Browse 442 videos in category Documentary
An accident of evolution in mammals
Published 125 days ago in Documentary. Submitted by Xionbox
Richard Dawkins shows that accidents in evolution to not always lead to death of the species by showing that the Laryngeal Nerve, which controls the larynx, wraps around the heard before going back up to the brain.
Warning: this video contains a partial giraffe dissection.
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Animation of the future construction of the arch that will encase Chernobyl.
Published 208 days ago in Documentary. Submitted by Kulgash
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Antarctica Condition 1 Weather
Published 4 years ago in Documentary
Filmed at McMurdo Station, where it is relatively sheltered by the surrounding hills. The weather in Antartica is classified as being Condition 3 (nice weather), Condition 2 (not so nice), or Condition 1...
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Antikythera Mechanism
Published 1 year ago in Documentary. Submitted by Platonic
The antikythera mechanism is currently housed in the Greek National Archaeological Museum in Athens and is thought to be one of the most complicated antiques in existence.Today it is believed that this instrument was a kind of mechanical analog computer used to calculate the movements of stars and planets in astronomy. It has been estimated that the antikythera mechanism was built around 87 B.C and was lost in 76 B.C.
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