The Galápagos Islands (official name: Archipiélago de Colón; other Spanish names: Islas de Colón or Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, 972 km west of continental Ecuador. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site: wildlife is its most notable feature.
The Galápagos islands and its surrounding waters are part of a province, a national park, and a biological marine reserve. The principal language on the islands is Spanish. The islands have a population of around 40,000, which is a 40-fold expansion …

This Show attempts to explain our deep psychological questions such as, why we exist, why we try to stay alive and how we try to understand planets, other ecosystems, environment and species. From explaining the misconceived bacterial sludge to deep sea chemosynthesis, or from the theory of comets, volcanoes and an explosion bigger than all nuclear forces, this documentary, hosted by Bill Nye, is an important summary of popular and common science theories. This documentary discusses such topics as Charles Walcott’s analysis of the Burgess Shale; the Linnaean classification system; …

A good priest who left his mark as a great scientist by exploring the miracle of heredity. A brilliant researcher, her work largely ignored by her male colleagues, until a revolutionary breakthrough. This is a spellbinding journey to find the common thread of molecules that define the biology of life. An unprecedented collaboration of scientific minds and willpower to solve the mystery of what makes us human. These are the greatest discoveries in the history of genetics.
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This is a discovery that contributes to our understanding of how distant human relatives evolved. Announced in 2001, the fossil skull was described as Kenyanthropus platyops – Flat Face Man of Kenya.

As rates of obesity, diabetes, and related disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. in recent years, scientists are working from many angles to pinpoint the causes and contributing factors involved in this public health crisis. While sedentary lifestyles and diets high in sugar and fat contribute significantly to the rise in diabetes rates, genetic factors may make some people more vulnerable than others to developing diabetes. Researchers at the University of Maryland are using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system to unravel what genes and …

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