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Space on the Wave

Gravitational waves are a significant development in astrophysics, opening up new avenues of cosmic understanding. But what are they?

Piotr Stankiewicz

World + People

Nature

Tears of the Sun

Fossilized tree resin has been valued for thousands of years, not only because of its yellowy-orange hue, but also for its supposed ritual and medical properties.

Tomasz Wichrowski

Art + Stories

Fiction

No Cards for Father’s Day

Talking to ourselves about death is difficult enough, let alone raising the topic with our children or parents.

Mikołaj Łoziński

World + People

The Other School

Cieszyn of the Two Nations

Time passes slowly here, lovers kiss on the Friendship Bridge, and tourists ask the locals about the rotunda made of twenty gold coins. The very name of the city here makes a person happy.

Beata Mońka, Marcin Mońka

World + People

Nature

We Could All Use an Octopus Teacher

After the 2020 Netflix documentary “My Octopus Teacher” gained international acclaim, a biologist writes about just how clever cephalopods really are.

Mikołaj Golachowski

Soul + Body

Good Mood

The Wheels of Energy

Ancient Hindu and Buddhist Tantra describe various focal points on the human body, which can be “worked” on to attain physical and psychological benefits.

Agnieszka Rostkowska

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Beehive Medicine

Bees produce honey, wax, pollen and propolis. Apitherapy shows us how to use these products to enrich our own health and well-being.

Dominika Bok

A Silesian treasure, a panorama of the region, an extinct volcano, a sacred place for Catholics, the territory of an uprising, a performance space. One could go on for a long time listing the faces and nuances of St Anne’s Mountain. Its namesake, Anna Orłowska, weaves intimate and familial threads into her complex story.

Anna Orłowska

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