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Welwitschia mirabilis
This is an excerpt taken from the documentary film, Namib: Surviving the Sand Sea. This clip explores the bizarre and unique Welwitchia mirabilis plant, endemic to the Namib Desert of Namibia and Angola. Film by Oliver Halsey – http://www.oliverhalsey.net
What if YOU were made of Light?
We’re made of matter, which means we experience time. But what if we were made of something timeless like light instead? What would the universe be like for us? Brilliant for 20% off: http://brilliant.org/ScienceAsylum Creator/Host: Nick Lucid Writer: Nick Lucid … Continue reading
‘So far, so good’: The view from inside a coronavirus vaccine trial | Horizon
by Annette Ekin Dr Lidia Oostvogels is feeling the pressure. After nearly two decades of working in vaccine development, seeing the subject of her work – coronavirus – in the news every single day is a first for her. ‘It’s very … Continue reading
The Voyager Golden Record: A reminder that we are all connected
The Voyager Golden Record shot into space in 1977 with a message from humanity to the cosmos – and decades later, it stands as a reminder that we are all connected. The United Nations displays a replica of the Golden … Continue reading
NASA sent a map to space to help aliens find Earth. Now it needs an update. | National Geographic
A sparkling mass containing at least half a million stars—and some two dozen pulsars—the globular cluster known as 47 Tucanae is one of roughly 150 ancient stellar clumps orbiting the Milky Way galaxy. PHOTOGRAPH BY F. FERRARO, EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY … Continue reading
How the brain creates the experience of time — study
Researchers get closer to pinning down the neural basis of time, explaining why time flies and crawls in response to various events. TIME, THAT FRUSTRATINGLY FINITE RESOURCE AND RULING CONSTRUCT OF OUR LIVES, STILL CONFUSES NEUROSCIENTISTS. What’s especially puzzling is … Continue reading
Birdinos
BIRDINOS is an educational documentary short, displaying realistic 3D depictions of three feathered dinosaurs, visibly increasing in the evolution towards the modern bird. In order of appearance: Velociraptor, Anchiornis Huxleyi, and Confuciusornis. The framework of the representation has a 2D … Continue reading
GoPro Cause: Forever Securing World Food Supply with Crop Trust
Follow world-renowned scientist Cary Fowler into the heart of the arctic, where the Svalbard Global Seed Vault lies nestled in the frozen Norwegian landscape. Among the most important buildings in the world, the Seed Vault holds the key to human … Continue reading
Climate 101: Ozone Depletion | National Geographic
Far above Earth’s surface, the ozone layer helps to protect life from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Learn what CFCs are, how they have contributed to the ozone hole, and how the 1989 Montreal Protocol sought to put an end to ozone … Continue reading
66 Million Years of Earth’s Climate History Uncovered – Puts Current Changes in Context
Past and future trends in global mean temperature spanning the last 67 million years. Oxygen isotope values in deep-sea benthic foraminifera from sediment cores are a measure of global temperature and ice volume. Temperature is relative to the 1961-1990 global … Continue reading
