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July 29, 2010 7:35 am
Posted By nova in Life
This incredible plant convinces wasps into thinking they're a female and loads them with pollen when they try to mate with it.
July 29, 2010 7:25 am
Posted By nova in Nature
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.
July 26, 2010 8:24 am
Posted By nova in Life
Watch the awesome fight for survival as a grown male polar bear takes on a walrus colony at the edge of the Arctic circle.
July 26, 2010 8:20 am
Posted By nova in Life
Sir David Attenborough narrates this violent and bloody natural history video recording the disturbing scenes of a real Chimpanzee territorial attack.
July 25, 2010 7:19 am
Posted By nova in Biology
Arthritis and injury grind down millions of joints, but few get the best remedy -- real biological tissue.
July 23, 2010 7:26 am
Posted By nova in Space
Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov and his colleagues search for Earth-like planets that may, someday, help us answer centuries-old questions about the origin and existence of biological life elsewhere.
July 23, 2010 6:46 am
Posted By nova in Documentaries
Kon-Tiki is the Academy Award-winning film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean to Polynesia by raft.
July 21, 2010 5:52 pm
Posted By nova in Humanity
On Dec 2nd 1984 almost 4,500 people died when poisonous gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal India, owned by US company Union Carbide.
July 21, 2010 9:31 am
Posted By nova in Space
This NASA released video outlines some of the hazards (and solutions) to the challenges posed by prolonged radiation exposure in the extreme environments of space.
July 21, 2010 7:58 am
Posted By nova in War
An infrared laser developed by Arizona company Raytheon Missile Systems has been demonstrated shooting down incoming drones over the ocean off the coast of California.
July 21, 2010 7:23 am
Posted By nova in Space
SpaceShipTwo, also known as the VSS Enterprise, had made its first flight with a crew aboard, and we've got the video.
July 20, 2010 12:17 pm
Posted By nova in Space
The external fuel tank designated for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the International Space Station now is at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
July 19, 2010 7:38 am
Posted By nova in Documentaries
In this gripping segment of "Surviving Disaster" witness the horror of the Chernobyl through the eyes of the men and women who were at ground zero during this tragic event.
July 19, 2010 5:58 am
Posted By nova in Humanity
Photographs do more than document history -- they make it. This video talks about what happens when a generation sees an image so powerful it can't look away -- or back.
July 18, 2010 5:20 am
Posted By nova in Space
Dennis has very compelling arguments for us to not only go back to the moon but how we can colonize and monetize as well. We even cover how we can use the ISS as a building station.
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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. Frilled Shark (English Report)
1. 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
2. The Oarfish - A Creature Of Legend
2. 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
3. Vampire Squid
3. 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
4. Octopus Eats Shark
4. Octopus Eats Shark

(Maybe sharks aren't so tough after all...)
Rating:
3.65
Category: Life
5. Longterm Projection of the Oil Spill
5. Longterm Projection of the Oil Spill

(These animations show the spread of the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig over one year, estimating the flow of oil could reach the mid Atlantic ocean within a year.)
Rating:
3.6
Category: Nature
6. Mind Controlled Tweeting
6. 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.)
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3.6
Category: Technology
7. Frilled Shark (Japanese Report)
7. 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:
3.59
Category: Life
8. 30 Hornets vs 30,000 Bees
8. 30 Hornets vs 30,000 Bees

(A group of 30 hornets slaughter a European Honey Bee colony of 30,000.)
Rating:
3.58
Category: Life
9. Battle Between Lions, Buffalos, and Crocodiles
9. Battle Between Lions, Buffalos, and Crocodiles

(A pride of lions takes down a buffalo cub and finds itself fighting off crocodiles and then the entire buffalo herd. An unbelievable video.)
Rating:
3.56
Category: Life
10. How Cognitive Surplus Will Change the World
10. How Cognitive Surplus Will Change the World

(Clay Shirky looks at "cognitive surplus" -the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we're busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi (and yes, making LOLcats), we're building a better, more cooperative world.)
Rating:
3.55
Category: Humanity
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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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(A strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude today rattled coastal Alaska, authorities said, but no significant damage or tidal wave threat was reported. )
Posted on July 21, 2010 at 7:11 am in Nature.
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(To elude predators, the octopus will change color in an instant and even alter its shape to look like other sea animals. Does its magic put the chameleon to shame?)
Posted on July 18, 2010 at 6:37 am in Nature.
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(As the Gulf of Mexico entered a third day free of fresh oil from BP’s blown-out well, the government on Saturday extended a test that has so far shown no signs of damage in the 13,000-foot-deep hole.)
Posted on July 18, 2010 at 6:36 am in Nature.
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(Scientists have discovered the first cometary planet, one with a huge tail, a stream of gas being ripped off by solar winds at 22,000 miles per hour. This jovian world is located 153 light-years from Earth.)
Posted on July 15, 2010 at 8:27 am in Astronomy.
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(Gorillas apparently can play tag much like humans do, scientists now reveal. )
Posted on July 15, 2010 at 8:22 am in Nature.
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(NASA Updates Shuttle Target Launch Dates For Final Two Flights )
Posted on July 14, 2010 at 9:29 am in Astronomy.
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(Giant propeller-shaped structures have been discovered in the rings of Saturn and appear to be created by a new class of hidden moons, NASA announced Thursday. )
Posted on July 13, 2010 at 7:58 am in Astronomy.
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(Researchers have discovered antibodies that can protect against a wide range of AIDS viruses and said they may be able to use them to design a vaccine against the fatal and incurable virus.)
Posted on July 13, 2010 at 7:58 am in Medicine.
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