Lung strudel and stuffed bovine spleen – Bizarre dishes from old cookbooks
At first glance, some of the dishes in our old cookbooks may seem bizarre. Stuffed bovine spleen rotisserie. A lamb-brain sandwich with green herbs...
Éva Szilléry
”Even if our mission isn’t profitable we’ll do it” – The Hajnalfény Medical Group helps people in need in Transylvania
László Szalai is an ophthalmologist who had helped people in need in the Far East earthquake zones and Middle Eastern war zones before realizing...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
Hungarian marine biologist rebuilds coral reefs with his teenage son
Marine biologist Emil Karáth almost drowned twice as a child, but despite - or perhaps because of - this, the water became his life...
Tamás Velkei
Discovering the largest crusader mural cycle in the Holy Land – Hungarian archeologists are at least as good as their Western colleagues
By fulfilling his childhood dream, he not only gave his life a purpose, but his work resulted in a university course and institute, too...
Melinda Hekler
The story of the healing golden rice and the human-hearted bunny - or the benefits of genetic modification today
Dr. Péter Major is best known for the cultural content of shoeshine.hu, one of the founding members of the organisation. But few people know...
Pál Horváth
The serf who almost became Pope - the life of Tamás Bakócz
The greatest figure of the medieval Hungarian church, he went from a serf boy to a true Renaissance prince of the priesthood. Tamás Bakócz...
Ágnes Jónás
How does a whale-obsessed little girl become a cetacean biologist working to protect and learn about the biggest mammals on Earth?
" As a child, I was very attracted to whale stories such as 'Free Willy' or National Geographic episodes," says cetacean biologist Dóra Székely...
Kati Szám
Albert-László Barabási: "The responsibility of the scientist is to communicate clearly"
I had a conversation with the world-renowned Hungarian network researcher. For once, I do not want to extend the following text with a lengthy...
Tímea Hajdú
The story of a Scottish missionary who was taken to Auschwitz from Budapest
As one of the leaders of the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, Jane Haining did her best to keep the school an island of...
Dóra László
Diána Ürge-Vorsatz, climate researcher: “People don’t even grasp that ‘many a little makes a mickle’”
There are few more divisive subjects than climate change: some even deny its existence, while others envisage the coming of the end of the...
Enikő Sárdi
A sick child is a catalyser – interview with paediatric neurologist András Fogarasi
The renown of Dr. András Fogarasi, paediatric neurologist, deputy director of Bethesda Hospital, and his department has travelled further than one would think. After...