The worlds of science and music interconnect at many levels. It can be about the physical principles that make instruments able to produce a melody or a rhythm. Or it can be about complex neurophysiological theories on why we need music in the first place. Here are some fun facts: Evolutionary, areas allocated to processing auditory […]
“What makes people question, disbelieve and continue to weight advantages and disadvantages of vaccination?” wonders molecular geneticist and Crastina staff writer Anastasiia Semenova. In this personal reflection, she chooses an inter-cultural approach to understand the standpoint of anti-vaccinationists. The Crastina theme of September–October 2017 is inter-cultural communication. Vaccination as we know it has changed the way we see global […]
Visual arts and science may have very little in common, but when the two connect, a new form of both may be created. One of the most stunning examples of this are the illustrations of Ernst Haeckel, German naturalist. This is the first in a series of texts where Anastasiia Semenova, who studies genetics at […]
According to Kyiv-based genetics student Anastasiia Semenova, scientists “still seek and create aesthetic elements in science”. Here she shares some reflections after reading the book To Explain the World: The discovery of modern science by Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg. This article is a part of the February theme of Crastina: Science, poetry, and science poetry. […]