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The Ascent of Man - 5 - Music of the Spheres













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Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker




















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The Ascent of man - 4 - The Hidden Structure













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What We Still Don't Know - Part 3 of 3 - Are We Real?

"There is a fundamental chasm in our understanding of ourselves, the universe, and everything. To solve this, Sir Martin takes us on a mind-boggling journey through multiple universes to post-biological life. On the way we learn of the disturbing possibility that we could be the product of someone else’s experiment."


















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Thunderbolts Of The Gods




















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What We Still Don't Know - Part 2 of 3 - Why are we here?

"Everything you thought you knew about the universe is wrong. It’s made of atoms, right? Wrong. Atoms only account for a measly 15% of everything that exists. The mass of the universe consists of something so mysterious and elusive that it has been dubbed ‘dark matter’."


















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Sex Crimes and the Vatican

"Investigation into allegations that a secret church directive, issued by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became Pope Benedict XVI, is being used to silence the victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests. Colm O'Gorman, who was raped as a 14-year-old boy by his local parish priest in Ireland, travels to America, Brazil and the Vatican City to uncover more."

























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What We Still Don't Know - Part 1 of 3 - Are we alone?

"Sir Martin explores the possibility that life exists on planets beyond our own. He unveils an unsettling scientific debate that has startling consequences for us Earthlings. Do you believe in aliens? If not, a quick glance through these pages might change your mind!"


















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Walking With Cavemen - Episode 4 of 4 - The Survivors

"Nearly half a million years ago, the most advanced human yet roams Europe. Strong and powerful, Homo heidelbergensis are fierce hunters, use sophisticated tools and live in close-knit family groups.

"They look and behave in a very human way - yet something is missing. In 'The Survivors', the final programme in the series, we follow three brothers on a hunt. When one brother is injured his distraught family spend most of the night trying to keep him alive."


















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Walking With Cavemen - Episode 3 of 4 - Savage Family

"The Africa of two million years ago is a crossroads in human evolution. Half a dozen or more different species of ape-men exist alongside one another. Each of them has exploited the environment in a different way and has developed their own survival strategy.

"One and a half million years ago, a new breed of ape-man walks the land. In southern Africa, Homo ergaster has taken the next step to becoming human. They have long, modern looking noses, which cool air as they breathe."


















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Who Speaks For Islam?

"This Video clip explores Islam in an age when Muslim extremists are laying claim to the religion. Veteran NPR and PBS journalist, Ray Suarez, hosts a provocative roundtable discussion with American Muslim scholars and, via satellite, Mike Scheuer (AKA "Anonymous"), author of Imperial Hubris and a former CIA expert who has followed fundamentalist Islamic movements for a decade.

"The program gives Americans the opportunity to hear rarely-heard Muslim voices, including Shaykh Muhammad Tantawi - Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the first prominent Shaykh to speak out against Bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks. Video pieces from the Middle East are interwoven throughout the program to give viewers a political and cultural context.

"Director: Mark Erickson Producer: Wendy Hanamura, Jamal Dajani Production Company: Link Media, Inc."


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Walking With Cavemen - Episode 2 of 4 - Blood Brothers

"The Africa of two million years ago is a crossroads in human evolution. Half a dozen or more different species of ape-men exist alongside ... all » one another. Each of them has exploited the environment in a different way and has developed their own strategy for survival.

"Paranthropus boisei

"'Blood Brothers' follows the lives of two species, Paranthropus boisei and Homo habilis who embody two alternative ways of ape-man life. Although heavyset, with distinctive gorilla-like faces, the boisei are gentle characters. They live within a strict social structure and are led by a dominant male whose strength and power holds the group together."


















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Walking With Cavemen - Episode 1 of 4 - First Ancestors

"It's 3.5 million years ago and in East Africa a remarkable species of ape roams the land. Australopithecus afarensis has taken the first ... all » tentative steps towards humanity by standing and walking on two legs.

"Just a few million years previously, Africa was covered, almost edge-to-edge, with dense rain forest. Our ancestors almost certainly used all four limbs to move and live and hunt in their tree-top homes. But massive geological turmoil changed their destiny.

"The rift valley was forming, and the rain forests dying as Africa dried out - turning the landscape into a mosaic of scattered trees and grass. In this new environment afarensis found it more efficient to move about on two legs rather than four."


















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Out Of The Blue

"The Definitive Investigation of the UFO Phenomenon (2003). An excellent video that discusses various UFO's and UFO cover-ups."



















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Terry Jones' Barbarians - The Huns




















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