Articles from category Humanities

Will authors become redundant? Probably not, although their role will evolve. Photo: s

When AI writes a book: The future of authors in the era of artificial intelligence

Writing a book is no longer an activity exclusive to humans. Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) can develop a plot, analyze readers’ tastes, follow market trends, and even create illustrations and…

Drone view of layers in Wee Jasper.

Could the 395-million-year-old Devonian reef explain modern climate change?

Might a fossil reef serve as a kind of geological Pompeii – preserving traces of a world that existed hundreds of millions of years ago almost like a freeze-frame? Although…

Voltaire (born François-Marie Arouet). Source: Musée Carnavalet

Manufacturing fake news: Voltaire in the service of Russian propaganda

Voltaire – an Enlightenment icon of liberty – helped legitimize Russia’s military intervention in Poland. Research by Dr. Jacek Kordel of the University of Warsaw shows he not only corresponded…

Mound K8 as viewed through the treetops.

Twice buried: A forest barrow cemetery at the crossroads of belief

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary forest. But beneath the surface lies a story of death, belief, and ancient ritual. In Nowy Chorów, a small village in Słupsk…

Alligator remains found: teeth from Židlochovice (left) and Pińczów (right), and an osteoderm from Szczerców (center).

No other crocodile has “gone” this far. What will the reptile remains discovered in “Bełchatów” reveal?

The discoverers are an international team of researchers co-led by scientists from the Departments of Geology and Biology at the University of Warsaw. Site of discovery: Szczerców – the western…

Eye-tracking research at an exhibition of medieval Nubian garments at the Bode-Museum in Berlin.

Seeing the past in a new light: Eye-tracking in archaeology

Eye-tracking has transformed fields ranging from marketing and medicine to sports and interface design. Now, researchers at the University of Warsaw are bringing it into archaeology. By tracking where our…

Trip 1907: Interactive Escape the Book Game has become a bestseller.

What goes on in a player’s mind? Gamebooks as a window into cognition

Gamebook-related content racks up millions of views on TikTok, and bookstores now dedicate entire sections to these interactive books. Packed with codes, riddles, and unexpected twists, they’re all the rage…

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606–1669), Group of Men in Oriental Costumes, University of Warsaw Library Print Room, Inv. No. 4285.

Treasures in the Print Room: Drawings and prints at the University of Warsaw Library

Rembrandt, Rubens, Dürer, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec. To encounter works by these outstanding, world-renowned artists, you do not need to travel to Paris, Amsterdam, or New York. A visit to the University…

View of the Polish excavation site. The darker surface – where people are standing – is slag.

The untold story of copper: Polish archaeologists reconstruct Oman’s industrial past

Sand, rock, and relentless heat – this is a landscape straight out of Dune. In northern Oman, the real treasure wasn’t spice, but copper – mined for thousands of years.…

Once the floor was removed, it became clear something lay beneath the church

A routine church renovation led to a groundbreaking discovery in Cegłów

St. John the Baptist and St. Andrew’s church in Cegłów was due for a new floor and heating system. A routine renovation, however, turned into an archaeological breakthrough that changes…

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