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Not everyone wants to be ‘happy’, study finds
Maximizing happiness is not a universal human goal and is far more characteristic of wealthy, educated, and democratic societies, according to a new cross-cultural study led by Professor Kuba Kryś of the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Astronomers spot mysterious bow shock around dead ‘white dwarf’ star
An international team of astronomers has discovered an unexpected bow-shaped shock wave around a nearby binary system containing a dead star known as a white dwarf, a phenomenon that current theories cannot explain. The finding was announced by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
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Undersea observatory learns to identify cosmic signals from sea noise
KM3NeT, a vast undersea network of thousands of light sensors in the Mediterranean Sea, is learning to distinguish rare neutrino signals from natural background flashes in real time, according to a study published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A.
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Training children’s sense of smell improves their everyday life, study shows
The sense of smell plays a crucial role in children’s daily functioning, from regulating emotions to enhancing taste, social interactions, and safety, according to Marta Rokosz, PhD, a researcher at the University of Wrocław’s Institute of Psychology.
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Geneticist warns against inbreeding of purebred dogs and sterilisation of mixed breeds
A growing focus on breeding purebred dogs while sterilising healthy mixed-breed animals is a disturbing trend that harms dogs and their owners, an evolutionary geneticist from the University of Gdańsk has warned.
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2025 third-warmest year on record as climatologist warns of new “climate norm”
Global temperatures in 2025 reached the third-highest level on record, edging close to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial averages and signaling the emergence of a new “climate norm.”
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Poland expands satellite programme as launches and capabilities increase
Poland is launching increasingly advanced satellites as a result of decades of building space expertise, cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), supportive government decisions and growing private investment, according to Tomasz Barciński, PhD, of the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS).
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Gen Z faces crisis of trust as linguistic manipulation blurs truth and falsehood, researcher says
We are observing a crisis of trust among Generation Z, making it difficult for young people to distinguish between true and false news, says Artur Urbaniak, PhD, of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. However, the more knowledge people have, the harder they are to manipulate, he adds.
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Data centres could double water use by 2028, Polish Economic Institute warns
Data centres could consume up to 150 million cubic metres of water by 2028, twice as much as in 2023, according to a report by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE).
