Selfie with garbage: Scientist encourages teens to take pics of macroplastics in rivers
No effort required: just a photo of plastics collected by the river and a photo of the surrounding vegetation. Anyone interested can help scientists create a map of macroplastic pollution of mountain rivers, says the initiator of the campaign, Dr. Maciej Liro from the Institute of Nature Conservation PAS.
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Satellites reveal reality of refugee camps in Asia and Africa
Scientists from Poland and Norway have used satellite data to analyse large refugee camps in Tanzania, Bangladesh, Iraq, South Sudan and Kenya.
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We are more easily manipulated if we show loyalty, intelligence or common sense, say psychologists
When we have to demonstrate an important trait - loyalty, intelligence or common sense, we are easier to manipulate - say psychologists from the SWPS University.
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Expert talks about causes of and ways to ‘fight’ road rage
A Polish researcher has explained the best way to ‘fight’ against road rage.
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Using digital devices negatively affects child development, say researchers
A new study shows that preschool children who use digital devices right after waking up and after dinner function worse than those who do it less often.
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As of August 2, we are in ecological debt
According to estimates, world consumption is equivalent to 1.7 of the planet's resources. August 2 is Earth Overshoot Day (also known as Ecological Debt Day), which 30 years ago fell on December 19. We throw away food, waste water and energy. And we should: refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and rot, appeals the Institute of Environmental Protection.
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Invisible hand of audio marketing
Classical music is associated with luxury goods, while fast-paced music makes consumers shop faster and more impulsively. Dr. Sylwia Makomaska from the Institute of Musicology of the University of Warsaw studies and promotes research into background music and audio marketing based on it.
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Poznań researchers show that binaural beats do not help in learning
Researchers from the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań have shown that commonly used sound impulses planned to stimulate cognitive processes actually impair them.
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Researcher study how national identity can promote pro-ecological attitudes
National identity plays a key role in promoting pro-ecological attitudes, which are necessary to fight the climate crisis, scientists from Poland and New Zealand have found.
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Pride or prejudice? Psychologists study who is proud and who is ashamed of being Polish
What is Poland like today and what is the attitude of Poles towards their own nation? What shades does contemporary Polishness have and what are contemporary patriots like? Who today is proud of their country, and who is ashamed of it? Scientists have investigated.
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