Top 10 Shocking Documentaries Movies and TV As a visual medium, documentaries frequently succeed in portraying the unimaginable far better then any book alone could do. Beaming everything from the consequences of child abuse to the horrors of nuclear warfare into the homes of millions, the following infamous documentaries shock the viewer and challenge perceptions. High on Crack Street Following the struggle of three crack addicts, ‘High on Crack Street’ digs deep into the complex daily lives of individuals striving to obtain their next fix. Aokigahara / Suicide Forest Lying at the base of Mount Fuji, Aokigahara Forest has a rather unsettling reputation as a suicide hotspot . Vicious, ruthless, remorseless, brutal, fearless, violent, disturbed and callous are just some of the words which can be used to describe serial contract killer Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski. Nuit et Brouillard The Killing of America Interview with a Cannibal What drives a man to kill and cannibalize an innocent woman? Bulgaria’s Abandoned Children
25 Documentaries Everybody Should Watch Sans Soleil This is not your average documentary. It is a fleeting memory, a sudden remembrance of times long past, a meditation on time and culture, a touch of an emotional diary. We follow the eyes of a world traveller who makes sharp observations and tries to convey them to his friend. The Corporation Corporate personhood is probably the elephant in the room when it comes politics. Watch The Corporation for FREE on Amazon Instant Video Cosmos: A Personal Voyage This list wouldn’t be complete without the documentary Cosmos. The Union: The Business Behind Getting High This is a must watch for everyone. Watch The Union on YouTube. The Century of the Self If I have to recommend one documentary to anyone, this is it. Life in a Day 1 day, 80.000 clips worth 4.500 hours of video, 192 nations and these three questions. Watch Life in a Day on YouTube. Food Inc. Where does your food come from? Watch Food Inc. for FREE on Amazon Instant Video Inside LSD Watch Inside LSD on YouTube. Taxi to the Dark Side
Lab-Grown Vaginas Function in Patients Vaginal organs implanted in four girls are successfully functioning up to eight years later, researchers reported in the Lancet today. Four teenage girls, who were born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, in which the vagina and uterus are either underdeveloped or missing, received vaginal organs that were engineered with their own cells. The surgeries were done between 2005 and 2008, and all have reported normal functioning since then. Tissue biopsies and MRI scans also showed that the engineered vaginas were working similarly to native tissue, the researchers said. Paralyzed People Move After Spinal Stimulation “This pilot study is the first to demonstrate that vaginal organs can be constructed in the lab and used successfully in humans,” said lead researcher Dr. Treating MRHK with the current standard procedure, reconstructive surgery or dilation of existing tissue, results in complications in as many as 75 percent of pediatric patients, the researchers said.
All Documentaries Welcome to the Must Watch section. It is our understanding that for a truly democratic society to exist, there must be a free flow of easily accessible information. For the most part (not including heavy censorship in China), the Internet has allowed for this free flow of information to everyone and anyone with access to the internet and it is imperative that this right continues to be protected. Unfortunately, the principle of free flowing information does not exist in the mainstream media because our governments continue to allow large corporations to consolidate the entire media industry. For this reason, many facts, perspectives, and opinions do not make it to our televisions, movie theatres, newspapers, and radio stations. The documentaries below epitomize the importance of free flowing information and the lack of it in mainstream media. Please take the time to educate yourself and to educate others about the important issues raised in each of the documentaries.
The Single Most Mind-Altering Photograph Humani... - Upworthy The Smithsonian Will Let Anyone 3D Print Recreations Of Historical Artifacts Just when you thought 3D printing was only going to be used to make guns and other stupid crap no one actually needs, the world’s largest network of museums has come up with easily the best use for the ground-breaking invention yet. Yesterday, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. introduced Smithsonian X 3D, a web portal that allows online visitors to create 3D renderings of some of its historical artifacts. According to Forbes, the Smithsonian has for months been using 3D scanners and other comparable technology to create 3D models of everything from whale fossils to Abraham Lincoln‘s head to the Wright Brothers‘ flyer. And now, this technology is open to the public. Not only is this a huge benefit for anyone who can’t make the trip out to D.C, but it is also tremendously helpful in analyzing the artifacts themselves. This video via Forbes provides an in-depth overview of the 3D process and what it could mean for the future of historical preservation and artifact analysis.
100 Documentaries To Expand Your Consciousness - Open Box Thinking - Open Box Thinking Free your mind & expand your awareness. Here is a list of over 100 documentaries you can watch for free online. They are about Science, Consciousness, ETs, you name it. “If you find a video wrongly linked please let us know and we will find another to replace it. 1. This list will never be complete! Prehistoric village found in downtown Miami - Miami-Dade Archaeologists who for months have been uncovering mounting evidence of an ancient and extensive Native American village in the middle of downtown Miami have concluded it’s likely one of the most significant prehistoric sites in the United States. The archaeologists, under the direction of veteran South Florida archaeologist Bob Carr, have so far painstakingly dug up eight large circles comprised of uniformly carved holes in the native limestone that they believe to be foundation holes for Tequesta Indian dwellings dating as far back as 2,000 years. They have also discovered linear, parallel arrangements of hundreds of such postholes stretching across the site that Carr hypothesizes mark the foundation for other structures, possibly boardwalks connecting the dwellings. The village site borders a rocky outcropping that his team has concluded was the original natural shoreline at the confluence of Biscayne Bay and the Miami River, a spot long ago occluded by fill.
World’s Oldest Toy Car (7500 years ago) | Believe nothing Home > Ancient history > World’s Oldest Toy Car (7500 years ago) July 23, 2012 The world’s earliest toy car (L) and title deed, unearthed at excavation sites in Mardin’s K?z?ltepe district, are on display at the Mardin Museum. (Photo: Cihan) Is this little ancient toy the earliest evidence of the wheel? MessageToEagle.com- Today parents buy their children electric car toys to play with, but thousands of years ago the situation was somewhat different. Yet, this ancient discovery reveals our ancestors were aware of the wheel 7500 years ago! A stone car with two axles and 4 wheels dating from about 7500 years ago was found during excavations in the Kiziltepe district of the southeastern province of Mardin, are now on display at the Mardin Museum, Turkey. Archaeologist Mesut Alp said that the toy car, which is made out of stone, dates back to the late Stone Age and is thought to be 7,500 years old. Read more: Like this:
Scientists Have Found The Ancient Secret Of Indestructible Concrete For the most part, we humans are better at things than we were thousands of years ago. But there are some things the ancients had down pat. Roman concrete, for instance, is just way better than anything we can whip up today. Concrete, while often not exactly pretty, is a super important tool of city-building today. Now, after years of research in labs across the US and Europe, scientists have figured out that the most robust Roman concrete is a specific mixture of lime and volcanic rock, the details of which have been published in this month’s issues of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society and American Mineralogist. The researchers described it this way in a press release on the subject: The Romans made concrete by mixing lime and volcanic rock. And it gets even better. Image: Carla Tavares/Creative Commons
Ötzi's flint: A one-sided relationship - Article created on Sunday, February 2, 2014 Dipl.Geol.Univ. Alexander Binsteiner examined in his thesis the chert deposit of Baierdorf at Ried castle in Altmühltal. After that, he was a field director of excavations at the flint mine of Arnhofen near Abensberg. From 1993-96 he was chief geologist of the Ötzi Project at the University of Innsbruck. More than 20 years have passed since the well preserved mummy of Ötzi was discovered on the Ötztal Alps near the Similaun mountain and Hauslabjochon at the border between Austria and Italy. Flintmine locations and artefact findspots by source. 1 Arbon; 2 Hornstaad; 3 Allensbach; 4 Federseemoor; 5 Pestenacker; 6 Roseninsel im Starnberger See; 7 Landshut; 8 Eichendorf; 9 Straubing; 10 Fürstenzell; 11 Ansfelden; 12 Engerwitzdorf;13 Laussa; 14 See am Mondsee; 15 Seewalchen; 16 Salzburg; 17 Ainring; 18 Chiemgau; 19 Wasserburg am Inn; (c) Alexander Binsteiner An Italian connection Recording the material Bavarian archaeological sites Cultural contexts 1.
An archaeological mystery in a half-ton lead coffin Related images(click to enlarge) Jeffrey Becker, managing director of the Gabii project, McMaster University In the ruins of a city that was once Rome's neighbor, archaeologists last summer found a 1,000-pound lead coffin. Who or what is inside is still a mystery, said Nicola Terrenato, the University of Michigan professor of classical studies who leads the project---the largest American dig in Italy in the past 50 years. The sarcophagus will soon be transported to the American Academy in Rome, where engineers will use heating techniques and tiny cameras in an effort to gain insights about the contents without breaking the coffin itself. "We're very excited about this find," Terrenato said. This one is especially unusual because of its size. "It's a sheet of lead folded onto itself an inch thick," he said. Was the deceased a soldier? "It's hard to predict what's inside, because it's the only example of its kind in the area," Terrenato said. Source: University of Michigan