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August 29, 2014
Fossil Meteorites
In which we set out and find fossil meteorites in time and space. Wait... meteorites can be fossilized?! Mind blown.
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August 28, 2014
James Brown "MISO'n up"
James Brown in a Japanese TV commercial for "MISO'n up" based on his song Sex Machine (1992).
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August 27, 2014
Ghost In The Machine (blood robot selfie)
Artist, Ted Lawson, creates a life-sized self-portrait drawing, in his own blood, using a robot.
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August 26, 2014
The Portuguese Man-of-War Up Close
The Portuguese man-of-war—a colonial organism related to the jellyfish—is infamous for its painful sting, but one photographer finds the beauty inside this animal's dangerous embrace. For nearly two years, retired U.S. Navy combat photographer Aaron Ansarov has collected and photographed man-of-wars that wash up on a local Florida beach.
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August 25, 2014
Drums West
"Drums West" cut-paper animation from Jim Henson. This newly rediscovered short was created in Jim's home studio in Bethesda, MD around 1961. It is one of several experimental shorts inspired by the music of jazz great Chico Hamilton. At the end, in footage probably shot by Jerry Juhl, Jim demonstrates his working method.
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Augsust 22, 2014
Cosmic Flower Unfolding
Cosmic Flower Unfolding is a constant flow of emerging and dissolving oceanic, futuristic, and mandala forms. It is a tribute to abstraction, it’s connection to the inner space we inhabit and how it can be externalized.
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August 21, 2014
Is America Dreaming?: Understanding Social Mobility
Brookings Fellow Richard Reeves explores inequality and opportunity in America with Legos, using them to explain the chances for economic success of Americans born at the bottom of the economic ladder. Reeves shows the chances that the poorest fifth of Americans have to rise to the top, based on their race, the marital status of their mothers, and their level of education.
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August 20, 2014
Card Tricks with Willie Nelson
Willie shows Bobbie a card trick.
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August 19, 2014
Brian Eno / This / Time Lapse / Four Seasons
A seasonal time lapse video, shot looking south over the Thames River in Komoka Provincial Park, west of London, Ontario, Canada.
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August 18, 2014
Seyit UYGUR — Ebru Artist
The Art of Paper Marbling
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August 15, 2014
Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album
Curator Petra Giloy-Hirtz introduces the Royal Academy exhibition 'Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album.'
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August 14, 2014
Jane Barbe Recites 1000 Digits of Pi
Jane Barbe (pronounced BAR-bee; July 29, 1928 – July 18, 2003) was an American voice actress and singer. She was known as the "Time Lady" for the recordings she made for the Bell System and other phone companies. The ubiquity of her recordings eventually made her a pop-culture figure, and her death drew national attention.
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Augsut 13, 2014
An Update on 'Last Call at the Oasis' and California's Drought
California's drought is causing an even greater reliance on groundwater stores, and record depletion. UC Irvine Professor Jay Famiglietti breaks down where we stand in 2014, 3 years after landmark water documentary "Last Call At The Oasis."
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August 12, 2014
How Air Conditioning Triumphed Over the Open Air Movement
Engineer Bill Hammack explains how the rise of home air conditioning had to battle the open air movements in public school: They regarded it as only for factories where it was first introduced. Only when movie theatres added air conditioning in the 1930 and 1940s did it become popular for the home.
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August 11, 2014
Every Alfred Hitchcock Cameo
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August 8,2014
How To Keep Smoking
A beginner’s guide to a lifetime of pleasure.
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August 7, 2014
Man with a Movie Camera
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention. Directed by Dziga Vertov in 1929.
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August 6, 2014
YouTube Doesn't Know Your Password
A brief introduction to password hashing for the uninitiated — and why you should never trust a site that emails your password back to you.
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August 5, 2014
Inside the Secret World of the Freemasons
Mo Rocca parts the veil on the history and rituals of one of the world’s oldest fraternal orders.
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August 4, 2014
You Are Not a Storyteller
Stefan Sagmeister, the author of Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far, breaks down a desire that replaces a talent you should be proud of.
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August 1, 2014
Backwards Televangelists
The Trinity Broadcasting Network's Paul and Jan Crouch listen as their son, Paul Jr. deciphers the satanic messages of Led Zeppelin backwards.
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