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Secrets of Body Language This is a fun documentary about body language, a form of non-verbal communication which consists of body posture, gestures, facial...

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0January 20, 2012
Elizabeth I – The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth’s life: from her days of fear of her sister’s terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years...
2January 18, 2012
Defend Our Freedom to Share – Why PIPA/SOPA is a Bad Idea

What does a bill like PIPA/SOPA mean to our shareable world? At the TED offices, Clay Shirky delivers a call to defend our freedom to create, discuss, link and share,...
0January 16, 2012
Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing Energy from the Grid

What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this TEDtalk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion...
0January 14, 2012
NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos – Universe or Multiverse

Our universe may not be the only universe but one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the multiverse. PBS takes us on a tour of this brave...
0January 12, 2012
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – The Big Bang Experiment

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of...
0January 9, 2012
The World’s Most Expensive Paintings

Art critic Alastair Sooke tracks down the ten most expensive paintings to sell at auction, and investigates the stories behind the astronomic prices art can reach. Gaining access to the...
0January 7, 2012
The Art of Spain: The Dark Heart

BBC travels to Spain’s scorched center to explore Spanish art of the 16th and 17th centuries. From the mystical world of El Greco to the tender genius of Velazquez, this...
0January 5, 2012
Let’s Get Lost – Chet Baker Documentary

When Chet Baker died in 1988, he was demonized and dismissed as a musician because of his love affair with heroin. This Academy Award-nominated film didn’t pull any punches but...
0January 3, 2012
It’s Not Mind-Reading, but Scientists Exploring How Brains Perceive the World

PBS reports on cutting-edge scientific research that reconstruct brain activity. (6 min)
0December 26, 2011
The Global Brain – Peter Russell

An excellent meditation by Peter Russell on the current evolution of consciousness. This is highly recommended. (38 min)
0December 20, 2011
Manna – The Psilocybin Solution

Simon G. Powell lucidly speculates that Nature is a deliberate and intelligently behaving system. He proposes that psilocybin, by altering the neurochemistry of the brain, enables novel patterns of information...
2December 15, 2011
Is There a Sixth Sense?

In this episode of Through the Wormhole, Morgan Freeman explores recent research suggesting that thoughts can fly across space and that we all may be part of a global consciousness....