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To mark the 30th<\/sup> anniversary of the founding of Quark magazine, a popularization event for elementary and high school students from across the region of East Slovakia was held at Botanical Garden of UPJ\u0160 in Ko\u0161ice on Monday, November 3, 2025. It is the only original Slovak popular scientific magazine about science and technology that successfully popularizes scientific knowledge and discoveries in an understandable form accessible to the public.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty students from four high schools and forty fifth-grade pupils from four elementary schools, accompanied by their teachers, were welcomed in the Botanical Garden by the director, Prof. RNDr. Pavol M\u00e1rtonfi, PhD. Information about Quark magazine and its importance for the popularization of science in Slovakia was provided by its editor-in-chief, Mgr. Ren\u00e1ta J\u00f3zsov\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After dividing the participants of the popularization event into groups, they all attended four 30-minute workshops on interesting topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25aa The World of Artificial Intelligence, led by Ing. Jana Matej\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e1<\/strong>, former editor-in-chief of Quark magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25aa The Infinite Universe Full of Mysteries, led by Mgr. Martin Va\u0148ko, PhD.<\/strong> from the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25aa The Mysterious Prehistory of Animals, led by doc. RNDr. Martin Kundr\u00e1t, PhD.<\/strong>, university professor, head of the Center for Integrative Paleobiology (INPAL) at Technology and Innovation Park at UPJ\u0160 in Ko\u0161ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25aa The Blooming Kingdom of Plants, led by RNDr. Andrea Fridmanov\u00e1, PhD.<\/strong>, deputy director of the Botanical Garden and head of the department of educational activities and development of the Botanical Garden, and RNDr. Martin Piz\u0148ak, PhD.<\/strong>, specialist at the UPJ\u0160 Botanical Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon, Mgr. Ren\u00e1ta J\u00f3zsov\u00e1, editor-in-chief of Quark magazine, and Ing. Jana Matej\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e1, former long-time editor-in-chief of the magazine, were received by Dr. h. c. prof. Mgr. Sl\u00e1vka Toma\u0161\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1, PhD.<\/strong>, Vice-Rector for International Relations, in the \u0160af\u00e1rik Chamber at Rectorate of UPJ\u0160 in Ko\u0161ice, with the participation of doc. RNDr. Martin Kundr\u00e1t, PhD., university professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the meeting, they discussed the importance of science and the popularization of science for the public, to which Quark magazine contributes significantly. Vice-Rector Toma\u0161\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 presented the editors-in-chief of the magazine with letters of appreciation and asked them to sign the guest book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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