Science documentaries

[SuperFastJellyfish]

I'll be stuck by myself with only an internet connection and my PC to keep me company next week. I'm thinking of just marathoning tons of documentaries. Please post as many links(or just names) to science related documentaries as you can! Thanks in advance, fellow forumers!

[klesh]

I was digging this the other day. It'll kill a couple hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX6mGq_SeEc

[AngelLestat]

Check here, it will be more easy to pick the topics that you might be more interested:

There are some that are bad, but a quick read on the reviews will give you a clue if is the right for you.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/category/science-technology/

Is hard to choose one, but if I do, I will choose this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU

It provides a lot of data about the earth and us, it has a sustentability background, some times can be a bit excesive or dark with the message, but is very well done and the images are stunning.

You can find the youtube subtitles to all languages (real scripts) and is also spoken in many, all for free in youtube.

Edited July 25, 2015 by AngelLestat

[Pixel of Life]

This one is great. Fun to watch even if you already know all that stuff because Kaku explains it all in such a simple way.

[Albert VDS]

The Mars Underground

You could also browser this subreddit for documentaries: https://www.reddit.com/r/documentaries/

You can select by topic in the sidebar.

You could also watch random Ted Talks: https://www.ted.com/surpriseme

Or go straight for the topics you like: https://www.ted.com/talks

[RainDreamer]

Check Ted-Ed channel, they have a lot of educational videos about a wide variety of subjects.

[Pixel of Life]

Veritasium, Vsauce, Smarter Every Day, The Slow Mo Guys and MinutePhysics. No documentaries, but they have tons of short videos on various science topics (mostly physics though).

[Brethern]

Here's a good one. Aliens are never mentioned neither are any other oogy boogy things.

It's good solid science.

[Kinglet]

Aww, nobody ever made a documentary on the cuteness of goldcrests.

[SuperFastJellyfish]

You guys are awesome. I knew the science labs wouldn't let me down! Thanks everyone(don't stop!).

[Pixel of Life]

To quote my post in another thread (again, not a documentary, but great stuff nevertheless):

If you really want to know how jet engines work, check out a channel called AgentJayZ on Youtube. The guy works at a company that repairs old jet engines and has plenty of videos explaining just about everything you need to know about them. He even does these "Your Questions" videos where he answers questions posted by his viewers.

[PB666]

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/08/the_lasting_damage_of_fake_documentaries_like_mermaids_the_body_found.html

Interesting expose.

[James Kerman]

BBc's Space Race (2006) is a worthwhile docu-drama about the beginnings of the USSR/USA space programs.

 

[magnemoe]

14 hours ago, PB666 said:

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/08/the_lasting_damage_of_fake_documentaries_like_mermaids_the_body_found.html

Interesting expose.

Think its an difference here, the mermaid movie look like being an obvious fake, I saw something similar with dragons, it was very fun yes downside is that it would make some fool think its real, note that some thought the martian was based on an real story too.

The other issue is fake stuff added in an real documentary usually to make it more dramatic. The lemmings off the cliff is the best example, this is bad as people still believe it. 

[PB666]

6 hours ago, magnemoe said:

Think its an difference here, the mermaid movie look like being an obvious fake, I saw something similar with dragons, it was very fun yes downside is that it would make some fool think its real, note that some thought the martian was based on an real story too.

The other issue is fake stuff added in an real documentary usually to make it more dramatic. The lemmings off the cliff is the best example, this is bad as people still believe it. 

I was shocked when I found out that was is Dsney that did that, terrible.

Someone won the space race? According to the people in this group we built the shuttle and it consumed NASA like ebola termite, the soviets collapsed and they lost, now they build rockets for us because we too scared to build our own people carriers. 

Am I summarizing the feeling here correctly? Maybe SpaceX won the space race?

Edited September 1, 2016 by PB666

[Majorjim!]

Just now, PB666 said:

Someone won the space race?

The 'space race' is largely regarded to mean the race to the moon between the USA and the soviets. As is in that BBC documentary. So yes, in the case of the 'space race' there was a winner. Races end. Struggles do not.

[NSEP]

More of a animal documentary. But the intro is freaking funny.

 

[PB666]

1 hour ago, Majorjim! said:

The 'space race' is largely regarded to mean the race to the moon between the USA and the soviets. As is in that BBC documentary. So yes, in the case of the 'space race' there was a winner. Races end. Struggles do not.

Voyager 1 won the space race.

[Majorjim!]

Just now, PB666 said:

Voyager 1 won the space race.

Lol yeah the marathon at least!

[ProtoJeb21]

When I have time to kill, I like to binge-watch episodes of "NASA's Unexplained Files" and "How The Universe Works." Occasionally I watch History Channel's "The Universe."

On 7/24/2015 at 8:01 PM, klesh said:

I was digging this the other day. It'll kill a couple hours.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX6mGq_SeEc

What doc was that, and what channel did it come from? Its YouTube channel has been terminated.

[magnemoe]

10 hours ago, PB666 said:

I was shocked when I found out that was is Dsney that did that, terrible.

Yes, it was also bad for the lemmings I forgot that, the good thing for them is that they was probably saved by inverse square law. 
I got the meme from and Donald magazine as kid, who also had that scene. 

[klesh]

17 hours ago, ProtoJeb21 said:

When I have time to kill, I like to binge-watch episodes of "NASA's Unexplained Files" and "How The Universe Works." Occasionally I watch History Channel's "The Universe."

What doc was that, and what channel did it come from? Its YouTube channel has been terminated.

I have no idea what channel it was from, it seemed like a few episodes of a show maybe spliced together, the video was several hours long.  It featured Neil Tyson talking about strange things in the universe, on a level a little higher than your usual space documentary.  

[LN400]

One of the better ones I saw lately is the mini series Moon Machines, about the Apollo program, the people behind it from the engineers to the factory workers, and the technological challenges they faced and how they developed new tech.