POLONEZ BIS Blog is a place where we talk about science in a different way. We show real people, researchers, who decided to come to Poland not only to work and develop their scientific projects, but also to live an adventure.
Thanks to this virtual place, we will be able to follow the achievements of scientists who decided to undertake their research in Poland, but also to show their problems, dilemmas, inspirations and challenges related to the new living and working environment. The purpose of this blog is to show the human side of science, science perceived as an endless adventure, science behind which there are extraordinary stories that can be an inspiration for the young generation of future researchers.
Diving into the past: underwater worlds in ancient Eastern Mediterranean culture
In the age of dramatic ecological changes, it is more important than ever to understand how different human cultures have engaged with their environment, not only today, but also in the past. As two-thirds of the surface of the Earth is covered by marine waters, marine ecosystems are one of the most interesting areas of […]
Not just dinosaurs – how turtles reveal Europe’s ancient climate
Paleoclimatology studies how Earth’s climate system has changed over long timescales. As we have been able to collect data using modern instruments only for the last hundred years, natural recorders are the primary way to learn about past climate conditions. Apart from tree rings, ice cores or ocean and lake sediments, one of the important […]
Can light propagation in general relativity help us understand our physical existence in the Universe?
The information we gather from the sky observation – such as brightnesses, the distances and the image distortions – is closely tied to how bundles of light travel through space. While the movement of light is a key factor, we should also consider the effect of gravitational waves on the way we calculate the distance […]
Satire and humor as one of the dimensions of real and discursive analysis of armed conflicts
Mocking, ridiculing and joking are now common ways of describing and commenting on social and political phenomena. Political humor, meme-making has become a form of political discourse. But can we talk about a serious armed conflict and comment on it in this way?Dr. Orest Semotiuk, originally from Ukraine, heads the project entitled “Humoresearch. Laughter during […]