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Gale In Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with headlines and videos, learners see how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity. Users can explore millions of full-text articles from national and global publications, 200+ experiments and projects, and top reference content.
1) Dune: Part 2
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The mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen on a warpath of revenge and endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
2) Madame Web
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Cassandra Webb is a New York City paramedic who starts to show signs of clairvoyance. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she must protect three young women from a mysterious adversary who wants them dead.
4) Size Matters
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In this episode of Dara O'Briain's Science Club, the team and guests focus on size. They explore big data, dark matter, bacteria, stock market trading, and more. Dara O'Briain's Science Club combines lively studio discussions featuring some of the world's most eminent scientists, with exciting experiments, studio demonstrations and film reports of cutting-edge science stories. Each loosely themed episode explores the ideas that are transforming our...
5) I, robot
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In the year 2035, robots are a common, trusted part of life. But that trust is broken when a scientist is found dead, and a skeptical Chicago police detective investigating the murder believes that a robot is responsible. It seems impossible for a robot to break the Three Laws of Robotics, for if that were to happen there would be nothing to stop them from taking over the world. Aiding the detective in his investigation is a psychologist who specializes...
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In this documentary, Horizon launches the 2014 Longitude Prize for a innovation that will respond to a 21st century scientific challenge. The original Longitude Prize was awarded 300 years ago to John Harrison for his chronometer clock, which enabled ships to determine their exact position at sea. This invention reduced the number of shipwrecks and enabled Britain's global trade to flourish. Professor Alice Roberts looks at the history of this quest...
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It takes a thousand years to form a single inch of soil. It is a fragile layer on the surface of the land - yet essential to all life on Earth. But where did soil come from and how was it made? Gardening expert Chris Beardshaw reveals the secrets locked within soil. Traveling around in his specially-equipped mobile soil lab, he delves down into dirt to uncover its deepest secrets. He looks into the distant past to reveal the almost miraculous way...
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From Matt Damon's recent hit, The Martian, to Interstellar, Gravity and long-running favorite, Star Trek, Hollywood is obsessed with science fiction. But how accurate is it, in terms of the science? Dr. Graham grabs a bucket of popcorn and sits down with astrophysicist, Dr. Katie Mack and physicist, Professor Lawrence Krauss to review Hollywood's treatment of science. Even the not-so-plausible cartoon series, The Jetsons, gets an affectionate mention....
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This program transforms the family kitchen into a chemistry lab as Lisa conducts simple experiments using common household ingredients. By linking to students' prior knowledge and life experience, the video demonstrates key scientific concepts such as the scientific method and scientific procedures in a clear and entertaining way. Topics include states of matter, chemical and physical reactions, solutions, suspensions, melting, mixing, and dissolving....
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Ronnie Lott has always been tough. As a kid, when he fell down, he felt something inside him start to rumble. That something was a voice called Grit. When Grit helps Ronnie become a professional football player, he'll have a shot at achieving his dreams. But just how far can Grit take him? Join Ronnie as he pushes his limits and answers the question: Is Grit living in all of us? If so, how can we learn to hear his voice?
13) Limits of Light
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We perceive time in terms of seconds - the length of a heartbeat. We can't even imagine events that unfold over several days and years or be aware of elementary particles that flash into existence for less than a billionth of a second without high-tech camera equipment and exceptional filming techniques. "Time Limits" uses a combination of dramatic computer animation, amazing real time images, and the latest scientific advances to give a totally new...
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Humans have finally succeeded in making the ancient dream of Greek philosophers come true-to "see" an atom. In another direction we also seem to have unlimited sight: the Hubble Telescope grants us a glimpse of remote galaxies. This documentary assesses the limits of human perception, taking us on a journey through time from quasars millions of light-years away from earth, via the wonders of our populated world, to the depths of the human genotype...
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As the rate of innovation continues to increase exponentially, the resources needed to produce the products of science are starting to take a worrying toll on our planet. This clip takes a roller coaster ride through the ages to look at some of the defining scientific breakthroughs and disasters that have impacted the world we live, resulting in an equivocal view of scientists as both heroes and villains.
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Join the theater department of the University of California at Berkeley on an in-depth journey to the heart of William Shakespeare's plays. Simple but brilliant reenactments of plays from both cultures, featuring beautiful costumes and accessible acting make both worlds interesting and easy to understand despite the barriers of language. Shakespeare and the Spanish Connection is a must for students, teachers, and Shakespeare scholars of all ages....
17) Space case
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When the thing from outer space visits Earth, it is taken first for a trick-or-treater and then for a robot.
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Over the last 40 years, Horizon has joined scientists as they have probed the secrets of the universe - from the origin of dark matter to the nature of gravity and even stealing a glimpse into the private life of a black hole. Dallas Campbell delves into the Horizon archive to reveal the mind-boggling discoveries that have changed the way we think about our world.