The Czech Academy of Sciences has published the 2026 English issue of A / Magazine, with poisons as its central theme.
The article ‘Toxic Forever’ covers PFAS, the so-called ‘forever chemicals’ linked to nonstick pans, parchment paper and waterproof clothing. Another piece explains that bee venom contains up to one hundred different substances.
The magazine also includes articles on multilingualism and resistance to dementia, an interview with Klára Hlouchová on the origins of life, research on achondroplasia, the digitisation of Bernard Bolzano’s works and Japanese scientist Masafumi Imai’s work in Prague on lightning on Jupiter.
