For generations, the Polish community in the US has built its place through language, faith, and education—from powerful Milwaukee parishes to today's more modest Saturday schools, where successive generations continue to learn Polish letters, history, and identity. Initiatives like the revived John Paul II School are becoming the last bastion of Polishness, a space for encounter, community, and hope that tradition will survive in the hearts of the youngest.
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This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry rewards... holes. Three scientists—Kitagawa, Robson, and Yaghi—have created metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): materials with enormous internal surface areas that can store gases, filter toxins, and "extract" water from the air. This is a breakthrough that could transform chemistry and environmental technologies.
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The history of the Chopin Competition tells the story of the birth of a tradition that has survived wars, political turmoil, and technological revolutions, yet has lost none of its magic: it still has the ability to unite millions of listeners, evoke powerful emotions, and discover new talents.
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