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Tag Archives: The BBC
The Amazing Story Behind The Brazil Nut
I love nuts. And, while you’re all chuckling at your inner “why am I not surprised?” jokes, I’ll go on to say that Brazil nuts have always been one of my favorite kinds. But I had no idea what a true miracle of nature they were until I watched the National Geographic Channel’s awesome How Nature Works program the other night. Continue reading
Posted in Visual Treats
Tagged Agouti, Amazon rainforests, Brazil nuts, delicately balanced ecosystems, gallery mosaic, How Nature Works, National Geographic, Orchid bees, Orchids, relationships among plants and animals, Sir David Attenborough, The BBC, the Brazil nut tree, The Private Life of Plants, YouTube
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On Planet Earth
After seeing the following video, posted last week at The Earth | Gay carboys, my first thought was of just how unworthy of such a beautiful planet humanity has proven itself to be. I even went so far as to imagine a point in some distant future where our descendants are watching it in wonder over what they’ve been denied, while heaving a huge collective sigh over the monumental stupidity of their ancestors… Continue reading
Posted in Visual Treats
Tagged Arthur C. Clarke, beauty, disappointment, Fever Ray, Fleetwood Mac, lyrics, nature, Planet Earth, reblogging, reflections, Songs Of Distant Earth, The BBC, YouTube
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Humanity’s Epoch : ANTHROPOCENE
Two very nice videos. The first is from an upload to the melodysheep: Remixes for the Soul YouTube channel: A look at Humanity’s geological epoch: the Anthropocene. In collaboration with Elementa: Embracing the concept that basic knowledge can foster sustainable … Continue reading
Posted in Visual Treats
Tagged geology, history, Human Planet, inspiration, mankind, melodysheep, nature, science, the Anthropocene epoch, The BBC, YouTube
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The Wonders of Life
Reblogged from Metousiosis: A wonderful new trailer, with music by Eric Idle (Monty Python), for the forthcoming BBC science miniseries, entitled The Wonders of Life, hosted by Brian Cox. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo6OCxwUPPg&sns=em First episode airs January 2013. Not sure when this series … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, Brian Cox, Eric Idle, evolution, nature, reblogging, science, television, The BBC, The Wonders of Life, YouTube
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What The Hell Do I Know?
“Hang on John, we’ve got to get on with this… I don’t know what it is, but it fits on here like this…” Pink Floyd – Not Now John Okay, it should be clear to you all by now that … Continue reading
Posted in WusAMatta U
Tagged Albert Einstein, e-mail, Earth Day, humor, images, Joe Rogan, quotes, science, technology, The BBC, YouTube
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