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Dux ambulans, the history of dukes and duchesses of Racibórz | Research by prof. Jerzy Sperka

Prof. Jerzy Sperka | Photo by Agnieszka Sikora | Małgorzata Kłoskowicz | How did Mieszko the Tanglefoot expand his duchy? What did John the Iron lend to Ladislaus Jagiello? What was the reason behind the issue between Nicholas V, Duke of Krnov, and Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Bishop of Kraków? These are the stories told by Prof....

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Cancer found in a bone of a prehistoric amphibian over 210 million years old

Metoposaurus, representatives of Labyrinthodontia (Greek, ‘maze-toothed’) in their habitat, about 210 million years ago. The individual on the right has a distinct overgrowth in the anterior thoracic spine. It has limited mobility along with the ability to hunt and seems malnourished. Author of the picture: Jakub Zalewski. Source: „An insight into cancer…”. Licence: CC BY...

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Plants “brain” | Research by Ewa Mazur, PhD

Ewa Mazur, PhD | Private archive | Małgorzata Kłoskowicz | Ewa Mazur, PhD, from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Silesia in Katowice is a co-author of an article published in the prestigious journal “Nature”. The biologist, together with an international team of scientists, investigated the participation of ABP1-TMK1 proteins in rapid...

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New way of thinking about the system | Interview with prof. Michał Krzykawski

Michał Krzykawski, PhD, DLitt, Assoc. Prof. and Yuk Hui | photo: Marta Ankiersztejn | Marta Tomczok | A book by Yuk Hui, a world-class philosopher of technology, has just been published by the University of Silesia Publishing House. It is his first book translated into Polish. How will this book influence the debate on technology...

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A Non-Indifferent Poet | Research of Prof. Maciej Tramer

As a 7-year-old child he sees the events of 1905, keeping in memory not so much the workers’ rebellion as the implementation of what they were fighting for – the establishment of Polish-language schools. He uses this privilege and studies in his mother tongue legally. A few years later he takes part in the secret...

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