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"How a scientist thinks when writing for children": an interview with the scientist-biologist, writer, and science popularizer Volodymyr Chernyshenko

01.06.2026

"Academ.Media" is starting a new series of podcasts "Science and Culture: Points of Intersection".

Is there a boundary between science and culture? Can a scientific discovery inspire creativity, and literature shape new ways of understanding the world?

The new interview series is dedicated to people working at the intersection of science, education, literature, art, and social change.

The first guest of the studio was the Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Biological Sciences Volodymyr Chernyshenko.

The topic of the conversation: "How a scientist thinks when writing for children".

Is the thinking of a scientist different from that of a writer? How to explain complex things in simple language? Why can children's literature become the first step toward great science? And how to interest a child in asking questions about the world around them?

We invite you to a conversation about science, creativity, education, and the power of stories that help us understand the world.

Institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, subdivisions, scientific areas referred to in the message: