Astrophysicist Anton Biryukov talks about the universe in "Nature of Things" program . He says there is no complete vacuum in intergalactic space, but there are molecules . The oldest molecule, which appeared just a few hundred thousand years after the creation of the universe, has been caught .
How did the science of archaeobotany appear and develop? What plant remains can be found in the cultural layer of different eras? How and why did these plants survive? What can they "tell" about the time in which they grew up? Is it possible to sow and grow wheat from the time of the pharaohs?
Tatyana Ustinova is the author of more than fifty works based on a detective story . She is also a television host and hosts the My Hero program on television . Why are we so fascinated by homicide investigations? We will dissect the detective and understand its essence .
In China, education is free for the population. In Latvia, students take exams, but what can a Chinese student boast of in front of a Latvian peer? Except, of course, that he knows a very difficult Chinese language.
In light of recent events in the world, the topic of the personality of leaders - presidents of countries, active politicians, the so-called "locomotives" - is somehow very persistently asked for discussion . People who are more cautious, not so contradictory and more silent in open media space . However, much, too much depends on the leader. His actions, sometimes individual statements, can so strongly influence the course of events .
In Western culture, the fashion for, say, eyebrows, sometimes with a thread raised in surprise, sometimes wide and long, changes dramatically . And what is happening in the East? How did the view of female beauty change there, and what is the phenomenon of oriental beauty? We are talking about this today with a historian, culturologist, employee of the Russian State Museum of the East Dina Gavrikova.
Russian scientists have invented a device built into a cap - by reading the electroencephalogram of the brain, it will react in time if the driver wearing the cap starts to fall asleep at the wheel . Latvia is also studying the data that can be obtained using an electroencephalogram . Konstantin Pudovsky, one of the center's specialists, talks about this in
There are deep connections between our main luminary - the Sun and the Earth, which scientists are still studying . Take solar wind for example. What does the sun emit? When and how does it happen? Why and where is this wind moving? How does it affect the Earth and interstellar space? Should we be afraid of him, or vice versa - rejoice that he exists?
There are too many still incomprehensible, unexplored and, frankly, frightening in the field of nuclear energy . We do not feel it, but it is all around us and can affect our health in a catastrophic way . Agris Auce, PhD, lead researcher at the Institute of Chemical Physics of the University of Latvia .
Today we will be talking about freshwater hydras that are only one centimeter long, huge sperm whales, small mosquitoes and some amphibians with Oleg Gusev, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Head of the Laboratory "Extreme Biology" of the Scientific and Clinical Center for Precision and Regenerative Medicine of Kazan Federal University, Leading Researcher of the RIKEN Institute of Physical and Chemical Research.