Vášeň pro počítače odstartovala u Jaroslava Švelcha v kanceláři jeho otce, který v 80. letech pracoval jako programátor pro Solo Sušice. Při čekání na rodiče se autor knihy s názvem Jak obehrát železnou oponu zabavoval na východoněmeckém počítači Robotron.

John M. Coggeshall is a professor of anthropology at Clemson University in South Carolina. As a cultural anthropologist, Coggeshall has spent his career researching American regional ethnic and social groups.

Spisovatelů, kteří vydají svou první knihu už na střední škole, opravdu mnoho nepotkáte. Marcela Remeňová, nyní už vysokoškolská studentka Univerzity Karlovy, však přesně to dokázala. A co víc - už má za sebou dokonce tři knihy z fantasy a sci-fi série nazvané Osm světů.

Students at Charles University’s medical faculties wasted little time pooling their strengths in the face of the emerging crisis.

The 4EU+ university alliance, pooling the resources and talents of six public research universities (including Charles University) aims to revolutionise research and education.

Anthropologists at Charles University and colleagues from three American universities recently published the findings of a joint-study examining dehydration and persistence hunting by modern humans’ predecessor Homo erectus.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out large numbers of volunteers across the country, offering help in a time of unprecedented crisis.

Work groups from six universities within the 4EU+ European university alliance met recently in Copenhagen to move forward with some of the project’s key aims.

As the coronavirus continues to strangle the world in its grip, it has grown apparent that an important tool is the introduction of smart quarantines

„Ve výzkumu jsme průlomový objev asociace genu a fenotypu učinili dvakrát,“ říká Petra Laššuthová z 2. LF UK, která se svou výškou 186 centimetrů hrávala i basketbal.

Aliance 4EU+ se zaměřuje na revoluční změny ve výzkumu a vzdělávání prostřednictvím nabídky inovativních programů, které by měly zlepšit spolupráci a mobilitu a vytvořit příležitosti, které otevírají nové obzory. Kodaňská univerzita nedávno hostila pracovní skupiny ze všech členských organizací 4EU+.

V Letenském parku občas můžete pozorovat skupinky lidí oblečených ve zvláštní zbroji, kteří bojují s jiným futuristicky vyhlížejícím gangem. Jedná se o jeden z formátů zábavy jménem LARP (live action role play).

The 2019 Week of Science and Technology, the biggest festival of its kind in the Czech Republic, organised by the Czech Academy of Sciences, got underway on Monday, kicking off more than 700 events. Included are lectures, workshops exhibitions, screenings, and experiments – at venues across the country. A large part of the programme will take place in Prague, including at participating faculties at Charles University.

Czechs, in a little over a week’s time, will be marking the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which began on November 17, 1989 following a brutal crackdown against students by the communist riot police.

Eight scientists – three of them from Charles University – received Neuron Awards at an official ceremony at the National Museum this week.

the late hours of Thursday, October 31st – Halloween - downing opponents the Prague School of Economics by a score of 4:0.

Kickboxer Terezka Cvingerová made headlines when she won gold and bronze medals at the first-ever European Universities Combat Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Cvingerová won the gold in the LC 65+ category edging Croatian Elizabeta Crnković on home turf.

Between Two Ages is the sub-caption of a new exhibition which opened at Charles University on Wednesday, marking the reign of Czech King Wenceslas IV, on the 600th anniversary of his death, a monarch who bridged the period of prosperity under his father, Charles IV, and religious and social upheaval which followed.

PCs were almost impossible to get in 1980s Czechoslovakia but microcomputers proved a different matter. As so-called micros were slowly smuggled into the country and hobby programming quickly caught on, enthusiasts soon coded all manner of computer games. Under the radar of the authorities, some subtly - and others rather daringly – mocked the socialist regime.

Earlier this month, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Special Report on Climate Change and Land, mapping the state of the environment. The report focussed specifically on terrestrial ecosystems and how they are acted upon by - and at the same time contribute to - global warming.