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September 3, 2010 9:31 am
Posted By nova in Space
As a unique state-of-the-art particle physics detector, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) will search for signs of antimatter and dark matter while being attached to the International Space Station.
September 3, 2010 9:20 am
Posted By nova in Documentaries
Explore the mysterious world of the Egyptian afterlife, a journey that will take you into newly uncovered tombs and through the perilous journey the deceased must travel to reach bliss.
September 2, 2010 10:15 pm
Posted By nova in Life
The following animals are the lonely survivors of a war against Humanity that they never stood a chance of winning. An eEarth original video.
September 2, 2010 10:03 am
Posted By nova in Life
Lonesome George is the last of his species, the Pinta Island Tortoises. He is housed at the Darwin Centre in the Galapagos and there is a $10,000 reward for finding him a female.
September 2, 2010 9:22 am
Posted By nova in Space
Astronomers have woven NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of Saturn, its rings, and several of its moons into three videos. This is a compilation of those videos.
September 2, 2010 7:22 am
Posted By nova in Documentaries
A Panorama documentary on the Church of Scientology.
September 1, 2010 9:09 am
Posted By nova in War
President Obama announces the end of the combat mission in Iraq and discusses the future of the U.S. commitment to helping build a stable Iraq.
September 1, 2010 6:45 am
Posted By nova in Documentaries
Afghanistan supplies virtually all of the world's illegal opium. For Afghans themselves, however, feelings about poppy are conflicted.
August 28, 2010 6:48 pm
Posted By nova in Documentaries
At 165 pounds, and allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys, the Codex Gigas (aka The Devil's Bible) is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript.
August 28, 2010 7:18 am
Posted By nova in Nature
Cartoonist Jim Toomey created the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, a wry look at underwater life starring Sherman the talking shark. In this talk he addresses how he uses his comic to shed light on oceanic issues.
August 28, 2010 6:56 am
Posted By nova in Documentaries
There's no denying that the rise of the private military contractor is transforming the way we wage war. They earn four times more than regular soldiers, act with impunity and in Iraq outnumber all non-US soldiers combined.
August 21, 2010 8:02 pm
Posted By nova in Documentaries
This 2010 National Geographic documentary gives you a unique look into the techniques used to take down wanted criminals. See the actual recorded footage of an investigation and take-down of an international arms dealer.
August 21, 2010 8:20 am
Posted By nova in Technology
The Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) is a scanning system built into a commercially available van that allows an operator to view the contents of vehicles, containers and persons along its path or passing by the van.
August 21, 2010 7:54 am
Posted By nova in Space
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is an infrared telescope being built into a Boeing 747, the largest airborne observatory in the world. This week they successfully flew with the bay open.
August 20, 2010 2:25 pm
Posted By nova in Humanity
Sheryl WuDunn's book "Half the Sky" investigates the oppression of women globally. Only when women have equal access to education and economic opportunity will we be using all our human resources.
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1. The Oarfish - A Creature Of Legend
1. The Oarfish - A Creature Of Legend

(The Oarfish is a very long, bony fish with an appearance similar to that of a dragon. It is believed to be the source of many sea serpent tales. This is the first time it has been filmed alive at the surface.)
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Category: Life
2. 30 Hornets vs 30,000 Bees
2. 30 Hornets vs 30,000 Bees

(A group of 30 hornets slaughter a European Honey Bee colony of 30,000.)
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Category: Life
3. Frilled Shark (English Report)
3. Frilled Shark (English Report)

(This video shows rare footage of a frilled shark in shallow water. The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is a living fossil and is usually found at depths of around 2,000 feet.)
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Category: Life
4. Lake Peigneur Mining Disaster
4. Lake Peigneur Mining Disaster

(A mining crew drilled through the bottom of a lake and into a salt mine. As the lake begins to drain into the mine, a whirlpool forms, sucking down barges, kilometres of land and reversing the flow of the Gulf of Mexico.)
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Category: Nature
5. How Many Times Is The Ball Passed?
5. How Many Times Is The Ball Passed?

(Try to count how many times the ball is passed between the players in the white shirts. A very interesting psychology experiment.)
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Category: Humanity
7. Cordyceps - Parasitic Fungi
7. Cordyceps - Parasitic Fungi

(Cordyceps are a parasitic fungi that brainwashes an insect to climb up to a high point. It then uses the immobile insect as fertilizer.)
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Category: Life
8. Frilled Shark (Japanese Report)
8. Frilled Shark (Japanese Report)

(This video shows rare footage of a frilled shark in shallow water. The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is a living fossil and is usually found at depths of around 2,000 feet.)
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Category: Life
10. Octopus Eats Shark
10. Octopus Eats Shark

(Maybe sharks aren't so tough after all...)
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Category: Life
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1. Private Armies: War As Business
1. Private Armies: War As Business

(There's no denying that the rise of the private military contractor is transforming the way we wage war. They earn four times more than regular soldiers, act with impunity and in Iraq outnumber all non-US soldiers combined.)
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Category: Documentaries
2. Last Chance To Save The Wild Tiger
2. Last Chance To Save The Wild Tiger

(Who among us will look tigers in the eye and say: "we admired everything about you, except your very existence"?)
Rating:
3.7
Category: Nature
3. Frilled Shark (English Report)
3. Frilled Shark (English Report)

(This video shows rare footage of a frilled shark in shallow water. The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is a living fossil and is usually found at depths of around 2,000 feet.)
Rating:
3.68
Category: Life
4. The Oarfish - A Creature Of Legend
4. The Oarfish - A Creature Of Legend

(The Oarfish is a very long, bony fish with an appearance similar to that of a dragon. It is believed to be the source of many sea serpent tales. This is the first time it has been filmed alive at the surface.)
Rating:
3.67
Category: Life
5. Chimpanzee Warfare
5. Chimpanzee Warfare

(Sir David Attenborough narrates this violent and bloody natural history video recording the disturbing scenes of a real Chimpanzee territorial attack.)
Rating:
3.67
Category: Life
6. Octopus Eats Shark
6. Octopus Eats Shark

(Maybe sharks aren't so tough after all...)
Rating:
3.65
Category: Life
7. Vampire Squid
7. Vampire Squid

(Vampyroteuthis infernalis, or vampire squid, is a deep ocean squid that has several interesting tactics for offense and defense. It has only been caught once on film. This is that video.)
Rating:
3.65
Category: Life
8. Frilled Shark (Japanese Report)
8. Frilled Shark (Japanese Report)

(This video shows rare footage of a frilled shark in shallow water. The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is a living fossil and is usually found at depths of around 2,000 feet.)
Rating:
3.6
Category: Life
9. Mind Controlled Tweeting
9. Mind Controlled Tweeting

(A University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineering doctoral student has created a brain-computer interface to post to Twitter. Adam Wilson, its creator, sees promise for this technology when it comes to paralysis victims.)
Rating:
3.58
Category: Technology
10. Mountain Top Removal
10. Mountain Top Removal

(TOXIC went to West Virginia to investigate mountain-top removal – which a way of extracting coal from deposits under mountains by blowing the top off of it. )
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3.58
Category: Nature
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(Enjoy this shocking National Geographic documentary about the darker side of diamonds.)
Posted on August 30, 2010 at 6:01 pm in Humanity.
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(ESA PR-17 2010 ESA and NASA have selected the scientific instruments for their first joint Mars mission. )
Posted on August 19, 2010 at 10:36 am in Astronomy.
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(Macaques who witness conflict often seek out the company of other bystanders – perhaps as a way to relieve tension within the group as a whole.)
Posted on August 19, 2010 at 6:15 am in Nature.
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(Weeks after the U.S. government claimed that the "vast majority" of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has been taken care of, oil has possibly been found deep on the Gulf seafloor, scientists announced this week.)
Posted on August 19, 2010 at 6:14 am in Nature.
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(New species are continually emerging from the ocean depths, comprehensive record of biodiversity reveals.)
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 10:43 am in Nature.
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(Look to the skies on the nights of August 3rd and 4th, we may be in for a lights show as the highly charged particles of a massive explosion on the Sun hit our atmosphere. Read on for more information.)
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 7:12 am in Astronomy.
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(Remote-controlled planes can be much more than the palm-sized toys you find at toys stores and hobby shops.)
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 5:55 am in Tech.
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(The Chinese government this week announced the oil spill is all cleaned up in Dalian harbor, off the north coast of Liaoning province in China.)
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 5:40 am in Nature.
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(The animals likely died of illness and malnutrition.)
Posted on July 26, 2010 at 12:46 pm in Nature.
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(Plastiki, a 60 foot vessel buoyed by over 12,000 2-liter plastic bottles, sailed into the Sydney Harbor today, completing a 130 day, 8000 mile journey from San Francisco. )
Posted on July 26, 2010 at 8:50 am in Humanity.
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(It was bright, fierce and thankfully short. A mysterious event in a distant galaxy has blasted our solar system with the most powerful burst of X-rays ever recorded, temporarily blinding an astronomical satellite.)
Posted on July 25, 2010 at 10:48 am in Astronomy.
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(This Popular Science special feature from 1925 gives a rare insight into that generation’s hopes and dreams for the future. Click the pic below for the full image!)
Posted on July 23, 2010 at 8:51 am in Humanity.
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(Researchers have found ways to use magnetic resonance to capture rays of visible light and route them around objects.)
Posted on July 23, 2010 at 8:51 am in Tech.
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(Scientists, using three NASA satellites, have created a first-of-its-kind map that details the height of the world's forests.)
Posted on July 21, 2010 at 7:48 am in Nature.
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(Two new fish species — with pancake-flat bodies, wiggling lures on their faces, and elbowed fins for “walking” on the seafloor — have been discovered in the path of spewing Gulf of Mexico oil.)
Posted on July 21, 2010 at 7:13 am in Nature.
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