Doctor of Geology, Associate Professor of the University of Latvia Girts Stinkulis talks about the nature of minerals and what Latvia is rich in this sense . Geology is a rapidly developing science all over the world but our planet has not been studied enough.
Latvia: Migration of Cultures is the name of the first collection of scientific works devoted to multicultural environment that has emerged on the territory of Latvia since the moment when the first inhabitants began to inhabit it . What is the migration of cultures, what are its causes, types, goals and participants - we talk about this in the program "Nature of Things" with Anita Rozhkalne, Doctor of Philology, leading researcher at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia .
Pollen contains proteins that a person reacts to with the production of immunoglobulin E, which can lead to an allergic reaction . The release of pollen coincides with the time of the greatest turbulence of the atmosphere . In Latvia, pollen allergy may appear as early as February .
400 years ago, when the Swedish troops occupied Riga, a large collection of publications significant for the history of Latvian culture was transported to Sweden . Today it is one of the oldest book collections in the Uppsala University Library . Reinis Norkarkls, lecturer at the University of Latvia, Master of Theology, will talk about this publication, about what scientists have learned, today in the program “The Nature of Things”
Maris Krastiņš, lecturer at the University of Latvia, mathematician and amateur astronomer, talks about this in the Nature of Things program . What is fuzzy logic, how does it differ from classical or Aristotelian? What changes thanks to this theory?
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.
Latvian radio4 is talking about comparative literature with Maria Semyonova, Doctor of Philology, lecturer at the University of Latvia . Do you know what connects word clusters and semantic shell? Why is digitality not good without interpretation? And where are the stylistic nuances hidden in text molecules?
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 .
An increase in the average temperature on the planet by only 2 degrees will lead to the fact that insects will multiply dramatically and begin to destroy much more grain than before . Insect damage will worsen food security and could lead to world hunger . Regions with a temperate climate, like Latvia, will suffer the most .
If you go into the reading room of the library, you may see them: people of completely different ages and types, buried in some old tomes, surrounded by a pile of newspapers and stacks of books . Today we will understand the essence of local history together with the well-known Latvian guide and, of course, local historian, historian Oleg Pukhlyak .