Science and Culture

A recent study suggests that frequent reliance on artificial intelligence tools may be linked to a decline in critical thinking skills.

From Galileo’s contraptions to computers, from butterfly collections to dinosaurs. Even if you’re stuck at home, you can still make an online visit to nature and science museums around the world

Even in cave paintings, human figures are depicted without beards. When and why did modern humans begin to part ways with their natural appearance and start removing facial hair?

To effectively confront the climate crisis, humanity must collectively recognize our responsibility for the environmental damage caused and our moral obligation to address our mistakes with determination and fairness

Scientific content appears more accessible than ever, but virtual memory is full of gaps, leading to the loss of digital information

Over two thousand years ago astronomers already began to systematically map stars

Social robots can offer positive benefits, but it is crucial to advance legislation that regulates their development

Even today, talented women still have to fight for their place – in science, in academia, and in general. But they are no longer willing to remain silent.

Do the eyes reveal the truth? It turns out we are not very good at figuring out when we are being lied to.

A caricature raises an important discussion on the flaws of the method that pushes scientists to publish more and more

Unearthing lost medieval narratives through ecological models

For over 1,500 years, scholars believed in a fact that any child could disprove with a simple test.

People lie from infancy to old age. Why is it that such a common and sometimes beneficial action, considered negative?

The history of organized crime would have looked different if it weren’t for citrus fruits

A proven scientific theory can become consensus, but consensus could also have negative aspects

The “Principia”, Newton’s groundbreaking book that shaped our understanding of the laws of gravity and physics, overcame many an obstacle on its way to recognition

As abortion bans, supposedly science-based, come into effect in some U.S states, what does science know about abortions?

Science, art, imagination and plenty of humor accompanied Douglas Adams’ far-too-short life.

Science, Inventions and Scientists in Popular Literature

For many generations we have been threatened with an apocalypse that could destroy humanity – What does science have to say about it?

Can the controversies surrounding the Nobel prize be resolved by adapting it to the 21st century?

Why do we enjoy popping bubble wrap, and how does a simple mathematical secret guarantee victory in a game of Pop-it?

Centenary of the birth of Stanislaw Lem, whose unique writing combined science fiction, social criticism, linguistic virtuosity and satire

Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706, was an exceptional innovator in both science and social developments