The Animals Save the Planet

Aardman Animation studio has produced a series of super cute short promo spots for Animal Planet, with little tips on how to preserve the environment.

Hippo Shower


Jellyfish


Lions Recycle


Meerkats & Traffic


Electric Eels


Supermarket Bags


Cow Gas


Leopards & Litter


Polar Bears & Bulbs


Pup Dog Standby

The Truth About Vitamins

BBC documentary that takes a close look at the myths and consequences of taking vitamins.

"The Monkey Song" with George W. Bush

An anti-evolution song from the 1970s by Crystal and Robyn Bernard, presented with photographic evidence that man is indeed kin to the monkey.

The Babel Fish

Excerpt from the brilliantly low-budget 1981 BBC series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, describing the Babel Fish.

A Car That Runs on Air

The BBC reports on a newly designed car that can travel 125 miles on a tank filled with $3 worth of compressed air.

Monty Python - "The Galaxy Song"

Eric Idle sings about the universe and how insignificant we are, in this song from the 1983 Monty Python film The Meaning of Life.

God's Cool Designs

A look at all the things God, with His infinite intelligence, has designed.

Liquid Sculpture

This is a ferrofluid art project, by Sachiko Kodama, named "Protrude, Flow". The artist used magents to introduce electro-magnetic waves, changing the ferrofluid from liquid to solid material, and back again.

Carnivorous Plants

David Attenborough tells the story of the Venus Fly Trap & the Marsh Pitcher, plants that supplement their nutrition by eating animals.

Weird Nature - Peculiar Potions

From catnip to drunk monkeys, wild animals love their intoxicants.

Weird Nature - Puzzling Partners

Full episode about the odd relationships that occur in nature.

Split Brain Behavioral Experiments

In order to reduce the severity of his epileptic seizures, Joe had the bridge between his left and right cerebral hemispheres severed. As a result, his left and right brains no longer communicate.

Solar Air Conditioning

New solar-powered technology can absorb the light of the sun and use it to cool buildings, and eliminate the need for environmentally-unsound power plants, as well.

Solar Energy Breakthrough

CBC News reports that Israeli scientists have made such advances with solar energy, that it will soon be able to compete with traditional forms of energy on a massive scale.

Blog Action Day '07

Mark your calendars: October 15th the blogs unite!

Topic: the environment.

Spread the word.

Global Dimming

The full BBC documentary on a devastating phenomenon that rapidly increases the rate of global warming, and causes more droughts and famine.

Creatures of the Abyss

PBS's News Hour speaks with French wildlife producer and journalist Claire Nouvian about her new book The Deep, a collection of more than 200 photos of rare and newly discovered aquatic species living in the deepest parts of the ocean.

Check out the online slideshow, for more awesome photos of these bioluminescent sea creatures.

Bush Censors Science

After Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona's congressional testimony that the Bush administration suppressed and manipulated science to fit their ideology, CNN took a look at what may be a pattern of political and partisan pressure.


Here is Richard Carmona's opening statement before the Congressional Oversight Committee.

Did You Know 2.0

Thought-provoking statistics and information about new technology for future generations.

BBC Horizon: A War on Science

Full episode from this BBC series, chronicling the recent attacks on evolution and scientific evidence, by religious fundamentalists.