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Tag: energy

The Great Stabilization
World + People
Outer Space

The Great Stabilization

Everything that produces heat—stars, the Earth, animals—also has to find a way to control and balance its temperature.
Łukasz Kaniewski
The Wheels of Energy
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
The Essence of the Universe
Soul + Body
Good Mood

The Essence of the Universe

Originally conceived in China and Polynesia, these two concepts are ubiquitous in Western popular culture. They might also reveal something universal about the human experience.
Aleksandra Woźniak-Marchewka
Elements for the Soul
Soul + Body
Breathe In

Elements for the Soul

The most powerful element, in which the other four elements exist, is space. It is the infinite, cloudless sky. Observe it.
Dominika Bok
Dark Matters of the Universe
World + People
Outer Space, Science

Dark Matters of the Universe

Much of the physical world is invisible to us – none more so than the concepts of dark companions, dark matter and dark energy in astronomy.
Piotr Stankiewicz
Chain Reaction
World + People
Science

Chain Reaction

In the interwar period of the 20th century, a group of European physicists came together to develop the seemingly-impossible atomic energy. Not all of them were pleased with the result.
Andrzej Krajewski
The Non-Neutral Scientist of Neutrons
World + People
Science

The Non-Neutral Scientist of Neutrons

From electrician to Nobel Peace Prize laureate via work on the atomic bomb, the life of Polish physicist Józef Rotblat was full of remarkable twists and turns.
Marek Górlikowski
Electricity and Fear
World + People
Science

Electricity and Fear

After the disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima, mention of nuclear power plants is met with strong public trepidation. But, in the face of climate catastrophe, might this be our most feasible energy source?
Andrzej Krajewski
The Limits of Clean Energy
World + People
Science

The Limits of Clean Energy

If the world isn’t careful, renewable energy could become as destructive as fossil fuels.
Jason Hickel
A Quadrillion Joules in a Biscuit
World + People
Science

A Quadrillion Joules in a Biscuit

A physicist answers one of the pressing questions of our time: how much energy is there in a biscuit?
Łukasz Lamża