Society
Hurtful stereotypes, fear of rejection, and overwhelming emotions. This is what people with borderline personality disorder face every day. Monika, Ola, and Justyna tell us how they took back control of their lives. By Anna Korytowska "For me, borderline shows up mainly as very intense emotional experiences and as
Society
Universities have no chance of rising to the challenges of the future. So maybe they should play an entirely different role? By Mateusz Mazzini The turning point came on a particular autumn afternoon. We were, technically, still in one place — my twelve first-year journalism students and I — but beyond
Spirituality
Phyllis Zagano, theologian: The People of God have already decided on the diaconate of women, even though many Church leaders seem unwilling to accept it. By Dawid Gospodarek and Phyllis Zagano Dawid Gospodarek: You've documented fifty years of the work of Vatican commissions on the diaconate of women.
History
Sławomir Zubrzycki: From the very start, the instrument promised to be a revelation. According to Praetorius, the viola organista could play both town and country music, convey all kinds of feelings, and even imitate a drunk. By Jacek Ślusarczyk and Sławomir Zubrzycki Jacek Ślusarczyk: At a time when The Da
Culture
Science
A vast hole yawns in our planet's geological record, spanning as much as a billion years. Perhaps this is because the entire Earth was once locked in ice — ice that put life to an extreme test and ground down thick layers of rock. By Łukasz Kwiatek The American
Spirituality
In the years after the Second World War, contemplation became a lifeline for many who had been traumatized by their wartime experiences and were searching for meaning in life. By Maciej Bielawski Let's now look at this story from a different perspective — from the perspective of those who
Society & Culture
Prof. Dariusz Doliński, social psychologist: We expect other people to treat our perspective as central, the way our therapist does. We want to be understood and heard, not to understand and hear others. By Ewa Pągowska and Dariusz Doliński Ewa Pągowska: A Polish travel company recently described on LinkedIn how
I took the ball away from my daughter — she answered with a shriek. I gave it back — it flew off across the nave. A moment later, the two of us fled the church. By Zuzanna Radzik Mass fell between nap time and lunch. A playground would have suited that slot
They fled to Kazakhstan to escape Chinese repression. But today it's Kazakhstan that hunts them down when they speak up for relatives in China's Xinjiang. A story about people who are strangers everywhere. By Agnieszka Pikulicka, reporting from Kazakhstan Alimnur Turganbay crossed the Kazakh-Chinese border
A humanoid can lose to a dirty sock. Whether robots built in our own image find a place in the world will depend on how well AI copes with the mess of real life. By Agata Kaźmierska and Wojciech Brzeziński This August in Beijing, the robot Tiangong Ultra ran 100
Living alone has become easier and more convenient than ever. Large corporations have built an entire business model around it. By Jakub Dymek There is one thing that the internet — as it forced its way into our lives in the first decade of the 21st century — promised above all else.
Artificial intelligence has firmly established itself in many fields of science. It may help us uncover the rules governing birdsong — and even its meanings. By Wojciech Mamak For a long time, studying bird communication meant a lot of squinting. The human ear is too slow to catch the split-second
Aggressive interrogation techniques sometimes lead suspects to confess to crimes they didn't commit. And they begin to believe they deserve the punishment coming to them. By Kaja Głomb A few months ago, Paul Heaton, a respected criminologist from the University of Pennsylvania, announced that he had got ChatGPT
In the small town of Maní in the Yucatán, the memory of the Spanish conquest of the Maya mingles with religion, ancient rituals, and questions about the future. We visited this "magical town." By Stanisław Strasburger, from Maní (Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico) Maní: the name of this Maya town
More than 50,000 years ago, anatomically modern humans began migrating into Europe and interbreeding with Neanderthals. The genes of some of them survive to this day. By Łukasz Kwiatek The name Paul Broca is most often encountered in neurobiology textbooks. This French physician made his name performing the autopsy
Eran Levin, zoologist: Mouse-tailed bats would make ideal pets. They are clean, smell wonderfully of fruit, don't take up any space because they hang from the ceiling, like people, and can be trained just like dogs. By Maria Hawranek and Eran Levin Maria Hawranek: I was surprised
Millions of NSDAP documents have been posted online this year. Germans are increasingly looking into their ancestors’ wartime experiences. Will digital archives break through the wall of family amnesia? By Paweł Zarychta A few months ago, the acclaimed German writer Judith Hermann published her autobiographical novel entitled Ich möchte zurückgehen
Why has a behaviour that is widespread in the natural world and has recurred many times throughout human history become subject to one of the strongest human taboos? By Kasper Kalinowski On 9 March 1945, at 9 am, the commander of a Japanese battalion, Major Matoba – who was later taken