I love the Nostalgia Critic, and this is one of his funniest reviews yet, I actually laughed out loud at work to the portion about how much they destroyed the Rock Biter character. Oh, and Jack Black... continue reading

posted by spoco2 1 decade 4 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,731 views • 27:56

Documentary which takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the wonderful world of statistics to explore the remarkable power they have to change our understanding of the world, presented by superstar... continue reading

posted by geo321 1 decade 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 2,206 views • 59:13

From Dan's blog: I don't usually post my own interviews... but this one is giving the religious right fits, so I'm making an exception. Also: I usually credit Sam Harris, author of Letter to a Christian... continue reading

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 5,739 views • 25:38

Advertising's Image of Women In this new, highly anticipated update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising... continue reading

posted by notarobot 1 decade 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 5,825 views • 4:37

PART 2: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Four-Horsemen-DawkinsDennettHarris-Hitchens-Part-2 On the 30th of September 2007, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sat down... continue reading

posted by BicycleRepairMan 1 decade 7 years 3 months ago • 9,668 views • 58:05

"Rock star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging, accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive... continue reading

posted by BicycleRepairMan 1 decade 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 6,698 views • 14:56

The 90 minute documentary was a 2010 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature. http://www.metafilter.com/96416/Risking-everything Synopsis: In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam War... continue reading

posted by fissionchips 1 decade 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 4,462 views • 1:27:25

Tina Fey's joke about Sarah Palin and conservative female politicians was edited by PBS during Sunday's broadcast of the Mark Twain Prize ceremony. Here's her full acceptance speech from the PBS web site.

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 3,160 views • 15:21

The most thorough discussion I've heard in a while. Please Please PLEASE share your thoughts on this.

posted by kasinator 1 decade 4 years 4 months ago • 3,819 views

User gluonium recently turned us on to the interview shown at the start of this excellent Horizon special. Here's the whole thing. From Wikipedia: Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist... continue reading

posted by wazant 1 decade 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 7,408 views • 49:37

Zulu is a 1964 historical war film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War.

posted by silvercord 1 decade 4 years 4 months ago • 2,123 views • 2:18:19

The hardest working chef in Britain does a talk to promote his long campaign against obesity, especially in children. The man is such a legend, who you know genuinely cares and is tireless in his efforts... continue reading

posted by alien_concept 1 decade 4 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 276 views

This documentary is a compilation of black-and-white film footage shot by the Japanese in Hiroshima and Nagasaki shortly after the atomic bomb blasts in early August 1945. The film shows the destruction... continue reading

posted by rasch187 1 decade 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 2,098 views

MIT Professor Dan Nocera believes he can solve the world’s energy problems with an Olympic-sized pool of water. Nocera and his research team have identified a simple technique for powering the Earth... continue reading

posted by paul4dirt 1 decade 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 5,489 views

I hope I can do something like this for my father one of these days. These are the best sons a father could ask for.

posted by nomino 1 decade 4 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 2,923 views

Lecture 8 of the Justice at Harvard series on moral philosophy. Official Description: PART ONE: WHATS A FAIR START? Is it just to tax the rich to help the poor? John Rawls says we should answer... continue reading

posted by NetRunner 1 decade 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 2,366 views

Offbeat, heart-warming and often hilarious documentary following two pet cemetery businesses, one who struggles and fails, the other that flourishes to this day. Absolutely recommend this if you fancy... continue reading

posted by alien_concept 1 decade 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 2,403 views

Old style informational animation from back in the day.

posted by blankfist 1 decade 4 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 1,194 views

A truly magical performance from Natalie at TED2010. From ted.com: Natalie Merchant sings from her new album, Leave Your Sleep. Lyrics from near-forgotten 19th-century poetry pair with her unmistakable... continue reading

posted by Paul Richey (Fusionaut) 1 decade 4 years 6 months ago • 1,971 views