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ORF Universum Documentaries

Hulu has about 100 of these episodes. The Limits of Perception trilogy and Nature Technology trilogy are some great choices. The is also a great episode on Lapis Lazuli, Egyptians, and Afghanistan. Amazon Prime pleasantly surprised me with some offerings from ORF Universum:

 

Green Islands in a Sea of Stone (1996) (aka Carinthian Nockberge)

Digital Blasphemy

Ran across this website where Ryan Bliss posts stunning digital images.

Digital Blasphemy

Australia’s First 4 Billion Years – NOVA

This series focuses on the geographic and biological evolution of the Australian continent since the formation of the Earth. Dr. Richard Smith narrates the entire series, starting with the formation the first lifeforms on Earth, up until the modern time. Good series and worth a watch.

Watch it on PBS here.
Watch it on YouTube here.

Carl Zimmer Videos

Carl Zimmer can really go into detail about the coolest topics in science while remaining clear and easy to understand. I learned a lot about viruses and evolution in this Big Think Interview with Carl Zimmer on YouTube.
Carl Zimmer lecture on evolution and Charles Darwin: Carl Zimmer – Evolution Speaker Series

More videos:

Our Viral Future – Carl Zimmer

A Planet of Viruses – Carl Zimmer

The Origin of Species: 1859 meets 2009 – the evolution of diseases – Carl Zimmer

Many videos are here: Carl Zimmer on Vimeo

YouTube Playlist with all these videos.

self-reference

self-reference is a really cool tumblr page. I would call some of the images on the site computer art. There are some fascinating images:

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