Narcissism and psychopathy can be related to political participation, according to research on Polish and British adults.

Some manufacturers of cosmetics, dietary supplements, electronic equipment boast that the effectiveness of their products is scientifically confirmed. Studies that help advertise products often have nothing to do with the real scientific method. In the long run, such dishonest marketing can undermine trust not so much in companies but in science. Maybe it is worth considering how to stigmatise him?

During the pandemic, young people spent an average of over 16 hours a week using social media, over 14 hours watching movies and TV series, and nearly 8 hours playing games, researchers from Poland and the Netherlands say. They warn that young people are affected not only by the amount of screen time, but also the viewed content.

Nearly half of Ukrainian refugees staying in Poland want to return to Ukraine as soon as the war ends, while 17 percent of them plan to stay permanently, according to surveys conducted by a team from the Interdisciplinary War in Ukraine Research Laboratory.

Every third young person without a smartphone at their fingertips feels insecure and their thoughts escape towards it. Every fourth teenager very often receives negative comments from their immediate peers due to the style of smartphone use, shows research conducted by Dr. Łukasz Tomczyk from the Jagiellonian University.

The trauma Ukrainians experience can be transmitted to future generations, warn Polish and American scientists.

People from the eastern, western and southern cultures are not very different in terms of moral judgements made in the so-called trolley dilemma, shows a large international study carried out with the participation of Polish researchers. What does affect the moral judgement is the context of the dilemma.

He is not mad or a sick person; a dictator knows perfectly well what he is doing; he has a sense of mission to carry out and manipulates others to achieve his goals, says Professor Janusz Heitzman, forensic psychiatry representative at the Minister of Health.

Russia has a lot of experience in cyber warfare, and disinformation war is planned for a long time. The West must learn to wield this weapon better. What we needed is training the public to recognise disinformation and create good systems to detect the source of information, says Dr. Aleksandra Przegalińska, a professor at the Kozminski University.