Tag: science

An Old Writer Looks at the New World

Art + Stories

Fiction

An Old Writer Looks at the New World

Kazuo Ishiguro, Nobel laureate in Literature, talks about his latest novel “Klara and the Sun”, and what advances in technology might mean for humanity.

Sylwia Stano

Art + Stories

Opinions

Nobody Home

In her latest book “The Next Great Migration”, American science journalist Sonia Shah presents an evidenced picture of how migration has always been with us – for the better.

Paulina Wilk

Mythology and Mitochondria

World + People

Science

Mythology and Mitochondria

Oren Harman, author of “Evolution: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World”, talks about Daedalus and Icarus, the power of myths, and the role of storytelling in science.

Are We Morally Obligated to Meditate?

Soul + Body

Breathe In

Are We Morally Obligated to Meditate?

Meditating can literally change structure of your brain—regardless of whether you follow Eastern traditional meditation or the more modern Western practice of "mindfulness."

Sigal Samuel

This Incredible Meditation Will Help Solve Your Existential Dread

Soul + Body

Good Mood

This Incredible Meditation Will Help Solve Your Existential Dread

Existential dread, meet astronomical wonder.

Scotty Hendricks

Why Go Barefoot?

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Why Go Barefoot?

Bare feet manifest many meanings – from the religious to health and the everyday.

Anna Berestecka

Bathing in Trees

Soul + Body

Breathe In, Wellbeing

Bathing in Trees

Green spaces – such as forests, parks and fields – have a positive effect on our health and wellbeing, enabling us to cleanse ourselves of the dirt of modern existence.

Paulina Wilk

Soul + Body

Good Mood

A Life in Flow

An iconic psychologist talks about his recipe for a particular kind of happiness—a satisfaction with what you do here and now.

Tomasz Stawiszyński

Seven Lucky Bastards

Art + Stories

Experiences

Seven Lucky Bastards

They say that fortune favours the brave, but sometimes, when the worst possible circumstances strike, you simply need a big slice of luck – as the stories of these seven hapless souls show.

Adam Węgłowski

Audubon’s Birds

Art + Stories

Art

Audubon’s Birds

Today, the 19th-century American artist and ornithologist John James Audubon is considered one of the founding fathers of American ecology. But what makes his work so special?

Agnieszka Drotkiewicz