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National Geographic Live: Sky Caves of Nepal

Excavations, History

Legendary climber Peter Athans joins a team of explorers to unearth the hidden relics of Nepal’s ancient and remote caves in this documentary. He is joined by National Geographic grantee and archaeologist Mark Aldenderfer and adventure climber photographer Cory Richards. Together they reveal the treasures waiting to be discovered within the sky caves of Nepal — stunning murals, deteriorating manuscripts, and ancient artifacts. When you travel through the sky caves of Nepal, you can’t help but see yourself as a [...]

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The Chemistry of Addictions

Psychology, The Brain

In this documentary Hank describes how our brains respond biochemically to various addictive substances and behaviors and how those behaviors originate. Humans have figured out how to make their brains experience pleasure without having to be engaged in any activity. Sometimes the craving for that feeling can become larger than life. That’s the reason why the term addiction is not limited to drugs. There are many behaviors such as gambling, sex, or eating that can be pathologically addictive too. They [...]

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Mary Roach: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Orgasm

Sexuality

Join “Bonk” author Mary Roach as she delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax. Her discoveries range from the bizarre to the hilarious but are highly entertaining and educational at the same time. Scientists have been studying orgasms for years. Long before sex became an acceptable household topic, people have been trying to understand what triggers it. What we know is that an orgasm is a reflex of the [...]

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Meet the Creator of the Bill Cosby Sweater: Behind the Seams

Actors, Art, Artists, Design

If you grew up in the 80s you’ll definitely remember Bill Cosby in the role of Dr. Huxtable and the interesting way he handled family situations. You might also remember the unusual patterns on his sweaters. Join Dutch fashion designer Koos van den Akker, the person responsible for those patterns

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Up All Night With SOFIA, NASA’s Flying Observatory: Science on the spot

Astronomy

In this documentary learn about SOFIA, a device that is much more than a telescope tucked into a commercial airliner. Eric Young, Director of the SOFIA Science Center explains that it’s a complete flying astronomical observation platform which carries a dozen or more astronomers, observers, and crew far above the clouds to observe objects and phenomena too cold to be seen in visible light. SOFIA stands for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, and on the outside she looks a lot [...]

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Behind the Scenes: Recreating the Temple

Ancient, Excavations, History, Judaism, Religion

In this controversial documentary, Gary Glassman and Tristan Barako travel to Syria to give you a behind the scenes tour of the temple that Judaic King Solomon built. Solomon´s temple is the archetype of sacred space for both Judaism and Christianity. Ironically, most of Solomon’s temple survived and has contributed valuable data to historians and bible scholars. There are two reliable sources of information regarding what the temple looked like and details of its architecture. One source is the Bible. [...]

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Selling Weed Legally

Drugs, Marijuana, Medical Drugs

Medical marijuana is legal on a state level in 17 states, yet illegal federally. Join journalists as they explore Otherside Farms in Irvine. Otherside Farms is one of California’s premier medical marijuana growers. Chadd McKeen, owner of Otherside Farms, started growing and using marijuana medically when trying to fight his wife’s cancer. He noticed that chemotherapy wasn’t helping, but shortly after using pot as medicine, his wife’s health improved significantly. Eventually her cancer disappeared completely. These days people are looking [...]

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Anatomy of the Sun

Astronomy, Nature

Have you ever wondered what makes up the sun? Is it solid? Is it a liquid? Is it a gas? With a diameter of more than 100 times that of the Earth and a surface temperature of five thousand degrees Celcius, one can safely conclude that the sun is very big and very hot. Discover more about this wonderful star as some common questions are answered in this documentary. It might look like a solid object, but the Sun is [...]

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Aranuchalam Muruganantham: How I Started a Sanitary Napkin Revolution

Business, Entrepreneurs, Money, Scientists

When Arunachalam Muruganantham realized that his wife had to choose between buying family meals and buying her monthly supplies of sanitary pads, he vowed to help her solve the problem. Recently married, he set out on a mission to impress his new bride. Little did he know that this would take him on a journey towards fame, fortune, and the ability to help thousands of women all over his native India. After doing a lot of research Arunachalam learned that [...]

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National Geographic Live! Mapping the Unknown

Anthropology, Astronomy, Environment, Science

What happens when a Nobel Laurate and a Nat Geo Explorer come together? Well, they inevitably discover exciting and unexpected things. Join National Geographic’s 2011 Explorer of the Year, Environmental Anthropologist Dr. Kenny Broad, as he dives into a perilous submerged cave system known as the Blue Holes of the Bahamas in search of clues to evolution and climate change. Once submerged, he realizes how little we know about this fragile ecosystem. The discoveries he makes are mindblowing. Then listen [...]

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Ground Zero: Syria

Battlefields, War

In this documentary join Robert King–renowned photojournalist and videographer– as he films from the frontlines with the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, the country’s largest city. War-zone war ensues and is captured on video. As a result of the non-stop gunfire, a massive fire sweeps through destroying a historic covered market and a World Heritage site known as old Souk of Aleppo.

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Daphne Bavelier: Your Brain on Video Games

Psychology, Technology, The Brain

How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games– even action-packed shooter games– can help us learn, focus, and multitask. Brain scientists are constantly trying to find ways to make the human brain smarter, better, faster, and stronger. What they have found is that 90% of school aged children play video games and 70% heads of household also play video games. In fact, the [...]

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Self-Taught African Tween Wows M.I.T

Science, Technology

In this documentary, listen to 15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe’s story. Kelvin is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash cans for discarded electronic parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators, transmitters and other intricate devices. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station “from scratch” where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus. Recently, Kelvin became the youngest person in history to be invited to the “Visiting Practitioner’s Program” at MIT. [...]

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America’s Water Crisis

Coverups, Environment, Investigation

Emerson Rosenthal boldly travels across the country to investigate what exactly is the cause of the fresh water crisis that is threatening the health and well-being of citizens of the United States. In this documentary he discovers a number of interesting facts and get to the very messy bottom of the problem. Few people are aware that every time it rains in New York City, around 27 billion gallons of toxic raw sewage gets dumped into the Hudson River. Mega [...]

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The Last Silverback Mountain Gorillas

Animals, Nature

720 of the world’s last silverback mountain gorillas are fighting desperately for their survival. Filmed in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this documentary shows how the future existence of the majestic beings depends on this sole patch of land in the mountains, surrounded by a sea of humans. The dense population that thrives around the habitat of these great apes comes as a consequence of the forest being opened up for coffee plantations and logging. The growth [...]

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How Hot Can it Get?

Environment

This time Michael from VSauce explores the concept of temperature and heat in this incredibly interesting documentary. We’ve all heard of absolute zero– the theoretically lowest possible temperature. But what would be the measure for the hottest something can get? And what would that super hot item look like?

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