Podcasts about slovak academy

In Slovakia, research is underway both in laboratories and even on farms, as scientists work to better understand and combat infectious diseases. One of the most prominent figures in this effort is Dr. Boris Klempa, a virologist at the Institute of Virology within the Biomedical Research Center at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. In our conversation, we discussed his work on zoonotic viruses in Slovakia and beyond, the role of the European Virus Archive, and the ongoing challenge of combating misinformation in science and public health.

In Slovakia, research is underway both in laboratories and even on farms, as scientists work to better understand and combat infectious diseases. One of the most prominent figures in this effort is Dr. Boris Klempa, a virologist at the Institute of Virology within the Biomedical Research Center at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. In our conversation, we discussed his work on zoonotic viruses in Slovakia and beyond, the role of the European Virus Archive, and the ongoing challenge of combating misinformation in science and public health.

Invasive species—ranging from plants and animals to insects—are a growing global threat, causing an estimated $400 billion in economic damage each year. Beyond the financial toll, they wreak havoc on native ecosystems, contributing to the decline of biodiversity and widespread agricultural losses. To better understand which invasive species have entered Slovakia, the extent of the damage they've caused, and what measures can be taken to prevent their spread, RSI spoke with two experts from the Slovak Academy of Sciences: botanist Barbora Šingliarová and entomologist Marek Semmelbauer.

Invasive species—ranging from plants and animals to insects—are a growing global threat, causing an estimated $400 billion in economic damage each year. Beyond the financial toll, they wreak havoc on native ecosystems, contributing to the decline of biodiversity and widespread agricultural losses. To better understand which invasive species have entered Slovakia, the extent of the damage they've caused, and what measures can be taken to prevent their spread, RSI spoke with two experts from the Slovak Academy of Sciences: botanist Barbora Šingliarová and entomologist Marek Semmelbauer.

Latest data from Intrum survey about spending in Slovakia shows, that Slovaks are among the top 5 countries ranking the highest in excessive impulse spending. This problem gets even more severe with the upcoming Christmas holidays. We will shine a light on this topic, including expert opinions from the sociology institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Intrum research agency and economy analyst.

Latest data from Intrum survey about spending in Slovakia shows, that Slovaks are among the top 5 countries ranking the highest in excessive impulse spending. This problem gets even more severe with the upcoming Christmas holidays. We will shine a light on this topic, including expert opinions from the sociology institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Intrum research agency and economy analyst.

According to the 2022 WWF Living Planet Report, wildlife populations have declined by an average of 69% over the past 50 years. This species loss affects not only animals but also plants, fungi, and microbes—the fundamental building blocks of any ecosystem. In Slovakia, where forests cover over 40 percent of the landscape, biodiversity within these woodlands is also in decline. Grasslands, which make up nearly 30 percent of the country, are similarly under threat. To better understand the challenges facing these landscapes, we spoke with two experts. Zoltan Kun, a forest ecologist, recently co-authored an open letter to E.U. decision-makers ahead of this year's COP CBD in Cali, Colombia. Signed by 150 scientists, the letter aims to spotlight the biodiversity crisis in Europe's vast forests. We also spoke with Monika Janišová, a grasslands researcher with the Slovak Academy of Sciences, who discussed the critical relationship between societies and grasslands.

According to the 2022 WWF Living Planet Report, wildlife populations have declined by an average of 69% over the past 50 years. This species loss affects not only animals but also plants, fungi, and microbes—the fundamental building blocks of any ecosystem. In Slovakia, where forests cover over 40 percent of the landscape, biodiversity within these woodlands is also in decline. Grasslands, which make up nearly 30 percent of the country, are similarly under threat. To better understand the challenges facing these landscapes, we spoke with two experts. Zoltan Kun, a forest ecologist, recently co-authored an open letter to E.U. decision-makers ahead of this year's COP CBD in Cali, Colombia. Signed by 150 scientists, the letter aims to spotlight the biodiversity crisis in Europe's vast forests. We also spoke with Monika Janišová, a grasslands researcher with the Slovak Academy of Sciences, who discussed the critical relationship between societies and grasslands.

In this edition of the Slovakia Today programme, we bring you a rerun of the interview with Veronika Szeghy Gayer from the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Košice, romani fairytales from the pen of Elena Lacková and Milena Hubschmanová, and some cultural news from the Prešov region, eastern Slovakia.

In this edition of the Slovakia Today programme, we bring you a rerun of the interview with Veronika Szeghy Gayer from the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Košice, romani fairytales from the pen of Elena Lacková and Milena Hubschmanová, and some cultural news from the Prešov region, eastern Slovakia.

On 9 September, we commemorate the Memorial Day of the Victims of the Holocaust and Racial Violence in Slovakia. Our colleague Martina Šimkovičová Greňová interviewed Mr Martin Posch from the Slovak Academy of Sciences about the so-called Slovak State and its measures during the Second World War. Patrícia Fogelová and Veronika Szeghy-Gayer from the Slovak Academy of Sciences both work on a project titled Local History Košice 1944-45. In 2024, when we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the transport of the Jews of Košice and the victims of the nyilas terror, they and their team prepared a workshop, an exhibition and a multilingual academic publication. The project also reflects on the fate of some of the rescuers of Jews and Roma, who were the most endangered ethnic community in the city.

On 9 September, we commemorate the Memorial Day of the Victims of the Holocaust and Racial Violence in Slovakia. Our colleague Martina Šimkovičová Greňová interviewed Mr Martin Posch from the Slovak Academy of Sciences about the so-called Slovak State and its measures during the Second World War. Patrícia Fogelová and Veronika Szeghy-Gayer from the Slovak Academy of Sciences both work on a project titled Local History Košice 1944-45. In 2024, when we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the transport of the Jews of Košice and the victims of the nyilas terror, they and their team prepared a workshop, an exhibition and a multilingual academic publication. The project also reflects on the fate of some of the rescuers of Jews and Roma, who were the most endangered ethnic community in the city.

Did the average Slovak accept the end of the war as a victory or defeat? And did Holocaust survivors return to their former homes/towns? Talking about the Slovak history at the end of the WWII is the Slovak Academy of Sciences expert Martin Posch.

Did the average Slovak accept the end of the war as a victory or defeat? And did Holocaust survivors return to their former homes/towns? Talking about the Slovak history at the end of the WWII is the Slovak Academy of Sciences expert Martin Posch.

Jon Stewart is an American philosopher and historian of philosophy. He specializes in 19th century Continental philosophy with an emphasis on the thought of Kierkegaard and Hegel. He has also worked in the field of Scandinavian Studies and has made the culture of the Danish Golden Age better known internationally. Stewart currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. In this episode we discuss his recent book A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness Book link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-of-nihilism-in-the-nineteenth-century/3250CA078409F52025B46A5CCF205792 --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hermitix Merchandise - ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum  Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74

Paying tribute to the last rose breeder in Slovakia who passed away on Saturday, 24 February 2024, we get back to the series tracing the work of internationally acclaimed 19th century rose breeder Rudolf Geschwind. As he was a great role model for Szilvester Gyory, we will present to you some of Geschwind's rose varieties that have been popular in Norh America, Iceland, Scandinavian countries as well as South Africa and New Zealand up until today. Featuring Jana Salatova, garden designer, Ivana Sarvasova and Vladimir Jezovic, Arboretum Borová hora, Peter Hoťka, Arboretum Mlyňany - Slovak Academy of Sciences, Charles Quest-Ritson, historian and author of RHS Encyclopedia of roses and Erich Unmuth, Rosenkultivarium Baden.

Paying tribute to the last rose breeder in Slovakia who passed away on Saturday, 24 February 2024, we get back to the series tracing the work of internationally acclaimed 19th century rose breeder Rudolf Geschwind. As he was a great role model for Szilvester Gyory, we will present to you some of Geschwind's rose varieties that have been popular in Norh America, Iceland, Scandinavian countries as well as South Africa and New Zealand up until today. Featuring Jana Salatova, garden designer, Ivana Sarvasova and Vladimir Jezovic, Arboretum Borová hora, Peter Hoťka, Arboretum Mlyňany - Slovak Academy of Sciences, Charles Quest-Ritson, historian and author of RHS Encyclopedia of roses and Erich Unmuth, Rosenkultivarium Baden.

Ben Pascoe talks space exploration with scientist/research engineer in space science and technology, member of International Academy of Astronautics, Dr. Jan Balaz at his workshop at the Department of Space Physics at the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Ben Pascoe talks space exploration with scientist/research engineer in space science and technology, member of International Academy of Astronautics, Dr. Jan Balaz at his workshop at the Department of Space Physics at the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

While talking about her long-running research, Slovak Academy of Sciences academic Ivana Hostova gives her tips for Slovak poetry to be read in English. 2024 brings several changes into evaluation of quality design of quality Slovak books. Playing music in the memory of murdered couple - Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova. Tips for culture invite English speakers to a festival of chamber music and to the Slovak National Gallery.

While talking about her long-running research, Slovak Academy of Sciences academic Ivana Hostova gives her tips for Slovak poetry to be read in English. 2024 brings several changes into evaluation of quality design of quality Slovak books. Playing music in the memory of murdered couple - Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova. Tips for culture invite English speakers to a festival of chamber music and to the Slovak National Gallery.

In today's podcast, Deputy Editor Adam Jasser interviews Dr Jakub Šrol of the Slovak Academy of Science about the results of a major survey on attitudes to democracy in Visegrad Four countries and Germany, which seem to have chimed well with the latest election results in Poland and Slovakia.

Two generals played the key role in the Slovak resistance movement operation which started 29 August 1944. Introducing General Rudolf Viest and General Jan Golian and explaining their position is Martin Posch from the Department of history of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Sharing his memories of the two generals is 98-years old Branislav Tvarozek who was a member of the University Guard Unit that was accompanying them almost until the dying day.

Two generals played the key role in the Slovak resistance movement operation which started 29 August 1944. Introducing General Rudolf Viest and General Jan Golian and explaining their position is Martin Posch from the Department of history of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Sharing his memories of the two generals is 98-years old Branislav Tvarozek who was a member of the University Guard Unit that was accompanying them almost until the dying day.

Nihilism - the belief that life is meaningless - is frequently associated with twentieth-century movements such as existentialism, postmodernism and Dadaism, and thought to result from the shocking experiences of the two World Wars and the Holocaust.  In A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness (Cambridge UP, 2023), Jon Stewart shows that nihilism's beginnings in fact go back much further to the first half of the nineteenth century. He argues that the true origin of modern nihilism was the rapid development of Enlightenment science, which established a secular worldview. This radically diminished the importance of human beings so that, in the vastness of space and time, individuals now seemed completely insignificant within the universe. The author's panoramic exploration of how nihilism developed - not only in philosophy, but also in religion, poetry and literature - shows what an urgent topic it was for thinkers of all kinds, and how it has continued powerfully to shape intellectual debates ever since. Jon Bartley Stewart is an American philosopher and historian of philosophy. He specializes in 19th century Continental philosophy with an emphasis on the thought of Kierkegaard and Hegel. Stewart currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Nihilism - the belief that life is meaningless - is frequently associated with twentieth-century movements such as existentialism, postmodernism and Dadaism, and thought to result from the shocking experiences of the two World Wars and the Holocaust.  In A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness (Cambridge UP, 2023), Jon Stewart shows that nihilism's beginnings in fact go back much further to the first half of the nineteenth century. He argues that the true origin of modern nihilism was the rapid development of Enlightenment science, which established a secular worldview. This radically diminished the importance of human beings so that, in the vastness of space and time, individuals now seemed completely insignificant within the universe. The author's panoramic exploration of how nihilism developed - not only in philosophy, but also in religion, poetry and literature - shows what an urgent topic it was for thinkers of all kinds, and how it has continued powerfully to shape intellectual debates ever since. Jon Bartley Stewart is an American philosopher and historian of philosophy. He specializes in 19th century Continental philosophy with an emphasis on the thought of Kierkegaard and Hegel. Stewart currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Nihilism - the belief that life is meaningless - is frequently associated with twentieth-century movements such as existentialism, postmodernism and Dadaism, and thought to result from the shocking experiences of the two World Wars and the Holocaust.  In A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness (Cambridge UP, 2023), Jon Stewart shows that nihilism's beginnings in fact go back much further to the first half of the nineteenth century. He argues that the true origin of modern nihilism was the rapid development of Enlightenment science, which established a secular worldview. This radically diminished the importance of human beings so that, in the vastness of space and time, individuals now seemed completely insignificant within the universe. The author's panoramic exploration of how nihilism developed - not only in philosophy, but also in religion, poetry and literature - shows what an urgent topic it was for thinkers of all kinds, and how it has continued powerfully to shape intellectual debates ever since. Jon Bartley Stewart is an American philosopher and historian of philosophy. He specializes in 19th century Continental philosophy with an emphasis on the thought of Kierkegaard and Hegel. Stewart currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/german-studies

Nihilism - the belief that life is meaningless - is frequently associated with twentieth-century movements such as existentialism, postmodernism and Dadaism, and thought to result from the shocking experiences of the two World Wars and the Holocaust.  In A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness (Cambridge UP, 2023), Jon Stewart shows that nihilism's beginnings in fact go back much further to the first half of the nineteenth century. He argues that the true origin of modern nihilism was the rapid development of Enlightenment science, which established a secular worldview. This radically diminished the importance of human beings so that, in the vastness of space and time, individuals now seemed completely insignificant within the universe. The author's panoramic exploration of how nihilism developed - not only in philosophy, but also in religion, poetry and literature - shows what an urgent topic it was for thinkers of all kinds, and how it has continued powerfully to shape intellectual debates ever since. Jon Bartley Stewart is an American philosopher and historian of philosophy. He specializes in 19th century Continental philosophy with an emphasis on the thought of Kierkegaard and Hegel. Stewart currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Nihilism - the belief that life is meaningless - is frequently associated with twentieth-century movements such as existentialism, postmodernism and Dadaism, and thought to result from the shocking experiences of the two World Wars and the Holocaust.  In A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness (Cambridge UP, 2023), Jon Stewart shows that nihilism's beginnings in fact go back much further to the first half of the nineteenth century. He argues that the true origin of modern nihilism was the rapid development of Enlightenment science, which established a secular worldview. This radically diminished the importance of human beings so that, in the vastness of space and time, individuals now seemed completely insignificant within the universe. The author's panoramic exploration of how nihilism developed - not only in philosophy, but also in religion, poetry and literature - shows what an urgent topic it was for thinkers of all kinds, and how it has continued powerfully to shape intellectual debates ever since. Jon Bartley Stewart is an American philosopher and historian of philosophy. He specializes in 19th century Continental philosophy with an emphasis on the thought of Kierkegaard and Hegel. Stewart currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Nihilism - the belief that life is meaningless - is frequently associated with twentieth-century movements such as existentialism, postmodernism and Dadaism, and thought to result from the shocking experiences of the two World Wars and the Holocaust.  In A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness (Cambridge UP, 2023), Jon Stewart shows that nihilism's beginnings in fact go back much further to the first half of the nineteenth century. He argues that the true origin of modern nihilism was the rapid development of Enlightenment science, which established a secular worldview. This radically diminished the importance of human beings so that, in the vastness of space and time, individuals now seemed completely insignificant within the universe. The author's panoramic exploration of how nihilism developed - not only in philosophy, but also in religion, poetry and literature - shows what an urgent topic it was for thinkers of all kinds, and how it has continued powerfully to shape intellectual debates ever since. Jon Bartley Stewart is an American philosopher and historian of philosophy. He specializes in 19th century Continental philosophy with an emphasis on the thought of Kierkegaard and Hegel. Stewart currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies

Nihilism - the belief that life is meaningless - is frequently associated with twentieth-century movements such as existentialism, postmodernism and Dadaism, and thought to result from the shocking experiences of the two World Wars and the Holocaust.  In A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness (Cambridge UP, 2023), Jon Stewart shows that nihilism's beginnings in fact go back much further to the first half of the nineteenth century. He argues that the true origin of modern nihilism was the rapid development of Enlightenment science, which established a secular worldview. This radically diminished the importance of human beings so that, in the vastness of space and time, individuals now seemed completely insignificant within the universe. The author's panoramic exploration of how nihilism developed - not only in philosophy, but also in religion, poetry and literature - shows what an urgent topic it was for thinkers of all kinds, and how it has continued powerfully to shape intellectual debates ever since. Jon Bartley Stewart is an American philosopher and historian of philosophy. He specializes in 19th century Continental philosophy with an emphasis on the thought of Kierkegaard and Hegel. Stewart currently works as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel.

A special issue on light pollution, and first aid for mental well-being   First up this week, cleaning up the night skies. As part of a special issue on light pollution, host Sarah Crespi talks with Stefan Wallner, a researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, about why light pollution is so difficult to measure and how coordination efforts between disciplines will help us darken the nights.   Also on this week's show, a mental health first aid course for scientists. Azmi Ahmad, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale School of Medicine, joins Sarah to discuss steps for supporting mental health day to day and during a crisis.   This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy.   About the Science Podcast   Authors: Sarah Crespi     Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj2212 See omny.fm/listener for privacy information.

A special issue on light pollution, and first aid for mental well-being   First up this week, cleaning up the night skies. As part of a special issue on light pollution, host Sarah Crespi talks with Stefan Wallner, a researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, about why light pollution is so difficult to measure and how coordination efforts between disciplines will help us darken the nights.   Also on this week's show, a mental health first aid course for scientists. Azmi Ahmad, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale School of Medicine, joins Sarah to discuss steps for supporting mental health day to day and during a crisis.   This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy.   About the Science Podcast   Authors: Sarah Crespi     Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj2212 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Remembering Ján Vilikovský, significant translator, theorist of translatology, scholar in literature and diplomat, who passed away aged 85. In a rerun of a discussion with author, poet and Slovak Academy of Sciences researcher Ivana Komanická, we get back to her method of writing/translating her own poetry. Culture news bring new tips for English speakers visiting or living in Slovakia.

Remembering Ján Vilikovský, significant translator, theorist of translatology, scholar in literature and diplomat, who passed away aged 85. In a rerun of a discussion with author, poet and Slovak Academy of Sciences researcher Ivana Komanická, we get back to her method of writing/translating her own poetry. Culture news bring new tips for English speakers visiting or living in Slovakia.

What role can education and research play in advancing the future of homeopathy?   In this episode, we engage in a fascinating discussion with Vladimir about his development of the Quintessence Forum, a platform he created to explore the transformative power of energetic resonances in the field of homeopathy. Additionally, Vladimir shares his experiences in founding the Slovak Academy of Classical Homeopathy, a four-year program designed to modernize the approach to homeopathic treatment and education.   Check out these episode highlights: 02:42 - Vladimir's first introduction to homeopathy 07:27 - His motivation for deciding to specialize in lungs 10:11 - What is the quintessence forum 13:40 - Limitations of worldview in accepting homeopathy 15:36 - Presence of hope behind the danger 16:44 - What does ontological primordial mean 22:44 - The spiral dynamics of worldviews 28:07 - The transformation of the reality of homeopathy 30:01 - What we see isn't the reality 38:09 - The future of homeopathy   About Our Guest: Dr Vladimir Petroci is a homeopathic practitioner with over 31 years of experience in the field. Born in Slovakia in 1965, he studied medicine and worked for 12 years as a pulmonologist before shifting his focus to homeopathy. He has been teaching homeopathy since the late 90s and in 2004, he established the Slovak Academy of Classical Homeopathy (SAKH) with a full 4-year curriculum aimed at modernizing the education of homeopathic treatment. The school has two branches in Slovakia and Poland and currently has around 248 students. Aside from his work with the academy, Vladimir also teaches across Europe in countries such as France, Turkey, Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic. He is a translator and publisher of modern homeopathic books, including four books by Jan Scholten and two books by Philip Bailey. Vladimir is also the author of the book "Springs - Portraits of Children in Homeopathic Remedies," available in Czech, French, and Polish languages. Vladimir is the president of the Slovak Chamber of Homeopaths and in May 2020, he invited his colleagues to establish the Quintessence Forum. The forum aims to facilitate the emergence of a new paradigm in homeopathy and currently has about 1700 followers, mostly homeopaths. The forum offers free symposiums dedicated to updating the vision of reality from the point of view of practicing homeopaths.   Find out more about Vladimir Email: petroci@gmail.com Academy: www.akademiahomeopatie.sk Quintessence Forum: www.quintessenceforum.com Slovak Chamber of Homeopaths: www.komorahomeopato.sk Facebook Academy: www.facebook.com/akademiahomeopatie Quintessence Forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/305205167241301   Support the Homeopathy Hangout Podcast by making a $5 once-off donation at www.buymeacoffee.com/hangout   Join my Homeopathy Hangout Podcast Facebook community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HelloHomies   Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eugeniekrugerhomeopathy/   Here is the link to my free 30-minute Homeopathy@Home online course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqBUpxO4pZQ&t=438s   Upon completion of the course - and if you live in Australia - you can join my Facebook group for free acute advice (you'll need to answer a couple of questions about the course upon request to join): www.facebook.com/groups/eughom

On this episode, Cullan talks with Professor Michal Kšiňan about his monograph on the Slovak national hero and co-founder of Czechoslovakia, Milan Rastislav Štefánik. Michal talks about Štefánik's military career and meteoric rise and the place he continues to hold in Czechoslovakia history and memory. Thanks for listening! ABOUT THE BOOK https://www.routledge.com/authors/i21001-michal-kian This is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919) that is focused on analysing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown internationally, his contemporaries compared him “to Choderlos de Laclos for the use of military tactics in love affairs, to Lawrence of Arabia for vision, to Bonaparte for ambition ... and to one of apostles for conviction”. He played the key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels during the First World War in order to create the Czechoslovak Army: he visited Serbia and Romania on the eve of invasion by the Central Powers, Russia before the February revolution, the United States after it declared war on Germany, Italy dealing with the consequences of defeat in the Caporetto battle, and again when Russia plunged into Civil War. Several historical methods are used to analyse the aforementioned central research question of this biography such as social capital to explain his rise in French society, the charismatic leader to understand how he convinced and won over a relatively large number of people; more traditional political, military, and diplomatic history to show his contribution to the founding of Czechoslovakia, and memory studies to analyse his extraordinary popularity in Slovakia. By mapping his intriguing life, the book will be of interest to scholars in a broad range of areas including history of Central Europe, especially Czechoslovakia, international relations, social history, French society at the beginning of the 20th century and biographical research. ABOUT THE GUEST Michal Kšiňan is a researcher at the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. He defended his PhD theses in history summa cum laude in 2011. He wrote his PhD theses en cotutelle between University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he later also lectured (2018–2019), and the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava where he currently works. He wrote several books about Štefánik, edited or coedited 5 volumes and published dozens of scientific papers on different topics. His works were published in Slovak, French, English, Italian, German and Russian. In 2006, he graduated from history and French language and literature at the Faculty of Pedagogy, Comenius University, Bratislava. In 2007, he got his Master 2 recherche from Contemporary Central European History at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on November 1, 2022 via Zoom. If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please email slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! CREDITS Host/Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Associate Producer: Lera Toropin (@earlportion) Assistant Producer: Taylor Ham Assistant Producer: Sergio Glajar Assistant Producer: Misha Simanovskyy (@MSimanovskyy) Executive Assistant: Eliza Fisher Supervising Producer: Katherine Birch Audio Editor: Blaine Young Recording and Sound Design: Michelle Daniel Music Producer: Charlie Harper (@charlieharpermusic) www.charlieharpermusic.com (Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Shaolin Dub, Simon Mathewson, Blue Dot Sessions,) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (@MSDaniel) www.msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: Michal Kšiňan.

Young scientists from abroad coming to Slovakia to carry out their research thanks to the SASPRO 2 project. Since last year, 39 researchers have gradually joined their workplaces. The project is implemented in cooperation with the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak University of Technology and Comenius University. 12 participants took part in a photography workshop visualising the impact of the climate crisis on the Visegrad 4 countries. Bratislava was therefore visited by Hungarian photographer Esther Horvath and Dutch photographer Kadir van Lohuizen, who have long been mapping the impact of wars on different countries, but also the consequences of climate change on several continents. What did it look like at this event?

Young scientists from abroad coming to Slovakia to carry out their research thanks to the SASPRO 2 project. Since last year, 39 researchers have gradually joined their workplaces. The project is implemented in cooperation with the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak University of Technology and Comenius University. 12 participants took part in a photography workshop visualising the impact of the climate crisis on the Visegrad 4 countries. Bratislava was therefore visited by Hungarian photographer Esther Horvath and Dutch photographer Kadir van Lohuizen, who have long been mapping the impact of wars on different countries, but also the consequences of climate change on several continents. What did it look like at this event?

Wednesday's show is dedicated to women in science. Two interesting women in particular. Last week, the European Research Council published the names of successful applicants for the prestigious scientific grant within the ERC Starting Grant scheme. One of the awarded scientists comes from the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The social anthropologist Elżbieta Drążkiewicz, who studies conspiracy theories. On the show today, we will speak to her about conspiracy theories linked to vaccination. But before that, we will hear from Prof. Ružena Bajcsy, an engineer and computer scientist who specializes in robotics. Recently, she was awarded the highest state decoration, the Order of the White Double Cross, Second Class, for extraordinary spreading of the good name of the Slovak Republic abroad.

Wednesday's show is dedicated to women in science. Two interesting women in particular. Last week, the European Research Council published the names of successful applicants for the prestigious scientific grant within the ERC Starting Grant scheme. One of the awarded scientists comes from the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The social anthropologist Elżbieta Drążkiewicz, who studies conspiracy theories. On the show today, we will speak to her about conspiracy theories linked to vaccination. But before that, we will hear from Prof. Ružena Bajcsy, an engineer and computer scientist who specializes in robotics. Recently, she was awarded the highest state decoration, the Order of the White Double Cross, Second Class, for extraordinary spreading of the good name of the Slovak Republic abroad.

There is a report on the internet and some media portals about a large asteroid called 2022 AP7. It is also referred to as a "planet killer", which is approaching the Earth. The Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences decided to inform the public about the latest scientific data and to set the record straight on the biggest disinformation. Ján Svoreň from the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences explains in an interview four false claims about this astreorid.You will also learn why hoaxes are dangerous and how they affect everyday life in society.

There is a report on the internet and some media portals about a large asteroid called 2022 AP7. It is also referred to as a "planet killer", which is approaching the Earth. The Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences decided to inform the public about the latest scientific data and to set the record straight on the biggest disinformation. Ján Svoreň from the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences explains in an interview four false claims about this astreorid.You will also learn why hoaxes are dangerous and how they affect everyday life in society.

Can we be in good health without a lifestyle that includes plenty of physical movement? Health experts say no, and point to the dangers of the kind of sedentary lifestyle that began with the Industrial Age and has increasingly predominated ever since. Jonathan speaks with bio-medical researcher Jozef Ukropec of the Slovak Academy of Sciences about this disturbing trend and what we can do about it. – Repeat: These days many Slovak parents are living outside of Slovakia and bemoan the fact that their children neither speak their mother-tongue nor understand their culture. Slovak parents in Great Britain, however, have come together to solve this problem by providing something extra for their children.

Can we be in good health without a lifestyle that includes plenty of physical movement? Health experts say no, and point to the dangers of the kind of sedentary lifestyle that began with the Industrial Age and has increasingly predominated ever since. Jonathan speaks with bio-medical researcher Jozef Ukropec of the Slovak Academy of Sciences about this disturbing trend and what we can do about it. – Repeat: These days many Slovak parents are living outside of Slovakia and bemoan the fact that their children neither speak their mother-tongue nor understand their culture. Slovak parents in Great Britain, however, have come together to solve this problem by providing something extra for their children.

Slovakia is a country that has a rich history of crafts. More than 35 different handicrafts are known in Slovakia. Moreove, they are popular even today. Materials scientists and virologists from the Slovak Academy of Sciences have teamed up to fight pathogens and constructed a prototype of a large-capacity air purifier that destroys viruses and bacteria using hot air. The high-capacity purifier works on the principle of rapidly heating air to high temperatures of up to 150°C.

Slovakia is a country that has a rich history of crafts. More than 35 different handicrafts are known in Slovakia. Moreove, they are popular even today. Materials scientists and virologists from the Slovak Academy of Sciences have teamed up to fight pathogens and constructed a prototype of a large-capacity air purifier that destroys viruses and bacteria using hot air. The high-capacity purifier works on the principle of rapidly heating air to high temperatures of up to 150°C.

A significant and even extreme soil water deficit has been recorded in over half of the Slovak territory. If heavier rainfall does not occur in this period either, many areas will have problems with their drinking water supply. Maroš Turňa, meteorologist and climatologist, revealed what impacts this will have for Slovakia. The Slovak Academy of Sciences welcomed young scientists at the summer school. More than 40 children turned into experts in the laboratories. What kind of research awaited the participants?

A significant and even extreme soil water deficit has been recorded in over half of the Slovak territory. If heavier rainfall does not occur in this period either, many areas will have problems with their drinking water supply. Maroš Turňa, meteorologist and climatologist, revealed what impacts this will have for Slovakia. The Slovak Academy of Sciences welcomed young scientists at the summer school. More than 40 children turned into experts in the laboratories. What kind of research awaited the participants?

Repeat: The increasingly sedentary lifestyle of many in Western societies has been linked with various diseases that have been on the rise for decades. Jonathan speaks with Jozef Ukropec from the Biomedical Research Centre at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, who was also a finalist for the 2021 ESET Science Award, about these disturbing health trends and how the lack of physical movement in our lifestyle is contributing to them. – For the past 10 years or so we've been hearing a lot about the problem of ‘antibiotic resistance' and the lack of new antibiotics in the development pipeline, a situation that could potentially leave us more vulnerable to infectious disease than we've been for decades. But there are people working on the problem, including Jonathan's guest Pavol Jakubec of the Slovak University of Technology and the small team of scientists he's part of.

Repeat: The increasingly sedentary lifestyle of many in Western societies has been linked with various diseases that have been on the rise for decades. Jonathan speaks with Jozef Ukropec from the Biomedical Research Centre at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, who was also a finalist for the 2021 ESET Science Award, about these disturbing health trends and how the lack of physical movement in our lifestyle is contributing to them. – For the past 10 years or so we've been hearing a lot about the problem of ‘antibiotic resistance' and the lack of new antibiotics in the development pipeline, a situation that could potentially leave us more vulnerable to infectious disease than we've been for decades. But there are people working on the problem, including Jonathan's guest Pavol Jakubec of the Slovak University of Technology and the small team of scientists he's part of.

Energy poverty is a widespread problem across Europe. According to the European commission, between 50 and 125 million people are unable to afford proper indoor thermal comfort. A common European definition does not exist, but many member states of the EU acknowledge the scale of this socio-economic situation and its negative impact translated into severe health issues and social isolation. The Slovak Academy of Sciences wants to change this. A group of experts is collecting data for the first study of this topic in Slovakia. Dušana Dokupilová researcher of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Prognostic Institute reveals more in the interview. Experts of the Office for Regulation of Network Industries have drafted a new version of the "Concept for the protection of energy-vulnerable consumers". This contains, among other things, concrete proposals for comprehensive and systemic solutions.

Energy poverty is a widespread problem across Europe. According to the European commission, between 50 and 125 million people are unable to afford proper indoor thermal comfort. A common European definition does not exist, but many member states of the EU acknowledge the scale of this socio-economic situation and its negative impact translated into severe health issues and social isolation. The Slovak Academy of Sciences wants to change this. A group of experts is collecting data for the first study of this topic in Slovakia. Dušana Dokupilová researcher of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Prognostic Institute reveals more in the interview. Experts of the Office for Regulation of Network Industries have drafted a new version of the "Concept for the protection of energy-vulnerable consumers". This contains, among other things, concrete proposals for comprehensive and systemic solutions.

Not all bacterial cells replicate themselves by the same process – the usual ‘cell division' into two cells of equal size. Some, by contrast, do so by means of a process called ‘sporulation', in which the cell divides into ‘mother' and ‘daughter' cells, with the former containing and nourishing the latter until it's ready to be released into the world. Jonathan speaks with the Slovak Academy of Science's Imrich Barák – a molecular biologist and finalist for the 2021 ESET Science Award – about his research into this fascinating process of bacterial reproduction. – Repeat: The discovery that some of the moons of the larger planets in our solar system have liquid water under the surface, and hence the potential to support life, came as a big surpise to scientists. The question then was, where did these moons, far outside the solar system's so-called “habitable zone”, get their warmth? Jonathan speaks with astrobiologist Tomas Paulech about just this question.

Not all bacterial cells replicate themselves by the same process – the usual ‘cell division' into two cells of equal size. Some, by contrast, do so by means of a process called ‘sporulation', in which the cell divides into ‘mother' and ‘daughter' cells, with the former containing and nourishing the latter until it's ready to be released into the world. Jonathan speaks with the Slovak Academy of Science's Imrich Barák – a molecular biologist and finalist for the 2021 ESET Science Award – about his research into this fascinating process of bacterial reproduction. – Repeat: The discovery that some of the moons of the larger planets in our solar system have liquid water under the surface, and hence the potential to support life, came as a big surpise to scientists. The question then was, where did these moons, far outside the solar system's so-called “habitable zone”, get their warmth? Jonathan speaks with astrobiologist Tomas Paulech about just this question.

On the Wednesday show we will continue the interview with sociologist Ela Drazkiewicz from the Slovak Academy of Sciences about the topic of patient rights in public healthcare. And also learn about one peculiar change in travel plans that happened due to the war in Ukraine.

On the Wednesday show we will continue the interview with sociologist Ela Drazkiewicz from the Slovak Academy of Sciences about the topic of patient rights in public healthcare. And also learn about one peculiar change in travel plans that happened due to the war in Ukraine.

In the Wednesday edition of Slovakia Today, we will visit the new assistance centre for Ukrainians in Bratislava. In the first days of their opperation they managed to help more than 3,000 asylum seekers. Then we will speak to sociologist Ela Drazkiewicz from the Slovak Academy of Sciences about her research on conspiracy theories in health topics. Why has vaccination been such a controversial topic in Slovakia?

In the Wednesday edition of Slovakia Today, we will visit the new assistance centre for Ukrainians in Bratislava. In the first days of their opperation they managed to help more than 3,000 asylum seekers. Then we will speak to sociologist Ela Drazkiewicz from the Slovak Academy of Sciences about her research on conspiracy theories in health topics. Why has vaccination been such a controversial topic in Slovakia?

Repeat show: With the emergence of so-called ‘superbugs' – bacteria that are resistant to our current range of antibiotics – researchers have become focused on trying to develop new and more powerful ones. But how are such new medications found? Are they invented, or discovered? In this the second part of their discussion, organic chemist Pavol Jakubec speaks with Jonathan about how he and his team have taken their cue from nature, in discovering and developing what he hopes will eventually be a new antibiotic capable of killing the most dangerous and resistent forms of bacteria that we know of. As plastic waste continues to be a problem globally – with tiny micro-plastic particles contaminating even our drinking water, with unknown effects on our health – efforts are being made to address the issue, including here in central Europe. Plastic Free Danube was one such recent effort, an international collaboration between scientific institutions and others in Austria and Slovakia. Their goal was to monitor the Danube (or Dunaj) river between Vienna and Bratislava, hoping to get some sense of how much plastic ends up in the river and where it originates. Jonathan spoke with one of the project's main participants, Mária Omastová of the Slovak Academy of Science's Polymer Institute.

Repeat show: With the emergence of so-called ‘superbugs' – bacteria that are resistant to our current range of antibiotics – researchers have become focused on trying to develop new and more powerful ones. But how are such new medications found? Are they invented, or discovered? In this the second part of their discussion, organic chemist Pavol Jakubec speaks with Jonathan about how he and his team have taken their cue from nature, in discovering and developing what he hopes will eventually be a new antibiotic capable of killing the most dangerous and resistent forms of bacteria that we know of. As plastic waste continues to be a problem globally – with tiny micro-plastic particles contaminating even our drinking water, with unknown effects on our health – efforts are being made to address the issue, including here in central Europe. Plastic Free Danube was one such recent effort, an international collaboration between scientific institutions and others in Austria and Slovakia. Their goal was to monitor the Danube (or Dunaj) river between Vienna and Bratislava, hoping to get some sense of how much plastic ends up in the river and where it originates. Jonathan spoke with one of the project's main participants, Mária Omastová of the Slovak Academy of Science's Polymer Institute.

The increasingly sedentary lifestyle of many in Western societies has been linked with various diseases that have been on the rise for decades. Jonathan speaks with Jozef Ukropec from the Biomedical Research Centre at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, who was also a finalist for the 2021 ESET Science Award, about these disturbing health trends and how the lack of physical movement in our lifestyle is contributing to them. Repeat: For the past 10 years or so we've been hearing a lot about the problem of ‘antibiotic resistance' and the lack of new antibiotics in the development pipeline, a situation that could potentially leave us more vulnerable to infectious disease than we've been for decades. But there are people working on the problem, including Jonathan's guest Pavol Jakubec of the Slovak University of Technology and the small team of scientists he's part of.

In the following minutes we will talk a little about how life was in Slovakia. Way back in the past, when people in the villages of Central Slovakia kept solemn pre-Christmas customs, such as the searching for a shelter for the Holy Family. But before that, we will speak to the head of the Institute of Sociology at the Slovak Academy of Sciences about what life in Slovakia has been like for its inhabitants in the year 2021. The extensive survey with the name "How are you, Slovakia?" has been running for almost two years now, and it helps the public, the media and public institutions understand people's motivations for their behaviour.

In the following minutes we will talk a little about how life was in Slovakia. Way back in the past, when people in the villages of Central Slovakia kept solemn pre-Christmas customs, such as the searching for a shelter for the Holy Family. But before that, we will speak to the head of the Institute of Sociology at the Slovak Academy of Sciences about what life in Slovakia has been like for its inhabitants in the year 2021. The extensive survey with the name "How are you, Slovakia?" has been running for almost two years now, and it helps the public, the media and public institutions understand people's motivations for their behaviour.

Do you know what machines dream of? To finally see the world in motion! Svorad Štolc is the sensor division CTO at Photoneo. He is an expert in 3D Machine imaging, machine vision, artificial intelligence and parallel computing. In 2001 he gained a masters degree at Comenius University in Bratislava - Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics and he earned PhD. degree in 2009 jointly at Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava and Technical University of Košice. For several years, he worked at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna, where he led a research group focused on computational photography and 3D sensing. During this time he published a number of internationally awarded scientific articles. At Photoneo, Svorad is responsible for research and development of the company's 3D sensing technology. In the podcast we talk about innovation in 3d machine vision as well as: Standard Structured Light - Spatial Multiplexing of Light Parallel Structured Light - Temporal Multiplexing of Shutter Photoneo has picked up some impressive hardware for their innovations including the VISION Award 2018, Vision Innovators Award Bronze 2018 and Platinum 2019, inVISION Top Innovation 2019 and 2021, as well as IEEE, IERA Award 2020. Thanks to Michal and to Zuzana at Photoneo for putting this interview together. If you are building a system and would like to get in touch with Photoneo you can find them at https://www.photoneo.com/ Enjoy the podcast! Jim B Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast If you would like to get involved with The Robot Industry Podcast, would like to become a guest or nominate someone, you can find me, Jim Beretta on LinkedIn or send me an email to therobotindustry at gmail dot com, no spaces. Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt Automation builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain management and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com Key words and terms for this podcast: Photoneo, Machine Vision, 3D, A3 Association for Advancing Automation, Ehrhardt Automation Systems #therobotindustrypodcast.

With the emergence of so-called ‘superbugs' – bacteria that are resistant to our current range of antibiotics – researchers have become focused on trying to develop new and more powerful ones. But how are such new medications found? Are they invented, or discovered? In this the second part of their discussion, organic chemist Pavol Jakubec speaks with Jonathan about how he and his team have taken their cue from nature, in discovering and developing what he hopes will eventually be a new antibiotic capable of killing the most dangerous and resistent forms of bacteria that we know of. Repeat: As plastic waste continues to be a problem globally – with tiny micro-plastic particles contaminating even our drinking water, with unknown effects on our health – efforts are being made to address the issue, including here in central Europe. Plastic Free Danube was one such recent effort, an international collaboration between scientific institutions and others in Austria and Slovakia. Their goal was to monitor the Danube (or Dunaj) river between Vienna and Bratislava, hoping to get some sense of how much plastic ends up in the river and where it originates. Jonathan spoke with one of the project's main participants, Mária Omastová of the Slovak Academy of Science's Polymer Institute.

With the emergence of so-called ‘superbugs' – bacteria that are resistant to our current range of antibiotics – researchers have become focused on trying to develop new and more powerful ones. But how are such new medications found? Are they invented, or discovered? In this the second part of their discussion, organic chemist Pavol Jakubec speaks with Jonathan about how he and his team have taken their cue from nature, in discovering and developing what he hopes will eventually be a new antibiotic capable of killing the most dangerous and resistent forms of bacteria that we know of. Repeat: As plastic waste continues to be a problem globally – with tiny micro-plastic particles contaminating even our drinking water, with unknown effects on our health – efforts are being made to address the issue, including here in central Europe. Plastic Free Danube was one such recent effort, an international collaboration between scientific institutions and others in Austria and Slovakia. Their goal was to monitor the Danube (or Dunaj) river between Vienna and Bratislava, hoping to get some sense of how much plastic ends up in the river and where it originates. Jonathan spoke with one of the project's main participants, Mária Omastová of the Slovak Academy of Science's Polymer Institute.

For the past 10 years or so we've been hearing a lot about the problem of ‘antibiotic resistance' – namely that bacteria have been evolving in a way that makes them resistant to the antibiotics we currently have, potentially leaving us more vulnerable to infectious disease than we've been since before the invention of penicillin. What's worse is that there's been no news from big pharma companies about any new antibiotics currently being developed. But there are people working on the problem, including Jonathan's guest Pavol Jakubec of the Slovak University of Technology and the small team of scientists he's part of. Repeat: Will the robots of the future be so human-like that it will be hard to tell them apart from real human beings? Stefan Benus, a researcher in Linguistics at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, believes that at least in the field of spoken human-to-machine communication, this future is not so far away from becoming reality.

Michal Kšiňan's Milan Rastislav Štefánik: The Slovak National Hero and Co-Founder of Czechoslovakia is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919) that is focused on analyzing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown internationally, his contemporaries compared him “to Choderlos de Laclos for the use of military tactics in love affairs, to Lawrence of Arabia for vision, to Bonaparte for ambition ... and to one of apostles for conviction.” He played a key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels during the First World War in order to create the Czechoslovak Army: he visited Serbia and Romania on the eve of invasion by the Central Powers, Russia before the February revolution, the United States after it declared war on Germany, Italy dealing with the consequences of defeat in the Caporetto battle, and again when Russia plunged into Civil War. Several historical methods are used to analyze the aforementioned central research question of this biography such as social capital to explain his rise in French society, the charismatic leader to understand how he convinced and won over a relatively large number of people; more traditional political, military, and diplomatic history to show his contribution to the founding of Czechoslovakia, and memory studies to analyze his extraordinary popularity in Slovakia. By mapping his intriguing life, the book will be of interest to scholars in a broad range of areas including history of Central Europe, especially Czechoslovakia, international relations, social history, French society at the beginning of the 20th century and biographical research. Michal Kšiňan is a senior researcher at the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Leslie Waters is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso and author of Borders on the Move: Territorial Change and Ethnic Cleansing in the Hungarian-Slovak Borderlands, 1938-1948 (University of Rochester, 2020). Email her at lwaters@utep.edu or tweet to @leslieh2Os. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michal Kšiňan's Milan Rastislav Štefánik: The Slovak National Hero and Co-Founder of Czechoslovakia is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919) that is focused on analyzing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown internationally, his contemporaries compared him “to Choderlos de Laclos for the use of military tactics in love affairs, to Lawrence of Arabia for vision, to Bonaparte for ambition ... and to one of apostles for conviction.” He played a key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels during the First World War in order to create the Czechoslovak Army: he visited Serbia and Romania on the eve of invasion by the Central Powers, Russia before the February revolution, the United States after it declared war on Germany, Italy dealing with the consequences of defeat in the Caporetto battle, and again when Russia plunged into Civil War. Several historical methods are used to analyze the aforementioned central research question of this biography such as social capital to explain his rise in French society, the charismatic leader to understand how he convinced and won over a relatively large number of people; more traditional political, military, and diplomatic history to show his contribution to the founding of Czechoslovakia, and memory studies to analyze his extraordinary popularity in Slovakia. By mapping his intriguing life, the book will be of interest to scholars in a broad range of areas including history of Central Europe, especially Czechoslovakia, international relations, social history, French society at the beginning of the 20th century and biographical research. Michal Kšiňan is a senior researcher at the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Leslie Waters is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso and author of Borders on the Move: Territorial Change and Ethnic Cleansing in the Hungarian-Slovak Borderlands, 1938-1948 (University of Rochester, 2020). Email her at lwaters@utep.edu or tweet to @leslieh2Os. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Michal Kšiňan's Milan Rastislav Štefánik: The Slovak National Hero and Co-Founder of Czechoslovakia is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919) that is focused on analyzing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown internationally, his contemporaries compared him “to Choderlos de Laclos for the use of military tactics in love affairs, to Lawrence of Arabia for vision, to Bonaparte for ambition ... and to one of apostles for conviction.” He played a key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels during the First World War in order to create the Czechoslovak Army: he visited Serbia and Romania on the eve of invasion by the Central Powers, Russia before the February revolution, the United States after it declared war on Germany, Italy dealing with the consequences of defeat in the Caporetto battle, and again when Russia plunged into Civil War. Several historical methods are used to analyze the aforementioned central research question of this biography such as social capital to explain his rise in French society, the charismatic leader to understand how he convinced and won over a relatively large number of people; more traditional political, military, and diplomatic history to show his contribution to the founding of Czechoslovakia, and memory studies to analyze his extraordinary popularity in Slovakia. By mapping his intriguing life, the book will be of interest to scholars in a broad range of areas including history of Central Europe, especially Czechoslovakia, international relations, social history, French society at the beginning of the 20th century and biographical research. Michal Kšiňan is a senior researcher at the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Leslie Waters is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso and author of Borders on the Move: Territorial Change and Ethnic Cleansing in the Hungarian-Slovak Borderlands, 1938-1948 (University of Rochester, 2020). Email her at lwaters@utep.edu or tweet to @leslieh2Os. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

Michal Kšiňan's Milan Rastislav Štefánik: The Slovak National Hero and Co-Founder of Czechoslovakia is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919) that is focused on analyzing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown internationally, his contemporaries compared him “to Choderlos de Laclos for the use of military tactics in love affairs, to Lawrence of Arabia for vision, to Bonaparte for ambition ... and to one of apostles for conviction.” He played a key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels during the First World War in order to create the Czechoslovak Army: he visited Serbia and Romania on the eve of invasion by the Central Powers, Russia before the February revolution, the United States after it declared war on Germany, Italy dealing with the consequences of defeat in the Caporetto battle, and again when Russia plunged into Civil War. Several historical methods are used to analyze the aforementioned central research question of this biography such as social capital to explain his rise in French society, the charismatic leader to understand how he convinced and won over a relatively large number of people; more traditional political, military, and diplomatic history to show his contribution to the founding of Czechoslovakia, and memory studies to analyze his extraordinary popularity in Slovakia. By mapping his intriguing life, the book will be of interest to scholars in a broad range of areas including history of Central Europe, especially Czechoslovakia, international relations, social history, French society at the beginning of the 20th century and biographical research. Michal Kšiňan is a senior researcher at the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Leslie Waters is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso and author of Borders on the Move: Territorial Change and Ethnic Cleansing in the Hungarian-Slovak Borderlands, 1938-1948 (University of Rochester, 2020). Email her at lwaters@utep.edu or tweet to @leslieh2Os. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Michal Kšiňan's Milan Rastislav Štefánik: The Slovak National Hero and Co-Founder of Czechoslovakia is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919) that is focused on analyzing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown internationally, his contemporaries compared him “to Choderlos de Laclos for the use of military tactics in love affairs, to Lawrence of Arabia for vision, to Bonaparte for ambition ... and to one of apostles for conviction.” He played a key role in founding an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 through his relentless worldwide travels during the First World War in order to create the Czechoslovak Army: he visited Serbia and Romania on the eve of invasion by the Central Powers, Russia before the February revolution, the United States after it declared war on Germany, Italy dealing with the consequences of defeat in the Caporetto battle, and again when Russia plunged into Civil War. Several historical methods are used to analyze the aforementioned central research question of this biography such as social capital to explain his rise in French society, the charismatic leader to understand how he convinced and won over a relatively large number of people; more traditional political, military, and diplomatic history to show his contribution to the founding of Czechoslovakia, and memory studies to analyze his extraordinary popularity in Slovakia. By mapping his intriguing life, the book will be of interest to scholars in a broad range of areas including history of Central Europe, especially Czechoslovakia, international relations, social history, French society at the beginning of the 20th century and biographical research. Michal Kšiňan is a senior researcher at the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Leslie Waters is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso and author of Borders on the Move: Territorial Change and Ethnic Cleansing in the Hungarian-Slovak Borderlands, 1938-1948 (University of Rochester, 2020). Email her at lwaters@utep.edu or tweet to @leslieh2Os. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Repeat show: The development of so-called 'nanocomposites' - materials made by combining nanoparticles with other materials - has become a hot topic these days, offering the possibility of new applications which until recent years were not thought possible. One of these is a possible future treatment for cancer patients, by injecting so-called 'nano-platforms' into the blood which have the ability to find and identify cancer cells anywhere in the body. Jonathan speaks with nanotechnology expert Mária Omastová of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, a finalist in the 2020 ESET Science Award, about these interesting developments. Are new Artificial Intelligence technologies going to cause a social upheaval by putting large numbers of employees out of work? This is already happening in some fields, and developments in AI are threatening to make the problem much more widespread. Jonathan speaks with Martin Spano, an AI enthusiast, about the social impact of his favourite technology.

In this part of our series tracing the work of this significant rose breeder, we will present to you … the roses. Featuring Jana Salatova, garden designer, Ivana Sarvasova and Vladimir Jezovic, Arboretum Borová hora, Peter Hoťka, Arboretum Mlyňany - Slovak Academy of Sciences, Charles Quest-Ritson, historian and author of RHS Encyclopedia of roses and Erich Unmuth, Rosenkultivarium Baden.