Zsuzsanna Bogos 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...
Pál Horváth From a villa in Buda to a chicken coop on a farm – The life story of Zsigmond Széchenyi „We are given imagination as compensation for what we are not, and a sense of humour as consolation for what we are.” ( Count...
Ildikó Gergely-Baka Take care of the bird if it flies into your garden – an interview with Bence Máté A couple of days ago in a Facebook group, undergraduate students tried to convince a 17-year-old not to go for social sciences, for „there...
Lívia Kölnei Ildikó Gergely-Baka Close to the heart of society - the launch of the Hungarian Women's Aid Service On 13 June 1915, the National Stefania Association was founded to solve the great social challenges of the era, the high infant and maternal...
Adrián Szász dr. "The Hungarian language is music to my ears" – sculptor Gyuri Hollósy takes care of his Hungarian roots in the US He has never lived in Hungary, yet he speaks our language without an accent, and his Hungarian identity defines his life. Gyuri Hollósy was...