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Majority of surveyed Polish women support menstrual leave
Over 84 percent of women surveyed in a Polish study have supported the introduction of menstrual leave, with support particularly strong among those whose periods significantly disrupted their daily lives or forced them to miss work, school or other obligations.
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Artificial islands become vital breeding grounds for rare Polish birds - but for how long?
It took just a few years for two artificial islands in the Szczecin Lagoon to become some of Poland’s most important breeding grounds for rare birds. But researchers warn that the success may be short-lived: as one of the islands becomes overgrown, species that depend on open ground are already disappearing.
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Why babies smell so good - and teenagers don’t
Parents love the smell of babies, but teenagers are a different story, and the reason may have something to do with how evolution shapes parental care.
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Scientists investigate how to predict extreme weather
Scientists from Poland and Taiwan are developing a new way to measure humidity in the lower atmosphere more accurately and investigate whether better atmospheric data can improve forecasts of severe weather.
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University of Gdańsk joins international project to tackle energy poverty
The University of Gdańsk is joining an international project aimed at tackling energy poverty in Central Europe, with a particular focus on vulnerable communities in border regions.
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Sea sponges are ‘trapping plastic pollution inside their skeletons’
A natural sea sponge may seem about as far removed from plastic as it is possible to get. Yet researchers have found fibres, particles and film fragments made of several types of plastic embedded in the skeletons of two commercially harvested sponge species.
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Now, that’s a bird’s eye view! Scientists ask public to rate photos taken by storks
Storks are taking photographs from the sky - and scientists are asking the public to decide which images are worth a second look.
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Pupil size can signal how well your memory works
Tiny changes in pupil size can predict how successfully a person will remember information, in some cases appearing hundreds of milliseconds before the memory is formed or recalled, Polish researchers have found.
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Beautiful butterflies get more scientific attention and legal protection, study finds
Butterfly species considered more beautiful by humans are more likely to attract scientific attention and receive legal protection under European conservation rules, according to an international study involving researchers from the University of Białystok.
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