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• The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

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  This is my favorite science documentary of all time. It is basically a one on one interview with Dr. Richard Feynman. He talks about the way he thinks, the way he sees and interprets the universe around him. I would think that it would provide a new and interesting prespecitive for most viewers.

• Ecstasy Rising

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  ABC News television documentary with Peter Jennings on the history of MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine) also known as ecstasy.
  It includes a short history of the drug and criticizes the negative health claims made by the U.S. government.
  The rise of Ecstasy is a major event in drug history. If current trends continue, 1.8 million Americans will try Ecstasy [...]

  
  

• Professor Marcus du-Sautoy – Music of The Prime Numbers

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  Excellent lecture on mathematics.

• MARS Dead or Alive

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  Go inside NASA’s risky field trip to the red planet in this tense and dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle of the $820 million Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project.

• Welcome to Mars

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  Take an astounding look at the red planet in this interplanetary adventure that picks up where the acclaimed film MARS Dead or Alive left off.

• What Makes a Genius?

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  Could you have come up with Einstein’s theory of relativity? If not – why not?
  This is what Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics, wants to explore. Marcus readily admits that he is no genius, but wants to know if geniuses are just an extreme version of himself – or whether their brains are fundamentally different.
  Marcus [...]

• The Thin Blue Line

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  Filmmaker Errol Morris’s gripping investigation into the murder of a Dallas police officer was responsible for freeing the man who was originally — and erroneously — charged with and convicted of the crime. Through archival footage, interviews and reenactments, Morris skillfully makes a case for the innocence of a man who happened to be in [...]

• The Truth About Food – How to be Slim

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  A fantastic documentary series about food that comes courtesy of the BBC. The Truth about Food: How to be Slim.

• Adventures in Discovery

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  A look at science and scientists in the Caribbean and their work

• Welcome to Lagos

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  If you want to get a glimpse of a society that’s completely different than anything that 99% of people living in Western Society has ever experienced, watch this three part observational documentary right now. This documentary, titled ‘Welcome to Lagos’ is a series which takes an in depth look at life in one [...]