• 2026.09.08 Professor Agnieszka Sorokowska. Credit: P. Piotrowski

    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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    Pupil size can signal how well your memory works

  • 15.07.2023 PAP/Maciej Kulczyński

    Beautiful butterflies get more scientific attention and legal protection, study finds

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    Polish doctors call for national registry to improve hypothermia care

  • Warsaw, 23.03.2004. Credit: PAP/Piotr Rybarczyk

    Nightingale songs may tell mice when it’s safe to feed

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    Scientists investigate how to predict extreme weather

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    University of Gdańsk joins international project to tackle energy poverty

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    Milk helps scientists see through tissue in an unusual imaging experiment

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    Does ‘time heals all wounds’? What grieving people really need

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    Polish psychotherapist makes history with top European therapy post

2026.09.08 Professor Agnieszka Sorokowska. Credit: P. Piotrowski

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.

  • 15.07.2023 PAP/Maciej Kulczyński

    Beautiful butterflies get more scientific attention and legal protection, study finds

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    Polish doctors call for national registry to improve hypothermia care

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    Does ‘time heals all wounds’? What grieving people really need

  • People who struggle with uncertainty choose like-minded friends

  • Words that confuse our emotions hold our attention, Polish study finds

  • Psychologists investigate how we 'become' parents - and what protects us against burnout

  • How Europeans divide along social and political lines revealed

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    Scientists find microscope beams can change chemical reactions

  • Polish scientists turn waste plastic into a heat-conducting material

  • Black holes help calibrate gravitational wave detector

  • Could life exist in the sulphuric acid clouds of Venus?

  • Single photon reveals the secrets of a single molecule

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    Scientists investigate how to predict extreme weather

  • Scientists turn thunder into a tool for seeing underground

  • ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’…but fewer clouds mean more UV exposure across Europe

  • The 18 volcano myths that could put lives at risk

  • Rivers did the digging: New study rewrites how the Tatras took shape

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    ‘Masters of our own fate’: ICEYE chief urges Europe to build shared satellites to boost security

  • Alien comet reveals secrets of distant star system

  • Polish scientist joins Roman telescope’s search for thousands of new worlds

  • Cosmic pile-up drives strongest geomagnetic storm in two decades

  • Black hole may spin rapidly, slowly or not at all, study finds

  • Roman floors discovered in Novae. Credit: Krzysztof Narloch (University of Warsaw)

    Polish archaeologists uncover ‘lavish home of Roman legion commander’

  • Archaeologists uncover 2.5km of hidden roads near Machu Picchu

  • Polish researchers uncover clues to lost Roman temple in Cyprus

  • Ancient marks crack the code of a 2,000-year-old building site

  • Ancient metal waste reveals 2,000-year-old trade route across the Andes

  • 2026.09.08 Professor Agnieszka Sorokowska. Credit: P. Piotrowski

    Why babies smell so good - and teenagers don’t

  • Pupil size can signal how well your memory works

  • Polish doctors call for national registry to improve hypothermia care

  • Nanoplastics trigger stress in human immune cells within an hour

  • Not all noise is equal: What makes some city sounds unbearable

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    Sea sponges are ‘trapping plastic pollution inside their skeletons’

  • Sea sponges are ‘trapping plastic pollution inside their skeletons’

  • Now, that’s a bird’s eye view! Scientists ask public to rate photos taken by storks

  • Now, that’s a bird’s eye view! Scientists ask public to rate photos taken by storks

  • Beautiful butterflies get more scientific attention and legal protection, study finds

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    Milk helps scientists see through tissue in an unusual imaging experiment

  • Polish space tech to hunt for the Moon’s richest resources

  • Hot idea: Scientists find new way to turn waste heat into more hydrogen

  • Polish engineers building the brains of Europe’s new defence satellite system

  • Battery waste could help concrete store more heat

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    University of Gdańsk joins international project to tackle energy poverty

  • Kraków students power to victory in inaugural solar boat challenge

  • European scientists warn of growing pressure on academic freedom

  • Universities told they must lead fight against scientific ‘paper mills’

  • Reputable journals remain key to trust in science despite rise of AI, says expert

  • Warsaw, 01.10.2025. Fruit and vegetable stand; illustrative photo. PAP/Leszek Szymański

    Polish scientists turn cold plasma into weapon against crop diseases

  • Polish invention for testing concrete shrinkage wins US approval

  • Krakow researchers develop alcohol-free, eco-friendly water-based perfumes

  • Szczecin/ Innovative paper developed in cooperation between scientists and industry

  • World's only capsule for imaging breast lesions tested in Kraków

  • Krystian Barzykowski, PhD, a professor at the Jagiellonian University (L), photo by Agnieszka Fiejka, and Professor Chris Moulin (R), photo from private archive.

    Polish and French scientists win award for groundbreaking ‘déjà vu’ research

  • Polish mathematician receives 2026 Balakrishnan Award for Excellence in Scientific Research

  • Polish students in James Dyson Award final with life-saving wristband and AI water monitor inventions

  • Polish scientists wins Ig Nobel Prize for study on intelligence and narcissism

  • Polish physicist honoured with prestigious Japanese award

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    Polish psychotherapist makes history with top European therapy post

  • Nobel Laureate Professor Victor Ambros awarded Polish citizenship

  • Poland's Professor Piotr Sankowski joins UN global panel on AI

  • Henryk Arctowski - pioneer of Polish polar research

  • VP of the Polish Academy of Sciences appointed Member of the Council of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology