz | Katarzyna Stołpiec | Transhumanism is a contemporary trend of thought involving many scientific disciplines. It can be assigned to philosophy, humanities or engineering of technological processes. It also includes theology, the role of which in the project on the religious aspects of transhumanism...