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Mysterious engineers of the ecosystem
There are more than 3‚000 species of termites, and their combined mass is greater than the combined mass of all human beings on the planet. They’re best known as pests that can gnaw through your house, but only in recent years has more research been done into their significance for the ecosystem.
Author: Pavla HubálkováPhoto: Aleš Buček's personal archive
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In pictures: Honouring Jan Palach’s legacy
Even in the midst of the continuing pandemic Charles University has honoured Jan Palach, the student who in an act of protest in January 1969 doused himself in petrol and set himself alight. The drastic act, sacrificing his life, was aimed at shaking his fellow citizens out of lethargy to protest the Soviet-led invasion.
Author: Jan VelingerPhoto: VladimĂr Ĺ igut, Michael NovotnĂ˝
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Neuron broadcast with CU experts focuses on vaccines
Friday 15. January 2021Even though vaccination for Covid-19 has begun in the Czech Republic, there are still many people who remain sceptical and have expressed fear or doubts. Anyone among the broader public wanting to view a serious debate on the matter should look up a discussion that was live this week organised by the Neuron Endowment Fund.
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Makeup at the starting line, mud at the finish
Sunday 3. January 2021In her third year at the Faculty of Education, Tereza Neumanová is a woman of contrasts: someone who lives for the bike but also hopes to teach one day. Who has no qualms about grinding through the mud but carefully applies makeup before every race.
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Welcome to the machine
Thursday 17. December 2020Petr Plecháč, completing a Ph. D. at Charles University, made world headlines with his analysis of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII. It was long accepted that the play was co-authored by playwright John Fletcher, but Plecháč’s study – using machine learning – analysed word frequency patterns and rhythms to provide further evidence that the play was a collaborative effort. Henry VIII was not written by Shakespeare alone.
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We were just lucky we weren't the first hit
Monday 11. January 2021The US-based immunologist Václav VÄ›tviÄŤka says there couldn’t have been more than five people on the plane when he recently traveled back to the Czech Republic. Because of Covidâ’19. As a scientist, VÄ›tviÄŤka has been outspoken about what we can – and should – be doing to stay safe. And really do we have any other choice before we get the vaccine?
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What tattoos tell us about life behind bars
Sunday 3. January 2021Cultural anthropologist Alena Lochmannová is a CU graduate and the author of Body behind Bars, a remarkable ethnological monograph examining tattoos and body modification in Czech prisons.
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HilskĂ˝ - Shakespeare's England: Portrait of an Age
Wednesday 16. December 2020Martin HilskĂ˝ is one of the country’s most prominent translators of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets into Czech. In 2011, his translations were published in a single volume The Complete Works (DĂlo). Now, Academia has followed up with Shakespeare’s England: Portrait of an Age.
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FORUM EN9 2/2020
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Forum 52 4/2020
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