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Showing posts with label Technology and Human Advancement. Show all posts

Nova - Absolute Zero

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PART OF THE PBS SERIES, NOVA: Absolute Zero is a two episode documentary that discusses what cold actually is as a force in the universe, and how mankind's understanding of the lower temperatures changed the way our civilized world has evolved.



The Conquest of Cold
Episode 1
Episode one of this series discusses what drove early scientists to start looking at the more frigged temperatures as a force to be studied and measured, and how our understanding of cold began to develop from then.

The Race for Absolute Zero
Episode 2
Episode two of this series explains how and when scientists began to peruse and apply the lowest of the low temperatures to create human advances such as steam locomotion, refrigeration, and air conditioning.



The Universe - Astrobiology

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PART OF THE HISTORY CHANNEL SERIES, THE UNIVERSE: Astrobiology explores the question of whether or not life could have arisen on other planets in the universe while discussing how it might have gotten its initial foothold here on Earth.



Monster of the Milky Way

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A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY: Monster of the Milky Way explores the super massive black hole residing at the center of our galaxy while explaining how it might have formed in the early universe, and how scientists know its actually there in at all.



The Universe - Stopping Armageddon

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PART OF THE HISTORY CHANNEL SERIES, THE UNIVERSE: Stopping Armageddon discusses the inevitability of an eventual meteor strike to our planet, and what we, as a technologically advanced species, might be able to do to avert such a disaster.



Hubble's Amazing Universe

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A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY: Hubble's Amazing Universe explores the 21+ year service record of this iconic space-based telescope while explaining how the extremely sharp imagery sent back expanded the way we see the universe



China's Mega Dam

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A DISCOVERY CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY: China's Mega Dam discusses the building process of the biggest dam ever constructed while examining the negative effects the ensuing reservoir has had to the surrounding locals, cultural relics, and natural ecosystems of the area.



The Universe - Crash Landing on Mars

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PART OF THE HISTORY CHANNEL SERIES, THE UNIVERSE: Crash Landing on Mars portrays the hypothetical crash-landing of a maned-mission to the red planet while discussing measures this future crew might have to take to escape from their perilous situation.



The Universe - Colonizing Space

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PART OF THE HISTORY CHANNEL SERIES, THE UNIVERSE: Colonizing Space explores the idea of future-mankind colonizing places like our Moon and the planet Mars while discussing the provisions that would be required for long-term missions such as these.



Alien Neighbors

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A DISCOVERY CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY: Alien Neighbors discusses some different steps mankind's taking in an effort to find out definitively if there is intelligent extra terrestrial life orbiting any of the hundreds of stars in our nearby neck of the galaxy



Journey to the Earth's Core

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A HISTORY CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY: Journey to the Earth's Core explores the ever-increasing depths of naturally occurring structures, lifeforms, and man-made achievements before going on to examine the mantle and inner and outer cores of the planet.



Alien Planet

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A DISCOVERY CHANNEL DOCUFICTION: Alien Planet uses sophisticated computer-generated imagery to depict a mock-up exploratory mission launched from our future solar system to investigate the hypothetical lifeforms of another Earth-like planet in a neighboring system.



The Universe - Edge of Space

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PART OF THE HISTORY CHANNEL SERIES, THE UNIVERSE: Edge of Space discusses the different levels of orbit around our planet, how orbit is obtained and maintained, and what the future of space-habitability looks like for mankind.



Nova - The Fabric of the Cosmos

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FROM THE PBS SERIES, NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos is a four part documentary that explores the fundamental properties of physics, why things happen in the universe the way they happen, and why they are the way they are.



What Is Space
Episode 1
Episode one of this series examines the true nature of nothingness, and how science has, in certain circumstances, come up with ways to measure the warping and twisting of what was recently considered empty space.

The Illusion of Time
Episode 2
Episode two of this series discuses the difference between how people perceive the passage of time here on the planet, how it's perceived over vast distances, and how physics tells us it works—or should be able to work—on a universal scale.

Quantum Leap
Episode 3
Episode three of this series explores the uncertainty of the extremely small sub-atomic world, and why, when this tiny matter's put together to make something larger like a person, it doesn't behave in the same seemingly chaotic manner.

Universe or Multiverse
Episode 4
Episode four of this series discusses the idea that our universes is only one of an ever-growing number of universes, and that eventually, with the limited number of physical laws that can govern a universe, ours must be repeated atom for atom and person for person.


Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

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AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION: Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum is documentary that explains the differences between long and short electromagnetic wave lengths while discussing the practical applications they have in our technology based society.



Weirdest Planets

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A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY: Weirdest Planets takes its viewers outside of our own solar system to explore some of the galaxy's more exotic planets, then explains how life might arise in a place where there's a whole new set of circumstances to overcome.



Naked Science - 21st Century Submarine

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PART OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SERIES, NAKED SCIENCE: 21st Century Submarine takes a close-up look at one of the US Navy’s largest and most high-tech nuclear submarines and its crew while they perform a mock-up mission at sea.



Faster Than The Speed of Light

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A BBC DOCUMENTARY: Faster Than The Speed of Light investigates a claim by a group of physicists who believe they may have measured neutrinos moving at a rate of speed faster than light while explaining what such a discovery would mean to the world of science.



Waste=Food

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A BACKLIGHT PRODUCTION: Waste=Food explores some of the possible ways large companies such as the Ford Motor Company, and Nike can implement measures to reduce and reverse their negative impact on the environment.



Naked Science - Alien Fireballs

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PART OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SERIES, NAKED SCIENCE: Alien Fireballs speaks with a team of scientists who captured an incoming meteorite on high-tech/high-resolution field cameras trained on the night skies over Canada on September 25, 2009.



Naked Science - Alien Contact

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PART OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SERIES, NAKED SCIENCE: Alien Contact explores the possibility of intelligent extra terrestrial life, and the idea that someday, for better or for worse, somebody out there may make contact with us.


Alien Contact - Mysteries - The biggest question humankind faces




 

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