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NASA A Journey Through Space volume 6
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NASA's space shuttle program allows for easier access to orbit with reusable craft, paving the way for more advanced satellites and the first major space stations.
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One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice.
Why do we prefer original paintings to forgeries? Why does wine taste better when we think it's expensive? And why do people pay millions of dollars for celebrity...
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Earth A New Wild volume 3
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Forest: Reconsider the value of the world's forests, from an uncharted area of the Amazon, to Canada, Sumatra, and the cork forests of Portugal.
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Xploration Outer Space volume 2
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Emily discovers the products by the NASA space program that have made everyday life better on Earth.
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Xploration Earth 2050 volume 14
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Robots are no longer science fiction, they are a fact of science and their creators are featured.
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Nature Knows Best volume 10
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We look at how today's scientists are studying this swarm behavior to make better robots.
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Water Life volume 25
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Pollution, uncontrolled fishing, and other factors are having a devastating impact on ecosystems. As rainforests, rivers, seas, and wetlands are imperiled, so is the very existence of the species that inhabit them.
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Xploration Animal Science volume 11
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This episode features a variety of animals found on land, and in the sea. Find out why the Pufferfish is one of the most poisonous animals on earth. And see how the hummingbird is able to flap its wings up to 70 times per second.
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Water Life volume 8
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Salt mines, salt flats, and salt marshes would seem to be inhospitable, but these strange and solitary places with their otherworldly landscapes are home to genuinely tough creatures that have adapted to living in water with high levels of salinity
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DIY Sci volume 6
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Steve Spangler has experiments you can do at home, all based on the science of electricity.
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Nova volume 1
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Part 1, "First Steps," examines the factors that caused us to split from the other great apes. The program explores the fossil of "Selam," also known as "Lucy's Child." Paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged spent five years carefully excavating the sandstone-embedded fossil. NOVA's cameras are there to capture the unveiling of the face, spine, and shoulder blades of this 3.3 million-year-old fossil child. And NOVA takes viewers "inside the skull" to...
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Wild Animal Rescue volume 6
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Facing the constant threat of poaching, we meet the team who put their lives on the line to raise orphaned rhinos and return them to the wild; and in Jordan, we follow the high stakes mission to give rescued wild animals, an inspiring new home.
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Amazing World of Dinosaurs volume 2
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Arguably the most famous dinosaur, the t-rex was a ferocious terror. Learn about the t-rex and other carnivorous dinosaurs.
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Uranium Twisting the Dragon's Tail volume 1
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Dr. Muller embarks on an epic journey across the globe to explain the fascinating details of uranium's birth and longevity. Born from the collapse of a star, uranium has brought hope, progress and destruction.
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Xploration Awesome Planet volume 13
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This week we look at our microscopic world.
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Show Me Science volume 14
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The energy demands and rising cost of oil have encouraged scientists and engineers to develop renewable energy alternatives. Biofuels are renewable energy sources from organic materials such as plants or animals that are directly converted into liquid fuels. The two most common biofuels in use today are ethanol and biodiesel. Engineered biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel that are made from starches, sugars and cellulose are already in use as...
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Millions of people around the world live in the shadow of active volcanoes. Under constant threat of massive volcanic eruptions, their homes and their lives are daily at risk from these sleeping giants. From Japan's Mount Fuji to the "Sleeping Giant" submerged beneath Naples to the Yellowstone "Supervolcano" in the United States, NOVA travels with scientists from around the world who are at work on these sites, attempting to discover how likely these...
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Xploration Awesome Planet volume 3
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Philippe Cousteau meets with pro athletes who are using their platform to create a better world.
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Wild Life volume 4
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At the edge of the Old World there is a peninsula connecting Europe and Africa. With warm sheltering tropics in its southern regions and a mountainous north of wet and old forests, the Iberian Peninsula contains mystery and diversity.
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A ball flying through the air, a deer walking in the woods, and a flowing river these are all examples of moving things. This action-packed video explores the characteristics of things in motion. Special attention is given to the forces that initiate and change the movement of things. Concepts and terminology: motion, push, pull, force, direction, and speed.
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