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the Supermassive Black Hole at the center of our Galaxy There's a supermassive black hole (up to a billion times the mass of a usual black hole) at the center of every galaxy. It could be linked to the creation of the galaxy itself. This is a small footage of a wonderful show called "Horizon" and it's a co-production of the BBC and Discovery... There is still much more to learn in the actual documentary. http://www.bbcworld.com Tags: QuarksAreStrange Supermassive Black Holes BBC Discovery Galaxy Milky Space Science Physics Cosmology Astrophysics Hubble |
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[FRENCH]Walking beasts 1-New Dawn(BBC) (Prehistoric Mammals) - http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=all&go=homepage&q=Walking+beasts&Search.x=0&Search.y=0&Search=Search&scope=all - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_with_Beasts - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Prehistoric_mammals - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammals - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocene Tags: QuarksAreStrange Walking Beasts Mammals Prehistoric Whale Monkey Horse Science Biology BBC Discovery Documentary |
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The Technical Record of the Apollo Program? A Space Junkyard What happened to the technical record of NASA's Apollo Space Program? Well... nothing. There was no record, due to the social context of a "Space Race" against USSR. Now since NASA was told to go to the moon again (the Project Constellation program), it has to look in junkyards - and on eBay - to find out how Saturn V rockets used to work. This video is a part of a segment called "Space Junkyard" that I edited from PBS' "Wired Science" show 109, first aired in December 2007. For more info, follow these links: Wired Science: - http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/ "Space Junkyard" segment in episode 109: - http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/95-space_junkyard.html To order Wired Science episodes on DVD call: 1-800-PLAY-PBS Or visit Wired Magazine at: - http://www.wired.com/ FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Copyright 2007 PBS / Community Television of Southern California / WIRED Magazine. All Rights Reserved. ----- Related Wikipedia links: NASA's old Apollo Program: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Program NASA's new Project Constellation program using Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Constellation Saturn V rockets: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V Wernher von Braun, the former Nazi physicist and astronautics engineer who greatly helped the USA win the "Space Race" and the "Nuclear Arms Race" ... instead of being accused of war crimes like other Nazi party members. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun ----- Tags: QuarksAreStrange Wired Science PBS Space NASA Moon Apollo Ares History Rocket Saturn Mars |
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[FRENCH] The truth about killer dinosaurs: Velociraptor(BBC) Vérités et mythes sur les velociraptors qui ont vécu il y a 75 millions d'années, en Mongolie : 75 centimètres de haut, des plumes, ils utilisent leurs bras/ailes pour un maximum d'agilité, ils chassent en groupe, ils visent le cou de leurs victimes avec leur griffe mobile terrifiante... et portent un coup mortel. Ceci n'est qu'une - très courte - introduction à l'un des extraordinaires documentaires de la BBC. Il y a encore beaucoup pour à apprendre (démonstration des faits: les fossiles, la biomécanique et les tests, les explications par des paléontologues, etc.) dans le film original produit par la British Broadcasting Corporation. Visitez http://www.BBC.com . Vous y trouverez les détails de leur sensationnelle programmation. Tags: QuarksAreStrange velociraptor dinosaures dinosaurs killer documentaire documentary Truth Myth BBC SRC Découverte Science |
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Protesting Globalization and the FTAA Canadian Style -part 1 My "war zone" weekend... I made this video because I was talking about the FTAA with bubonicnate. If you like socio-politic Vlogs and philosophical psychedelic pop punk music, stop by http://www.youtube.com/bubonicnate . About the North Am Free Trade Agreement: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAFTA About the Free Trade Area of the Americas: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZLEA About the Summit of the Americas in Quebec: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City_Summit_of_the_Americas Video sources: - Le Sommet des Amériques Québec 2001 (David Paré) - Sommet des Amériques (Clac, salami) Music: "Exterminator" (by Primal Scream) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_Scream Tags: QuarksAreStrange Globalization Protest Riot Police America Canada Canadian Quebec Bush FTAA NAFTA Summit |
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A Face to Communicate & the Beami People (Papua New Guinea) Video footage: "Life on Earth" (BBC, 1978) If you're wondering how can a unicellular evolve into the multitude of species we know today, it is exactly what you need. No 3D rendering or other fancy stuff; only hard evidences. Ending music: "Crash" by "Asian dub foundation" on their excellent album "Community music" (2000) About the Beami (It's really hard to find information about them, here's what I could gather): Papua New Guinea - Southern Highlands Province - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Highlands_%28Papua_New_Guinea%29 Ethnic people profile - http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=101179&rog3=PP Two of Susan Cornwell's movies on the Beami - http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/448904 Linguistic Lineage - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-New_Guinea_languages - http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=beo Tags: QuarksAreStrange Human Evolution Man Life BBC Science Communication species Sapiens |
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"Click Language" and the San Bushmen People Original video description: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journey_of_Man:_A_Genetic_Odyssey About Spencer Wells, the author: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Wells - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/emerging/spencerWells.html The Bushmen, San, Basarwa or Khwe are indigenous people of the Kalahari Desert. They were traditionally hunter-gatherers, part of the Khoisan group, and are related to the traditionally pastoral Khoikhoi. Their "click" language is Khoisan. Total population: 82 000 (mainly in Botswana and Namibia). San Bushmen: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen Khoisan languages: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan_languages This is a footage from the important documentary "The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey" (2003) by PBS http://www.pbs.com and National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com . I have another video of this documentary: RACISM is scientifically wrong: we're all African under the skin. Tags: QuarksAreStrange Human Language Bushmen San Kalahari Tribe Hunting Survival Click Khoisan Migration Africa PBS National |
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Brain Damage affecting Perception in multiple ways -part 1/2 Brain damages give us a window in the way our brains deal with the outside world. This concept explained and much more in the documentary series "Brain Story" (2000) by the extraordinary British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk Full description of the original documentary series: - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/837632.stm Official "brain story" book, companion to the series: - http://www.amazon.com/BBC-Brain-Story-Unlocking-Emotions/dp/0789478390/ref=sr_1_1/103-5064472-5130250?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189084936&sr=1-1 About the author, Susan Greenfield: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Greenfield or - http://www.sirc.org/about/susan_greenfield.html the "whole brain atlas" online: - http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html Tags: QuarksAreStrange Brain BBC Blindness Face Focus Unconscious Reality Perception Neurology |
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Protesting Globalization and the FTAA Canadian style -part 2 My "war zone" weekend... I made this video because I was talking about the FTAA with bubonicnate. If you like socio-politic Vlogs and philosophical psychedelic pop punk music, stop by http://www.youtube.com/bubonicnate . About the North Am Free Trade Agreement: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAFTA About the Free Trade Area of the Americas: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZLEA About the Summit of the Americas in Quebec: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_C... Video sources: - Le Sommet des Amériques Québec 2001 (David Paré) - Sommet des Amériques (Clac, salami) Music: "Know your enemy" (by Rage against the machine) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine Tags: QuarksAreStrange Globalization Protest Riot Police America Canada Canadian Quebec FTAA NAFTA Summit |
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Brain Damage affecting Perception in multiple ways -part 2/2 Brain damages give us a window in the way our brains deal with the outside world. This concept explained and much more in the documentary series "Brain Story" (2000) by the extraordinary British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk Full description of the original documentary series: - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/837632.stm Official "brain story" book, companion to the series: - http://www.amazon.com/BBC-Brain-Story-Unlocking-Emotions/dp/0789478390/ref=sr_1_1/103-5064472-5130250?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189084936&sr=1-1 About the author, Susan Greenfield: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Greenfield or - http://www.sirc.org/about/susan_greenfield.html the "whole brain atlas" online: - http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html Tags: QuarksAreStrange Brain BBC Blind Sight Neglect Focus Unconscious Reality Perception Neurology |
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Vampire Squid from Hell (3200 Feet Under Sea Level) Unfortunately, I can't find the exact name of the original film but I found out who the producer of the original film is: National Geographic, online at: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ My French version is "Creatures des abysses" and it was aired on "Tele-Quebec". The song is "The big clapper" by "Two lone swordsmen" on their album "Stay Down" (1998). ABOUT THE VAMPIRE SQUID: Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. "Vampire squid from hell") is a small, deep-sea cirrate cephalopod found throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world. Unique retractile sensory filaments justify the Vampire Squid's placement in its own order: Vampyromorphida. It was first described and mistakenly identified as an octopus in 1903 by German teuthologist Carl Chun. More info at: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Squid ABOUT ITS ENVIRONMENT: 3,281 FEET: Bathypelagic zone. 1 Km = 100 atm = 1,470 psi. The ocean is dark at this level; the only glow is from bioluminescent animals. There are no living plants, and creatures subsist by eating the debris that falls from the levels above (aka "marine snow"), including dead or dying fish and plankton. More info down to 36,201 feet (pression : 8.07 tons per square inch!!!) at: - http://planktonforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=327 Tags: QuarksAreStrange Science Life Marine Sea Ocean Hell Vampire Squid Octopuses |
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Protesting Globalization and the FTAA Canadian Style -part 3 My "war zone" weekend... I made this video because I was talking about the FTAA with bubonicnate. If you like socio-politic Vlogs and philosophical psychedelic pop punk music, stop by http://www.youtube.com/bubonicnate . About the North Am Free Trade Agreement: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAFTA About the Free Trade Area of the Americas: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZLEA About the Summit of the Americas in Quebec: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_C... Video sources: - Le Sommet des Amériques Québec 2001 (David Paré) - Sommet des Amériques (Clac, salami) Music: "Take the power back" (by Rage against the machine) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine "Shot in the dark" (by RJD2) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rjd2 Tags: QuarksAreStrange Globalization Protest Riot Police America Canada Canadian Quebec FTAA NAFTA Summit |
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Change Blindness; you cannot be aware of everything. Change Blindness; you cannot be aware of everything. Your brain fails to focus on details all the time. Change blindness allows the brain to focus on one precise thing and that's very useful and a great survival mechanism. But since most of the time we're not aware of what the brain focuses on, we cannot have a full picture of our daily lives; it distorts our perception constantly. This concept explained and much more in the documentary series "Brain Story" (2000) by the extraordinary British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk Full description of the original documentary series: - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/837632.stm Official "brain story" book, companion to the series: - http://www.amazon.com/BBC-Brain-Story-Unlocking-Emotions/dp/0789478390/ref=sr_1_1/103-5064472-5130250?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189084936&sr=1-1 About the author, Susan Greenfield: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Greenfield or - http://www.sirc.org/about/susan_greenfield.html the "whole brain atlas" online: - http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html Tags: QuarksAreStrange Brain Change Blindness Concentration Focus Unconscious Reality Perception Neurology BBC |
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Mind's Eye; the Brain relies constantly on Visual Memories To create a visual perception of the world, your brain ALWAYS relies as much on sight as memories. Susan Greenfield: "Our brains are constantly distorting what we see. Using imagination, our brains take a bold shortcut; we guess what's out there from past experience rather to having to build up the image in our mind each time from scratch. [...] The brain doesn't just allow us to see what's out there, it actually invents much of it." This concept explained and much more in the documentary series "Brain Story" (2000) by the extraordinary British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk Full description of the original documentary series: - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/837632.stm Official "brain story" book, companion to the series: - http://www.amazon.com/BBC-Brain-Story-Unlocking-Emotions/dp/0789478390/ref=sr_1_1/103-5064472-5130250?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189084936&sr=1-1 About the author, Susan Greenfield: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Greenfield or - http://www.sirc.org/about/susan_greenfield.html the "whole brain atlas" online: - http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html Tags: QuarksAreStrange Optical Illusion Brain Eyes Visual Memories Neurology BBC |
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Free Will & Neurology: brain activity to conscious decision Free Will and Neurology: How could a brain made of ordinary matter give rise to a mind floating totally free from physical reality? Experiment: Measuring brain activity in the run-up to a conscious decision. Results: The brain is working on a decision at least 2 seconds before it becomes a conscious element. Susan Greenfield: "The actions and decisions we take everyday, which feel like instant conscious choices, are the result of slowly emerging sub-conscious processes in the brain." We have a free will and we make choices. "There's no way we can think away our own conviction of free will. We cannot abandon it, it's a necessary presupposition" says philosopher John Searle. But those choices are always the result of very personal but subconscious analysis. This concept explained and much more in the documentary series "Brain Story" (2000) by the extraordinary British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk Full description of the original documentary series: - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/837632.stm Official "brain story" book, companion to the series: - http://www.amazon.com/BBC-Brain-Story-Unlocking-Emotions/dp/0789478390/ref=sr_1_1/103-5064472-5130250?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189084936&sr=1-1 About the author, Susan Greenfield: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Greenfield and - http://www.sirc.org/about/susan_greenfield.html the "whole brain atlas" online: - http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html Tags: QuarksAreStrange Free Will Brain BBC Neurology Experiment Conscious Decision Philosophy |
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You like Spiders? Not anymore you won't ! (325 million BC) The ancestors of our modern mesothelae, a sub-order of spiders, could have been the size of a human head. "If it was alive today, it would be hunting cats". In this animation video, it hunts down a Petrolacosaurus, the - soon to be deceased - reptile. A plausible scene from the Carboniferous period (about 325 million years ago). Source: "Walking with Monsters" (BBC / Discovery (2005)). Tags: Spider Spiders vs vs. Reptile Reptiles Fight Giant Big BC BBC Discovery Science |
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Before, Meanwhile and After the BIG BANG -- (M-Theory) Introduction to the M-Theory. Video Montage from "Parallel Universes" (BBC/TLC 2002) an episode of the great BBC series "Horizon": - http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/paralleluni.shtml Links to Wikipedia: M-Theory: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Theory Superstring Theory: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstring_theory Supergravity Theory: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergravity 11 spatial dimensions: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_dimension Quantum mechanics: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics ---------------------------------- Amon Tobin videos: - Sordid (unofficial): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-ElWKYnVU&mode=related&search= - Four ton mantis (official): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gamWXDQsldo - Slowly (unofficial): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCuUcTi_iSg Amon Tobin's myspace (more music): - http://myspace.com/tobinamon More infos about Amon Tobin: - http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/artist.php?id=1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amon_Tobin Tags: Big Bang Universe Super String Gravity Theory M-Theory dimension membrane |