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Genetic engineering of plants. Why is GMO not a biological term?

Duration: 0:36:06

Sofya Gerasimova, a senior researcher at the Kurchatov Genomic Center and Head of the Cultivated Plant Biotechnology Sector of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is visiting the Nature of Things program today . The reasons for the active development of scientific methods that affect the yield and other properties of plants lie

Language: Russian
Topics: the Russian Academy of SciencesNovosibirskthe Kurchatov Genomic CenterBiotechnology

Climate change: drown or freeze?

Duration: 0:35:00

Alexander Chernokulsky, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Climate Theory of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Lyudmila Vavilonskaya on the air of the Latvian radio 4 .

Language: Russian
Topics: Climate changeEnvironment

The solar system in a local gas bubble. What do scientists know?

Duration: 0:35:00

In good weather we can see stars in the sky and it seems that there is nothing between them but emptiness . Scientists suggest individual star systems may be in the so-called "local bubbles" This is not the most important "trick" of our Universe .

Language: Russian
Topics: PhysicsMathematicsUniverseMathematical Sciencesthe Russian Academy of SciencesStars

The power of women. Empresses of China

Duration: 0:34:39

Do you know how many women have influenced the fate of China with their decisions, actions, skills and their power? The guest of the program is a specialist in ancient and medieval history, a senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences .

Language: Russian
Topics: Medieval TimesChinaWomen

Historical linguistics. How did they say in ancient times?

Duration: 0:35:00

The next issue of the program is the nature of things and it will be devoted to language and speech . Kirill Babaev, Doctor of Philology, Deputy Director of the Institute of the Far East of the Russian Academy of Sciences, collector and owner of the World of Hats Museum, is participating in the "Nature of Things" program .

Language: Russian
Topics: HumanitiesPhilologyLinguisticsHistorical linguistics

Linguistics. insidious words

Duration: 0:35:08

Each generation has its own actual vocabulary, and a social group may have its own vocabulary . Do we need to understand all the words that are found in literature? And what words can be called "insidious"? We are talking about this in the program "The Nature of Things" with a linguist, candidate of philological sciences .

Language: Russian
Topics: Linguisticsthe Russian Academy of SciencesWordsYandexGoogle