Science
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 Paul Broca is most easily encountered in a neurobiology textbook. This French physician became famous for performing the autopsy of
Society
We stand on the threshold of another AI revolution. Growing lonelier, we reach for the illusion of closeness in the digital world. By Agata Kaźmierska At first, the only noticeable change was that 14-year-old Sewell lost interest in things that had previously excited him, like Formula 1 racing
Her faith was probably a bit like smoking: she'd have just one cigarette in the evening, standing under the awning and savoring that moment of relaxation before sleep — which I'm not sure ever actually came. By Bartosz Sadulski Two things give me no peace and never
Society
DAVID REMNICK, editor-in-chief of The New Yorker: “I’d sooner jump out a window than let The New Yorker go dumb. I’m enormously lucky, because my owner thinks the same way. There are readers who appreciate that. Maybe there aren’t 300 million of them, but a
Spirituality
They feel the Church robbed them of the best years of their lives. Catholic couples speak frankly about the natural methods of fertility regulation. By Monika Białkowska I keep wondering what to call what I feel, says Magda, forty-something, married for over twenty years. The most accurate word is
Culture
The best prayer is prayer in silence. The best literature, too, comes into being when silence enters your writing, says the Norwegian writer. Interview by Wojciech Bonowicz Wojciech Bonowicz: What time do you usually wake up? Jon Fosse: When I was a teenager, I slept as long as I possibly