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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2009 | Nr 3 (23) 2009 Links

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Bats form the planet's largest colonies of vertebrates. The complex mechanisms governing their giant colonies' creation and continuation are just as intriguing as their size.
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Ireneusz Ruczyński
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The social values professed by Poles are more traditional than in more affluent European countries, yet have been changing over the past two decades.
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Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania
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Processes associated with the appearance of addiction are remarkably similar to learning and memory processes. Addictive substances induce false memory traces in reward system structures.
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Wojciech Kostowski
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Tracing the history of Poland's intelligentsia social stratum shows it to have constantly undergone institutional, social, ideological, and political crises.
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Magdalena Gawin
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The debate over whether our behavior is more strongly influenced by genetics or the environment has been going on for years. One way we can gain insight into their relative impact is by studying pairs of twins.
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Włodzimierz Oniszczenko
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In order to survive, butteńlies of the Maculinea genus must occur together with Myrmica ants, whose nests provide the environment for a significant part of their development.
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Anna Stankiewicz-Fiedurek
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Many countries have found nuclear power stations to be successful solutions. Poland will join them sooner or later. The point is for this decision to be taken with full understanding of the benefits to be gained.
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Zdzisław Celiński
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Birds were until recently considered to be very faithful animals, but now we know that "extramarital" affairs are common among most socially monogamous species. What motivates birds to cheat?
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Anna Dubiec
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The majority of atmospheric pollution moves over great distances, crossing national borders. The deposition of harmful compounds may even be global.
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Piotr Holnicki
Zbigniew Nahorski
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"In days of old, song was a person's friend, accompanying him in joy and sorrow;' reminisced Jan Tacina, folk historian from Cieszyn Silesia, back in the 1970s. Yet even today there remain some individuals who hold the old Silesian singing traditions dear.
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Arleta Nawrocka-Wysocka
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Academia had the opportunity to question Prof. Harald zur Hausen about his fascinating viral research leading to the development of a cervical cancer vaccine, about how great scientific discoveries are not always recognized right away, and also about his own plans for the futu.
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Herald zur Hausen

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