Nearly 80 candidates entered this year's 17th edition of the Popularizer of Science competition. In the first stage, the Competition Jury selected 23 finalists. In the second stage, the jury selected competition winners in five categories as well as the Grand Prize winner, and awarded two special mentions. The editors of PAP - Science in Poland also granted the special Tomasz Trzciński Award.

Six scientists from Polish institutions have been added to the prestigious list of Highly Cited Researchers 2021 (HCR).

Dr. Paweł L. Polkowski, Dr. Sebastian Glatt and Professor Jonatan Gutman are the winners of 2021 NCN Award for young researchers, awarded for significant achievements for research carried out in Poland.

Dr. Karolina Pierzynowska from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk is among four finalists competing for the international Future Science Future Star Award.

Persistent feeling of being a terrible parent, a sense of alienation, 'stigma' - this is how parents of children with autism spectrum disorders often think of themselves. Anna Pyszkowska, a psychologist from the University of Silesia, adds that stereotypes strongly affect such self-stigma.

Professor Ewa Ziemba from the University of Economics in Katowice has joined the prestigious European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA), becoming the 31st Polish representative in the institution.

An allergies expert from Opole has become the first Polish doctor to join the prestigious international Urticaria Center of Reference and Excellence (UCARE).

In commemoration of the '500th Discovery of the Strait of Magellan', the Chilean government has awarded Polish astronomer, Professor Andrzej Udalski, a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and an employee of the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw.

Przemysław Czarnek has been made Minister of Education and Science.